Council on Foreign Relations

Paris to Kyoto: The History of UN Climate Agreements

International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.

by Lindsay Maizland and Clara Fong November 6, 2025 Renewing America

Climate Change

Paris to Kyoto: The History of UN Climate Agreements

International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.

by Lindsay Maizland and Clara Fong November 6, 2025 Renewing America

Health

How Tobacco Laws Could Help Close the Racial Gap on Cancer

During the 2020 presidential campaign, Joe Biden promised that his administration would make a “historic effort” to reduce long-running racial inequities in health. Tobacco use—the leading cause of p…

by Olivia Angelino, Thomas J. Bollyky, Elle Ruggiero and Isabella Turilli February 1, 2023 Global Health Program

Health

How Tobacco Laws Could Help Close the Racial Gap on Cancer

by Olivia Angelino, Thomas J. Bollyky, Elle Ruggiero and Isabella Turilli February 1, 2023 Global Health Program

Southeast Asia

Beyond Thailand, Transnational Repression Spreads Globally

In a recent post, I noted how Thailand has increasingly become the Southeast Asian hub of transnational repression. Across mainland Southeast Asia, transnational repression—of political activists, re…

by Joshua Kurlantzick November 6, 2025 Asia Program

Southeast Asia

Beyond Thailand, Transnational Repression Spreads Globally

by Joshua Kurlantzick November 6, 2025 Asia Program

United States

Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo, and Ambassador John Sullivan on 'Inside the Situation Room'

In partnership with Columbia University's School on International and Public Affairs, panelists discuss what effective crisis decision-making looks like in practice, how to understand America’s adversaries, and lessons for future leaders navigating crises in national security. Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton and Columbia SIPA Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo's new book, Inside the Situation Room, offers a window into how presidents and policymakers weigh risks, build consensus, and communicate their decisions to the wider public. Blending fresh case studies with insights from political science, and inspired by their popular class at Columbia, the book offers a framework for understanding leadership under pressure and the art of managing crises in real time. Copies of Inside the Situation Room will be available for purchase during the event. The David A. Morse Lecture was inaugurated in 1994 and supports an annual meeting with distinguished speakers. It honors the memory of David A. Morse, an active Council on Foreign Relations member for nearly thirty years.

Virtual Event with Keren Yarhi-Milo, Hillary Rodham Clinton, John J. Sullivan and David Westin October 8, 2025

United States

Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo, and Ambassador John Sullivan on 'Inside the Situation Room'

Virtual Event with Keren Yarhi-Milo, Hillary Rodham Clinton, John J. Sullivan and David Westin October 8, 2025

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March 5, 2024

Women and Economic Growth

International Women’s Day, With Ann Norris

Ann Norris, a senior fellow for women and foreign policy at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss International Women’s Day and the challenges facing adolescent girls around the world and t…

Nepali students stand in line to attend their final exam in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 31, 2023.

Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Ann Norris The President’s Inbox

April 29, 2025

Donald Trump

Trump's First 100 Days, With Carla Anne Robbins and Matthias Matthijs

Carla Anne Robbins, senior fellow at the Council, and Matthias Matthijs, senior fellow for Europe at the Council, sit down with James M. Lindsay to answer questions from CFR’s audience about Presiden…

Trump stands in a doorway on Air Force One behind microphones held by reporters.

Podcast by James M. Lindsay, Carla Anne Robbins, and Matthias Matthijs The President’s Inbox

July 31, 2025

Conflict Prevention

Women’s Participation in Peace Processes

Peace negotiators often overlook a proven strategy to reduce conflict and advance stability: include women.

Interactive by Ann Norris, Jamille Bigio, Rachel B. Vogelstein, Alexandra Bro, and Anne Connell Women and Foreign Policy Program

October 24, 2023

Cybersecurity

Countering the Ransomware Threat With Anne Neuberger

Deputy National Security Advisor Anne Neuberger discusses international cyber cooperation initiatives to improve resilience to ransomware, efforts to disrupt ransomware and pursue those responsible f…

A cybersecurity agent checks data on a computer.

Virtual Event by Anne Neuberger and David E. Sanger Renewing America

September 9, 2024

Maternal and Child Health

Women This Week: Texas Sues for Ability to Seek Records of Women who Obtain Out-of-State Abortions

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers August 31 to September 6.

Abortion rights demonstrators hold up signs and drum against the the windows of Denton City Hall while police watch from the inside as Denton’s city council meets to vote on a resolution seeking to make enforcing Texas’ trigger law on abortion a low priority for its police force, in Denton, Texas, U.S. June 28, 2022.

Post by Ann Norris Women Around the World

October 9, 2025

Climate Realism

From New York to Belém: Climate Week in Context

This is a limited excerpt from the Climate Realism Initiative Newsletter. Sign up to receive monthly insights from the initiative's fellows and staff, including articles, videos, podcasts, events, an…

Article by Lindsay Iversen

August 20, 2024

Human Trafficking

Shadi Kourosh: Medical Community Efforts to Identify and Combat Human Trafficking

A Conversation with Dr. Arianne Shadi Kourosh, MD, MPH, Director of Community Health at the Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School.

A gang member and inmate plays with his son, who is being carried by his partner, in a prison in Quetzaltepeque, on the outskirts of San Salvador June 16, 2012.

Post by Ann Norris Women Around the World

October 30, 2025

Public Health Threats and Pandemics

Fentanyl and the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

Opioid addiction has become one of the United States’ biggest killers, endangering public health, the economy, and national security. But closing the floodgates on fentanyl poses a significant foreig…

Photos of fentanyl victims are on display at The Faces of Fentanyl Memorial at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters.

Backgrounder by Mariel Ferragamo and Claire Klobucista

February 20, 2024

Ukraine

Year Three of the Ukraine War, With Miriam Elder and Carla Anne Robbins

Miriam Elder, the Edward R. Murrow press fellow at CFR, and Carla Anne Robbins, a senior fellow at CFR and co-host of CFR’s The World Next Week podcast, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss wher…

A Ukrainian prisoner of war reacts after a swap at an unknown location in Ukraine on January 31, 2024.

Podcast by James M. Lindsay, Miriam Elder, and Carla Anne Robbins The President’s Inbox

September 11, 2023

Human Trafficking

Melissa I.M. Torres: Border Communities, Migrants, and Asylum Seekers are Suffering

It is time for a new approach to human trafficking. We need to change how we talk about human trafficking and tackle challenges faced by vulnerable communities.