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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.
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October 18, 2019
West Africa
Worrying Trends in Côte d'Ivoire
Several successive years of being one of the world’s fastest-growing economies have made Côte d'Ivoire a darling of investors bullish about Africa. But the country’s strong economic performance has not been matched by political progress in overcoming the divides that drove the country into civil war twice in the last twenty years. With elections scheduled for 2020, many of the same antagonists that featured in those earlier conflicts are jockeying for position, giving observers and citizens an unwelcome sense of déjà vu.
November 10, 2004
Israel
Siegman: After Arafat, Key Question Is Whether U.S. and Israel Will Resume Peace Talks with Palestinians
Henry Siegman, the Council on Foreign Relations’ top expert on Israeli/Palestinian affairs, says there is little question but that Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, will replace Yasir Arafat as…
March 31, 2021
Democracy
COVID-19 and Its Effect on Inequality and Democracy
Beyond devastating public health, COVID-19 has worsened socioeconomic inequality, possibly for years to come, and exacerbated democratic regression in the United States, Brazil, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
May 28, 2020
World Order
COVID-19 Tests World Order, Warns New CFR Report
“Along with U.S.-Soviet competition during the Cold War, COVID-19 is one of the two greatest tests of the U.S.-led international order since its founding,” warn Robert D. Blackwill, Council on Foreig…
February 10, 2020
News Release
Margaret MacMillan Joins CFR as Visiting Distinguished Historian
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) welcomes renowned historian Margaret MacMillan to its David Rockefeller Studies Program as visiting distinguished historian. At CFR, MacMillan is advising o…