Council on Foreign Relations

Global Climate Agreements: Successes and Failures

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.

Backgrounder by Lindsay Maizland December 5, 2023 Renewing America

Climate Change

Global Climate Agreements: Successes and Failures

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.

Backgrounder by Lindsay Maizland December 5, 2023 Renewing America

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May 18, 2016

Human Rights

UN Special Rapporteur Breaks New Ground with Report on Gendered Aspects of Torture

Last week I hosted a CFR roundtable with Juan E. Mendez, the United Nations special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment, to discuss his new report on…

Juan E. Mendez, U.N. special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, attends a news conference in Colombo

Blog Post by Catherine Powell Women Around the World

September 3, 2021

Global

Eight More Foreign-Policy Movies Worth Watching

Every summer Friday, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: non-English language films from around the world.

Three movie posters in black frames: Das Boot (man in naval cap behind a submarine); Osama (child in front of veiled women); The French Minister (man sitting on his desk in an office)

Blog Post by James M. Lindsay and Margaret Gach The Water's Edge

June 3, 2015

Corporate Governance

WikiLeaks and Trade: A Healthy Dose of Sunshine

I love WikiLeaks. While I recognize that secrecy has its place, I strongly believe that the affairs of the people should, to the greatest extent possible, be conducted with the full knowledge of the …

A FedEx MD-11 takes off from the Mojave Airport in California (Reuters).

Blog Post by Edward Alden Renewing America

July 6, 2012

The State Dept.’s Pascual on Iran Sanctions

Energy Compass, an industry news source, published a wide-ranging interview today with Carlos Pascual, the State Department’s Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, that’s wo…

Blog Post by Blake Clayton Energy, Security, and Climate

September 16, 2016

North Korea

Report Launch of CFR-Sponsored Independent Task Force on U.S. Policy Toward North Korea

A new CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force offers guidance to U.S. leaders in the face of the uniquely challenging threat posed by North Korea.