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

Myanmar

Myanmar’s Troubled History: Coups, Military Rule, and Ethnic Conflict

The 2021 coup returned Myanmar to military rule and shattered hopes for democratic progress in a Southeast Asian country beset by decades of conflict and repressive regimes.

Backgrounder by Lindsay Maizland January 31, 2022

Myanmar

Myanmar’s Troubled History: Coups, Military Rule, and Ethnic Conflict

The 2021 coup returned Myanmar to military rule and shattered hopes for democratic progress in a Southeast Asian country beset by decades of conflict and repressive regimes.

Backgrounder by Lindsay Maizland January 31, 2022

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June 20, 2023

Latin America

Latin America This Week: June 20, 2023

Investment inflows perpetuate Mexico’s north-south divides; Washington fetes Uruguay.

An aerial view shows a part of the Monterrey-Saltillo highway near the land where Tesla will build a new gigafactory, in Mexico’s northern border state of Nuevo León, March 3, 2023.

Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman Latin America’s Moment

May 30, 2023

Latin America

Latin America This Week: May 30, 2023

Debt-for-nature swaps gain traction in Latin America; To fix U.S. migration woes, the government needs to go big; Venezuelan organized crime now stretches across the continent.

A fisherman gets off his boat after Ecuador’s government expanded the protected marine area around the Galápagos Islands, in Puerto Ayora on the island of Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador January 24, 2022.

Blog Post by Will Freeman and Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment

June 12, 2023

Latin America

Latin America This Week: June 12, 2023

Mexico’s 2024 campaign season officially begins; Petro’s window for reform narrows further; Latin American economies will stagnate through 2025.

Mexico City’s Governor Claudia Sheinbaum walks past Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador during a news conference in Mexico City, Mexico, January 20, 2023.

Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman Latin America’s Moment

June 5, 2023

Latin America

Latin America This Week: June 5, 2023

Lula’s promise to reindustrialize Brazil won’t be easy; As Milei gains momentum, dollarization gets a second look.

Employees work on a solar energy panel of Chinese solar equipment manufacturer BYD in Campinas, Brazil February 13, 2020.

Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman Latin America’s Moment

September 14, 2023

Latin America

Update on U.S.-Latin America Relations

Will Freeman, fellow for Latin America studies at CFR, discusses the political landscape in Latin America and its implications for migration trends, the opioid crisis, and trade relations with the Un…