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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 13, 2022
Brazil
A Test for Democracy: Brazilian Presidential Elections
Ahead of the October 30 runoff, our panelists discuss Brazil’s presidential elections, the implications for Brazilian democracy, and how the results will affect relations with the United States.
September 10, 2014
Brazil
A Presidential Protest Vote in Brazil?
With the economy in recession, public infrastructure projects lagging, and last year’s protests still resonating, the public mood in Brazil is far less optimistic than when Dilma Rousseff rose to the…
April 17, 2012
Education
Visas and Travel: One Step Forward, Two to Go
Large, bureaucracies are notoriously difficult to move, but when they do it can sometimes happen with extraordinary speed. Consider what has happened on U.S. visa processing over the past six months …
December 1, 2014
International Organizations
UN Committee Adopts Resolution on Right to Privacy in the Digital Age
Alex Grigsby is the assistant director for the Digital and Cyberspace Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations. On November 25, 2014, the third committee of the UN General Assembly adopte…
November 18, 2014
Tracking the Traffickers: The Need for Better Data
This is a guest post by Allen Grane, research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies program. In early 2014, an organization known as Elephants Without Borders began a project…
July 12, 2012
Infrastructure
Policy Initiative Spotlight: Subways That Leave the Driving to No One
In this Policy Initiative Spotlight, Renewing America contributor Steven J. Markovich looks at the implementation of driverless cars in subways, a trend that has seen growing popularity in recent ye…
