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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December 19, 2019

Taiwan

Taiwan’s Presidential Election: What to Know

The result of the 2020 election could shape Taiwan’s relationships with China and with the United States for years to come.

In Brief by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Program

July 24, 2023

Indo-Pacific

Opportunities and Challenges for South Korea-U.S. Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

The first workshop for the project on Bolstering U.S.-South Korean Cooperation to Meet the China Challenge examined the opportunities and obstacles for enhanced U.S.-South Korean policy coordination …

The 23rd ASEAN-South Korea Summit was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on November 11, 2022.

Blog Post by Kuyoun Chung Asia Unbound

November 28, 2023

Ukraine

Russia Must Be Held Accountable for Alleged Criminal Aggression in Ukraine: Two Paths to Justice

The authors, including a former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, UN Undersecretary-General for Legal Affairs, Founding Chief Prosecutor of the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone, an…

Flags representing fallen soldiers, including foreign soldiers, are seen in the snow on Independence Square, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on December 22, 2022.

Article by David J. Scheffer, Irwin Cotler, Hans Corell, and David Crane International Institutions and Global Governance Program

January 13, 2020

Taiwan

Tsai Ing-wen’s Victory: A Few Initial Notes

Although Taiwan’s presidential election seemed, in the middle of last year, like it was going to be a close contest, this past weekend incumbent Tsai Ing-wen, of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP…

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) vice presidential candidate William Lai attend the final campaign rally ahead of the elections in Taipei, Taiwan on January 10, 2020.

Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound

August 25, 2022

China

Taiwan: Tracing the Roots of the U.S.-China Standoff

The United States and China have both accused each other of changing the status quo on Taiwan, leading to a standoff. They are both correct because each country has a different perspective on what th…