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

Health

How Tobacco Laws Could Help Close the Racial Gap on Cancer

During the 2020 presidential campaign, Joe Biden promised that his administration would make a “historic effort” to reduce long-running racial inequities in health. Tobacco use—the leading cause of p…

Interactive by Olivia Angelino, Thomas J. Bollyky, Elle Ruggiero and Isabella Turilli February 1, 2023 Global Health Program

Health

How Tobacco Laws Could Help Close the Racial Gap on Cancer

Interactive by Olivia Angelino, Thomas J. Bollyky, Elle Ruggiero and Isabella Turilli February 1, 2023 Global Health Program

Religion

Topographies of African Spirituality

This book explores African spirituality inside and outside of religion, investigating African traditions and perceptions in the study of spirituality across Africa and the African diaspora. It provid…

Book by Ebenezer Obadare, Wale Adebanwi and Afe Adogame December 30, 2024

Religion

Topographies of African Spirituality

Book by Ebenezer Obadare, Wale Adebanwi and Afe Adogame December 30, 2024

United States

A Conversation With Secretary Antony J. Blinken

Secretary Antony J. Blinken discusses the administration’s foreign policy and diplomacy, including his focus on rebuilding alliances and partnerships abroad to respond to shared challenges.

Event with Antony J. Blinken and Michael Froman December 18, 2024

United States

A Conversation With Secretary Antony J. Blinken

Secretary Antony J. Blinken discusses the administration’s foreign policy and diplomacy, including his focus on rebuilding alliances and partnerships abroad to respond to shared challenges.

Event with Antony J. Blinken and Michael Froman December 18, 2024

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December 13, 2024

Ukraine

Tighter Sanctions Can Help End the Russia-Ukraine War

Donald Trump has promised to secure a just peace between Russia and Ukraine in his second term. His success or failure will depend on whether the West can give Russia a reason to negotiate in good fa…

Russian President Vladimir Putin accompanies Chief Executive Igor Sechin of the Rosneft oil company and Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev to the Zvezda shipyard near Vladivostok, Russia. Pavel Bednyakov/Sputnik via Reuters.

Article by Edward Fishman

December 19, 2024

Ukraine

The World Next Year: Wars, New Governments, and Stormy Weather to Watch in 2025

In this special year-end episode, hosts Bob McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins sit down with the New York Times’ chief diplomatic correspondent in Europe Steven Erlanger to review the biggest stories of …

A Palestinian boy walks through a cleared path of rubble of damaged buildings pulling a cart in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.

Podcast by Robert McMahon, Carla Anne Robbins, and Steven Erlanger The World Next Week

November 20, 2024

Ukraine

Virtual Media Briefing: Update on the Russia-Ukraine War—Will U.S. Long-Range Missiles Change the Equation?

CFR experts discuss the implications of President Joe Biden authorizing Ukraine to use U.S. long-range missiles against targets inside of Russia, and the prospects for the Ukraine-Russia war under Pr…

member of U.S. Navy operates onboard aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, in the Adriatic Sea in 2022.

Virtual Event by Max Boot, Liana Fix, Charles A. Kupchan, and Elise Labott Media Briefings

December 12, 2024

Syria

Syrians Plot Transition, Turmoil in Georgia and Romania, UK Joins Trans-Pacific Trade Deal, and More

Syrians begin the early stages of government formation as global and regional powers scramble to devise a strategy for Syria after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad; Georgians protest their gover…

A vandalised mosaic picture of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in a park in Raqqa province, east Syria.

Podcast by Robert McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins The World Next Week

October 25, 2024

North Korea

North Korean Troops in Russia: A Dangerous New Phase in the Ukraine War

The deployment of North Korean troops to aid Russia marks an ominous new level of cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang. The alliance could further escalate and globalize the conflict.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un attend an official welcoming ceremony in Pyongyang, North Korea, June 19, 2024.

Expert Brief by Liana Fix and Benjamin Harris Europe Program

November 4, 2024

RealEcon

Trade Protection Without Trade Promotion: Why Tightening Trade Rules Alone Would Not Strengthen U.S. Economic Security

Defensive protectionist measures should be balanced with offensive trade promotion, ensuring access to global markets and competitiveness with China in the Indo-Pacific.

Shipping containers are seen at the port of Barcelona, Spain, October 3, 2024.

Article by John Taishu Pitt RealEcon

November 18, 2024

Ukraine

Ukraine’s ATACMS: What Will the U.S. Missiles Mean for the War?

President Joe Biden has given the green light for Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied missile systems to strike deep inside Russian territory. What could it mean for the course of the war?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits soldiers on the frontline in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region in November 2024.

Expert Brief by Max Boot National Security and Defense Program

October 23, 2024

RealEcon

Trade Is a Win for the U.S. Economy

This op-ed was originally published by The Detroit News online on October 20, 2024 and in print on October 21, 2024. As Americans get ready to head to the polls, no issue is more central to their…

Article by Inu Manak and Fariha Kamal RealEcon

October 17, 2024

Trade

From Redistribution to “Predistribution”—Rebuilding Worker Support for Markets and Trade

The CFR RealEcon: Reimagining American Economic Leadership initiative looks to assess the role of the United States in the international economy, analyze what is at stake for the American people, and…

Alex Raskolnikov, Benn Steil, and Lydia DePillis seated on stage at the Council on Foreign Relations New York City office.

Virtual Event by Alex Raskolnikov, Benn Steil, Lydia DePillis, and Matthew P. Goodman Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

October 30, 2024

RealEcon

Trade-offs in the Desert: RealEcon Visits Arizona

From semiconductors and water conservation to mining and the clean energy transition, Arizona is balancing trade-offs that will have important lessons for the country.