Molly Carlough

CFR Staff

Molly Carlough

Research Associate, Center for Preventive Action

Molly Carlough is a research associate for the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Before joining CFR, she was a research assistant at American University and interned at CFR, the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and the U.S. Department of State. She holds a MA in U.S. foreign policy and national security, with a concentration in terrorism, from American University and an MA in international relations from the University of St Andrews.

Liana Fix

Election 2024

The Trajectory of U.S.-EU Relations in a Tumultuous Year (in English)

Featuring Liana Fix and Molly Carlough via Elcano Royal Institute July 22, 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa

Turning Crisis Into Opportunity: Building Supply Chain Resilience in Africa

with Jendayi E. Frazer and Molly Carlough via Think Global Health November 20, 2023
Liana Fix

European Union

The Trajectory of U.S.-EU Relations in a Tumultuous Year (in Spanish)

Featuring Liana Fix and Molly Carlough via Elcano Royal Institute July 15, 2024

United Nations

The UN Security Council

The UN Security Council is the premier global body for maintaining international peace and security, but it faces steady calls for reform to better meet twenty-first-century challenges.

Backgrounder by CFR.org Editors September 9, 2024

United Nations

The Role of the UN Secretary-General

The United Nations’ top leadership position has broad authority to steer the organization’s agenda, but its impact has varied widely since 1946.

Backgrounder by CFR.org Editors August 29, 2024

United States

Foreign Policy at the U.S. National Political Conventions

Foreign policy issues regularly come to the fore at the national political conventions, especially during periods of global instability. Sometimes the events are marked by bitter disagreements within the parties.

Backgrounder by CFR.org Editors August 21, 2024

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