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 and Clara Fong January 21, 2025 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 and Clara Fong January 21, 2025 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

Economics

American Views on Economic Leadership

Executive Summary In the decades following World War II, the United States was the undisputed leader of the global economic system. It had the strongest economy in the world and championed a set o…

Report by Matthew P. Goodman and Allison J. Smith March 25, 2025 RealEcon

Economics

American Views on Economic Leadership

Executive Summary In the decades following World War II, the United States was the undisputed leader of the global economic system. It had the strongest economy in the world and championed a set o…

Report by Matthew P. Goodman and Allison J. Smith March 25, 2025 RealEcon

Defense and Security

Hauser Symposium: The Axis of Autocracies

In recent years, China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea have deepened their cooperation, raising concerns about an emerging “Axis of Autocracies” challenging U.S. global leadership. From military support and weapons transfers to economic backing, these alliances are reshaping the geopolitical landscape. This symposium will examine the extent of their collaboration, its global implications, and how the United States should respond to the threats it poses to U.S. national security. Click here to view the full agenda. This Hauser Symposium is made possible by the generous support of the Hauser Foundation. If you wish to attend virtually, log-in information and instructions on how to participate during the question and answer portion will be provided the evening before the event to those who register. Please note the audio, video, and transcript of this hybrid event will be posted on the CFR website.

Virtual Event with Christopher S. Chivvis, Heather Conley, Ivo H. Daalder, Jennifer E. Kavanagh, Tanvi Madan, Ebenezer Obadare, James M. Lindsay, Suzanne Nossel and Laura Trevelyan March 27, 2025

Defense and Security

Hauser Symposium: The Axis of Autocracies

Virtual Event with Christopher S. Chivvis, Heather Conley, Ivo H. Daalder, Jennifer E. Kavanagh, Tanvi Madan, Ebenezer Obadare, James M. Lindsay, Suzanne Nossel and Laura Trevelyan March 27, 2025

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February 10, 2025

China

Marriages in China Crash, Portending Deeper Demographic Woes

Numbers of marriages in China dropped dramatically in 2024. The continuing decline in marriages likely signals further declines in birth rates, intensifying China's demographic headwinds.

A baby looks out a window of the train during the Spring festival travel rush ahead of the Lunar New Year, at Shanghai Hongqiao railway station in Shanghai, China, January 24, 2025.

Post by Carl Minzner Asia Unbound

March 31, 2025

China

Beijing's Pro-Natalist Push Continues to Strengthen

Chinese authorities are steadily pivoting in the direction of actively promoting births. The 2025 government work report issued at the national legislative session in March witnessed a further evolut…

Post by Carl Minzner Asia Unbound

October 10, 2024

Maternal and Child Health

Taking Stock on the International Day of the Girl Child

Colombia, Sweden, and the United Nations to convene the First Global Ministerial on Ending Violence Against Children.

Sudanese girls who fled the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, walk beside makeshift shelters holding each other's hands in Adre, Chad July 29, 2023.

Post by Linda Robinson and Noël James Women Around the World

January 12, 2024

Women and Foreign Policy Program

Virtual Roundtable: Ending Child Marriage in the United States and Abroad

Payzee Mahmod, Casey Swegman, and Ann Norris discuss ending child marriage in the United States and abroad

Virtual Event by Payzee Mahmod, Casey Swegman, and Ann Norris Renewing America

December 18, 2013

Women and Women's Rights

Child Marriage

Child marriage remains widespread in developing countries, disproportionately affecting girls and endangering their lives and livelihoods. Rooted in cultural tradition and poverty, the practice not o…

Infoguide by Brianna Lee

March 17, 2025

Demonstrations and Protests

Women This Week: Protests Held in Multiple Countries for International Women’s Day

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers March 8 to March 14.

People gather during a joint protest of students and workers on International Women's Day in Belgrade, Serbia March 8, 2025.

Post by Noël James Women Around the World

March 13, 2023

United States

It’s Time to End Child Marriage in the United States

Child marriage remains legal in most U.S. States. Before it can curb this harmful practice abroad, the U.S. must first end it at home.

Post by Ann Norris Renewing America