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May 25, 2023

United States
How to Secure Critical Minerals for Clean Energy Without Alienating China

There are multiple ways to bolster the security of U.S. critical mineral supply chains, such as the mining, processing, and application of minerals, among others. Pushing China to be a disruptor is n…

QUAD leaders

November 8, 2024

United States
Transition 2025: Donald Trump Won the Presidency. Now He Needs to Staff His Administration

Each Friday, I examine what is happening with President-elect Donald Trump’s transition to the White House. This week: Presidential transitions are complicated affairs, especially when power passes f…

Trump Delivers Election Victory Speech on Wednesday Morning, November 6

March 22, 2024

Climate Change
How Big a Climate Threat Are Atmospheric Rivers?

Atmospheric rivers are gaining in intensity across California and the western United States. Communities need to adapt to the havoc wrought by this weather phenomenon.

A brown river threatens to overflow alongside a highway.

October 24, 2024

Canada
A Conversation With Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland

Chrystia Freeland discusses how democracies can stand together to protect their economic interests, preserve peace and prosperity for their citizens, and enhance trade at a time of rising geopolitica…

Play Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks to news media in Ottawa, Canada.

October 9, 2024

United States
CFR-ASU Election 2024 U.S. Foreign Policy Public Forum

Panelists with distinguished careers in government, business, and academia hold an in-depth, nonpartisan conversation on America's role in the word. They discuss the trade-offs presented by different…

Play CFR Fellows and members speaking at Arizona State University, Thunderbird School of Global Management for a U.S. Foreign Policy forum in advance of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election.

September 18, 2023

Climate Change
The Energy Transition Is Fueling a Power Transition

Gender equality is a crucial missing piece of the climate puzzle. If governments want a fighting chance of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and shifting to renewable energy, they must give women mor…

Women collect vegetables from a farm in Keraniganj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 12, 2022.

December 14, 2023

Energy and Environment
New Ideas to Fund our Planet’s Future: Finance-Based Strategies for Curbing Climate Change

At COP28 in Dubai, negotiators once again focus on increasing climate finance as the world struggles to manage rising temperatures, historic natural disasters, and environmental depletion. Panelists …

Play Participants walk by banners as they attend day four of the UNFCCC COP28 Climate Conference at Expo City Dubai.

December 13, 2023

Climate Change
Did the COP28 Summit Give a Boost to Renewable Energy Plans?

Leaders at the UN climate meeting in Dubai signaled a crucial pivot away from fossil fuel use, but significant hurdles remain for a speedy transition to emission-free energy.

An employee connects solar cells at a manufacturing plant in Oragadam, in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Currently, Coal powers 70 percent of India’s electricity generation.