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

Europe

NATO’s Future: Enlarged and More European?

Please join us for two panels to discuss the agenda and likely outcomes of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit, taking place in Washington DC from July 9 to 11. SESSION I: A Conversation With NSC Director for Europe Michael Carpenter 12:30 p.m.—1:00 p.m. (EDT) In-Person Lunch Reception 1:00 p.m.—1:30 p.m. (EDT) Hybrid Meeting SESSION II: NATO’s Future: Enlarged and More European? 1:30 p.m.—1:45 p.m. (EDT) In-Person Coffee Break 1:45 p.m.—2:45 p.m. (EDT) Hybrid Meeting

Virtual Event with Emma M. Ashford, Michael R. Carpenter, Camille Grand, Thomas Wright, Liana Fix and Charles A. Kupchan June 25, 2024 Europe Program

Europe

NATO’s Future: Enlarged and More European?

Virtual Event with Emma M. Ashford, Michael R. Carpenter, Camille Grand, Thomas Wright, Liana Fix and Charles A. Kupchan June 25, 2024 Europe Program

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September 16, 2024

United States

CFR-Brookings Institution Election 2024 Virtual Public Event: What’s at Stake for U.S.-European Relations?

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the Brookings Institution Foreign Policy Program are collaborating to convene a panel of experts to discuss the foreign, security, and economic policy chall…

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Webinar by Liana Fix, Matthias Matthijs, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Tara Varma, and Michael Birnbaum Election 2024 Events

April 16, 2024

Emerging Markets

Central Bank Governance in Emerging Markets

Central bank governors from some of the largest emerging markets discuss the economic outlook in their countries, how their banks have addressed global inflation, and opportunities for sustained econ…

Containers are being transported at Nansha port in Guangzhou, China on a sunny day.

Virtual Event by Fatih Karahan, Lesetja Kganyago, and Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss

July 15, 2024

Ukraine

Coming to Ukraine’s Defense: Leveraging the European Investment Bank for Ukrainian Drone Manufacturers

Enhancing support for Ukraine’s military and defense industrial base is top of mind at the NATO Summit last week, especially if the United States should step back after the presidential election. Des…

Article by Heidi Crebo-Rediker RealEcon

June 25, 2024

Europe

NATO’s Future: Enlarged and More European?

Please join us for two panels to discuss the agenda and likely outcomes of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit, taking place in Washington DC from July 9 to 11. SESSION I: A Conve…

A NATO Airborne Warning and Control Systems aircraft is seen on the tarmac as it prepares to take-off.

Virtual Event by Emma M. Ashford, Michael R. Carpenter, Camille Grand, Thomas Wright, Liana Fix, and Charles A. Kupchan Europe Program

February 9, 2024

Global

Central Bank Currency Swaps Tracker

Introduction Since the financial crisis of 2007, central banks around the world have entered into a multitude of bilateral currency swap agreements with one another. These agreements allow a centr…

Article by Benn Steil, Benjamin Della Rocca, and Dinah Walker

August 6, 2024

RealEcon

The Climate Reform Agenda: How China Enables and Undermines U.S. Leadership at the World Bank

The U.S. relies on multilateral institutions like the World Bank to support its foreign policy goals, but the need to compromise with other shareholders can undermine success.

President of World Bank Group (WBG) Ajay Banga speaks during a press conference on the third day of the annual meetings of the WBG and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Marrakech, Morocco on October 11, 2023.

Article by Karen Virginia Mathiasen RealEcon

July 18, 2024

Daily News Brief

European Leaders Talk Defense, and Other Headlines of the Day

The Daily News Brief

Article by CFR.org Editors

February 1, 2024

United States

Transatlantic Divergence of Economic Outlooks – Implications for Central Bank Policies

Germans and Americans are pessimistic about their economies. While the European Central Bank and Federal Reserve remain committed to fighting inflation, the ECB faces a much tougher task.

Blog Post by Roger W. Ferguson Jr. and Jonas O. Piduhn Renewing America

July 12, 2024

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

That Old Time Religion: The G-7 Foreign Ministers' Statement on the West Bank

The G-7 foreign ministers' statement on the West Bank follows some old lines about the legitimacy of settlements, but ignores the issue of payments to reward terror.

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

August 15, 2024

Monetary Policy

What Is the U.S. Federal Reserve?

Over the past decade, the Fed kept interest rates low while it deployed trillions of dollars in stimulus and expanded its regulatory oversight. Now, the central bank is back in the spotlight for its …