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 New Tobacco Control Laws Could Help Close the Racial Gap on U.S. Cancer

This interactive examines how nationwide bans on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, as proposed by the Biden administration on April 28, 2022, could help shrink the racial gap on U.S. lung cancer death rates.

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

Health

How New Tobacco Control Laws Could Help Close the Racial Gap on U.S. 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 Conve…

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?

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…

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 3, 2024

Middle East and North Africa

A Wider Middle East War, With Steven Cook

Steven Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the potential for a wider war in the Middle East as Iran vows to…

Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defense system over northern Israel on August 23, 2024. Jalaa Marey/AFP/Getty Images

Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Steven A. Cook The President’s Inbox

August 29, 2024

China Strategy Initiative

China in the Middle East: August 2024

August witnessed significant Chinese engagement in the Middle East. Relations with Israel soured as China condemned Israel’s war in Gaza and supported Iran. Meanwhile, ties with Riyadh blossomed with…

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki attend a meeting with Jordanian, Egyptian, Indonesian and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) delegations.REUTERS/Florence Lo/Pool

Article by Benjamin M. Holtzman China Strategy Initiative

August 6, 2024

Middle East and North Africa

Mapping the Growing U.S. Military Presence in the Middle East

The U.S. military has an extensive footprint in the Middle East, but it could surge forces in the region if a broader war erupts.

A photo of an aircraft at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar

Article by Jonathan Masters and Will Merrow

May 29, 2024

Middle East and North Africa

Oil and National Security: U.S.-Middle East Relations

Steven Cook discusses the modern history of U.S. involvement in the Middle East and how economic interests, including secure access to oil reserves, continue to influence U.S. priorities in the regio…

Virtual Event by Steven A. Cook and Helima Croft Middle East Program

July 9, 2024

U.S. Foreign Policy

U.S. Diplomacy in the Middle East: "Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?"

U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East seems unaware of how U.S. power should be deployed to decrease the chances of war and to support U.S. allies.

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

June 4, 2024

Middle East and North Africa

U.S. Policy in the Middle East, With Steven A. Cook

Steven A. Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the United States’ past, present, and future policy in the Mi…

Members of the U.S. military retire its ceremonial flags signifying the end of their presence in Iraq at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center on December 15, 2011.

Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Steven A. Cook The President’s Inbox

June 12, 2024

Middle East and North Africa

CFR Fellows’ Book Launch Series: The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East by Steven Cook

In The End of Ambition, Steven A. Cook boldly claims that despite setbacks and moral costs, the United States has had a record of success in the Middle East. Yet, beginning in the 1990s, those achiev…

Virtual Event by Steven A. Cook and James M. Lindsay John B. Hurford Memorial Lecture

February 28, 2024

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

American Military Leadership in the Middle East

Former CENTCOM Commanders David Petraeus and Anthony Zinni discuss the military aspect of the Israel-Hamas war and lessons learned from U.S. involvement and operations in the Middle East.

Smoke rises over northern Gaza following Israeli air strikes in Dec 2023.

Virtual Event by David H. Petraeus, Anthony C. Zinni, and Karen J. DeYoung

October 9, 2023

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The Conflict in the Middle East

CFR President Michael Froman leads a town hall discussion with CFR Fellows and members on the current crisis in the Middle East.

Webinar by Max Boot, Steven A. Cook, Linda Robinson, Ray Takeyh, and Michael Froman Middle East Program

June 3, 2024

U.S. Foreign Policy

It Is Time to Renew America’s Purpose in the Middle East, Writes Steven A. Cook in New Book

As the Israel-Hamas war continues and U.S. policymakers seek to contain the conflict and deter Iran, Steven A. Cook of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) writes in a timely and important new book…

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