Lost Decade
Robert D. Blackwill and Richard Fontaine evaluate the limitations of the Pivot to Asia and offer a compelling vision for the future of U.S. foreign policy in the Indo-Pacific.
CFR > ReportThe End of Ambition
A clear-headed vision for the United States' role in the Middle East that highlights the changing nature of U.S. national interests and the challenges of grand strategizing at a time of profound change in the international order.
CFR > ReportPreventing U.S. Election Violence in 2024
Violence around U.S. elections in 2024 could not only destabilize American democracy but also embolden autocrats across the world. Jacob Ware recommends that political leaders take steps to shore up civic trust and remove the opportunity for violence ahead of the 2024 election season.
CFR > ReportFrom Peril to Partnership by Paul J. Angelo
Paul J. Angelo provides the first headlining case studies of Plan Colombia and the Mérida Initiative.
CFR > ReportThe Cyber Safety Review Board: Expectations, Outcomes, and Enduring Questions
The Cyber Safety Review Board: Expectations, Outcomes, and Enduring QuestionsPrepared statement byTarah WheelerSenior Fellow for Global Cyber PolicyCouncil on Foreign RelationsBefore theCommittee on…
CFR > ReportGod, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America
A riveting exploration of the current state of far-right terrorism in the United States—and recommendations to stop its rise.
CFR > ReportThe United States-South Korea Alliance
Scott A. Snyder provides an authoritative overview of the internal and external pressures on the U.S.–South Korea alliance and explores its future prospects.
CFR > ReportClimate Change and Regional Instability in the Middle East
The Middle East has suffered from protracted instability in recent decades, and climate-related disasters compound existing suffering. Marwa Daoudy argues that the United States and its partners should center mitigation efforts in assistance to the region.
CFR > ReportThe Lumumba Plot
A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller—about the U.S.-sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader of the newly independent Congo.
CFR > ReportNegotiating Global Health Security: Priorities for U.S. and Global Governance of Disease
Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic could revolutionize global health security, but the window for change is closing—quickly. In the latest Council Special Report, Yanzhong Huang and Rebecca Katz outline the urgent reforms that could lead to a safer, healthier world.
CFR > ReportSparks
A sweeping portrait from the 1940s to the 2020s of one of humanity’s great battles of memory against forgetting, including some of China’s best-known public intellectuals.
CFR > ReportRethinking International Rules on Subsidies
Jennifer A. Hillman and Inu Manak assess the need for the United States and other nations to rethink current international subsidy rules to advance global policy goals, such as tackling climate change.
CFR > ReportA New U.S. Foreign Policy for Global Health: COVID-19 and Climate Change Demand a Different Approach
The United States should treat pandemics and global warming as apex health threats to its national interests, argues David P. Fidler.
CFR > ReportCouncil of Councils Twelfth Annual Conference
Sessions were held on the future of AI governance, accountability for war crimes in the invasion of Ukraine, reworking the Sustainable Development Goals and the global development model, revitalizing the World Trade Organization, and strengthening the global geopolitical order.
CFR > ReportThe U.S. Needs a Bolder Strategy to Prevent Conflict With China Over Taiwan
How the U.S. can deter China from attacking Taiwan
CFR > ReportCross-border Rx: Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and U.S. International Tax Policy
I want to thank Chairman Wyden, Ranking Member Crapo, and the distinguished members of this committee for the opportunity to testify today.Tax avoidance by American pharmaceutical companies is a ver…
CFR > ReportClimate Security and Instability in the Bay of Bengal Region
The countries on the Bay of Bengal already face some of the world’s most severe natural disasters, and climate change will likely make things worse. Sarang Shidore argues the United States should partner with regional organizations to increase mititagion efforts.
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