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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
Politics and Government
Congresses and Parliaments
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Israel’s Judicial Reforms: What to KnowThe Israeli parliament’s new legislation limiting Supreme Court oversight of government policies has raised alarm over deepening societal divisions and potential democratic backsliding.
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Women’s Power Index: Find Out Where Women Lead—and Why It MattersNew data from CFR’s Women’s Power Index tracks countries on their progress toward gender parity in political representation.
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Anwar’s First Months in Office: An AssessmentMalaysia's fractious parliamentary politics present significant governance challenges to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
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Renewing America Series: The 2022 U.S. Midterm ElectionsPlease join our panelists as they discuss the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, the ramifications for future legislation, and what the results might portend for the future of politics and polarization in the United States. With its Renewing America initiative, CFR is evaluating nine critical domestic issues that shape the ability of the United States to navigate a demanding, competitive, and dangerous world.
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A Conversation With Chairman Adam SchiffU.S. Representative and Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff discusses the evolving situation in Ukraine, including congressional responses to the war, and the state of democracy in the United States and abroad.
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Queen Elizabeth II Is the Monarch of Fifteen Countries. What Does That Mean?Queen Elizabeth II is the monarch of fourteen countries in addition to the United Kingdom. Barbados’s transition to a republic has revived debate over the future of the Crown.
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How Does the European Union Work?The European Union has navigated a thicket of external and internal crises in recent years, including mass migration and Brexit. What are the union’s core institutions, and what roles do they play?
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Renewing America Series: The History of American DemocracyPanelists discuss historical context and perspective for the current state of democracy in the United States. This meeting is part of the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy. With its Renewing America initiative, CFR is evaluating nine critical domestic issues that shape the ability of the United States to navigate a demanding, competitive, and dangerous world.
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TWE Remembers: The Bricker AmendmentIn 1954, the Senate nearly passed a constitutional amendment to curtail the president’s authority to make international agreements. President Dwight D. Eisenhower avoided a major foreign policy loss thanks to an unusual ally.
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Why One Man Can Ruin Turkey’s EconomyDid Erdogan break Turkish politics by empowering the presidency—or was it broken already?
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Somalia's Political Crisis Demands Sustained AttentionWhile international attention has been focused on Ethiopia’s multiple internal and foreign policy crises, the political situation in Somalia has gone from precarious to untenable.
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Women’s Power Index: Find Out Where Women Lead—and Why It MattersNew data from CFR’s Women’s Power Index shows that in countries such as the United States, Belgium, and Lithuania, more women are in power than ever before.
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Home and Abroad Series Public Forum: The Future of DemocracyCFR’s inaugural Home and Abroad series public forum on the state of democracy globally discusses the role democracy should occupy in U.S. foreign policy, and actions policymakers, business leaders, civil society, and citizens should consider taking and supporting to promote democratic norms, values, and institutions here and around the world. This meeting is part of the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy.
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Other Nations Have Been Putting Women in Charge. Where's the United States?As the race for the Democratic nomination heats up, the chances of the two remaining women appear to be fading. That has left some voters asking — again — whether the United States is ready to elect its first female president. But rather than looking inward, voters would do well to widen the horizon and look abroad.
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Women’s Power Index Tracks Women’s Political RepresentationA new interactive tool from the Women and Foreign Policy program ranks countries on their progress toward gender parity in political participation and visualizes the gender gap in political representation.