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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…
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June 2, 2020
COVID-19
Graphing the Pandemic Economy
In a fast-evolving crisis like a pandemic, GDP and other conventional economic metrics are simply too slow to be useful for policymakers who need to make decisions about when to lock down and reopen …
November 4, 2022
Health
Perilous Pathogens: How Climate Change Is Increasing the Threat of Diseases
At the COP27 summit, leaders will discuss how to deal with the many consequences of climate change. These four cases show how the climate crisis is altering the threat of zoonotic diseases.
October 18, 2018
Saudi Arabia
Can the Oil Threat Spare Saudi Arabia From America’s Wrath?
Threatening a price hike might work in the short term, but it would come with serious costs to the kingdom’s reputation as a moderating influence on oil markets.
October 2, 2020
World Trade Organization (WTO)
The Future of the WTO: The Candidates Assess
The World Trade Organization is selecting its next director-general at a time of rising stress on the system of global trade rules. Here’s how the candidates answered CFR’s questions.
December 16, 2019
Global
2019 Hot Spots: The Year in Eleven Maps
CFR showcases eleven maps that help explain the events that grabbed the world’s attention in the past year.