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April 22, 2025

United States
Nuclear Power and Proliferation: Rising Energy Demand and Global Security Risks

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi discusses the growing interest in acquiring nuclear weapons among nation-states, advancements in nuclear technology, the increasing global demand for nuclear energ…

Play International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi attends an event at CFR in Washington D.C.

May 13, 2025

Climate Change
Climate Change Is Affecting the Economy. But Proving So Is a Challenge.

Several studies have attempted to model the effects of climate change on the economy, with varying results. But one fact remains certain: The costs of climate change will hit emerging markets and dev…

Workers remove mud accumulated by flooding at an industrial plant of hygiene, cleaning, and oleochemical products, in Encantado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

May 12, 2025

United States
Transition 2025 Series: National Security in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Panelists discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping the national security landscape and how government and technology leaders can respond to emerging threats, protect critical systems, and man…

Play U.S. Marines test night optics during Advanced Naval Technology Exercise 2018 (ANTX-18) at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, U.S.

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Climate Realism

Climate Realism adopts a realistic and realist approach to addressing the economic, national security, and humanitarian effects of a warming climate, offering actionable policy recommendations across…

March 5, 2025

United States
Transition 2025 Series: The Future of U.S. Climate and Energy Policy

Panelists discuss the future of climate and energy policy under the new Trump administration, examining lessons from President Trump’s previous term, anticipated shifts from the policies of the Biden…

Play Larry Renninger, 58, watches as a truck is loaded with anthracite coal at Superior Coal Preparation Plant in Hegins, Pennsylvania, U.S.

April 30, 2025

Religion
Religion and Foreign Policy Webinar: Indigenous Faith and Climate Policy

Amelia Marchand, executive director of the L.I.G.H.T. Foundation, explores the intersection of Indigenous faith and climate action, discussing the role of faith-based Indigenous leaders in combating …

Play Demonstrators, including Indigenous people, protest against wildfires in the Amazon in Sao Paulo, Brazil September 29, 2024.

April 7, 2025

United States
Climate Realism Initiative Launch

The United States' historical approach to climate change is failing. American clean technology industries lag dangerously behind their international competitors, threatening U.S. geopolitical and eco…

Workers remove floating plants and debris from the surface of the Yangtze River in a section of Chongqing Municipality.

April 7, 2025

Climate Realism
CFR Launches New Climate Realism Initiative to Advance Climate and Clean Energy Policy

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) announces the launch of the Climate Realism Initiative, which will reimagine U.S. foreign policy to confront the threat of climate change, compete in the shifti…

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May 19, 2025

Trade
Trade Tools for Climate Action: Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms

Governments often rely on taxes to both discourage and encourage behavior. In the climate space, carbon taxes on production—which are levied in proportion to the carbon generated—aim to motivate comp…

Sun Sets on BAO Steel Mill

May 14, 2025

United States
Paul C. Warnke Lecture on International Security: Zbig—The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America’s Great Power Prophet

Edward Luce discusses his new book, Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America’s Great Power Prophet. During the Cold War, the Polish-born scholar and presidential counselor, Zbigniew Brzezinski,…

Play Edward Luce discusses his new book, Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America’s Great Power Prophet. During the Cold War, the Polish-born scholar and presidential counselor, Zbigniew Brzezinski, was a central figure in shaping U.S. foreign policy and helping to orchestrate the Soviet Union’s eventual collapse. Luce believes that Brzezinski’s legacy embodies the rise of foreign-born intellectuals in Washington’s strategic elite and is a powerful but often underappreciated thread in the story of America’