Tag: CFR

IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL – What Is the Iran Nuclear Deal? (Kali Robinson, CFR)

The United States’ withdrawal from the arms control agreement has heightened tensions and left the remaining signatories scrambling to keep the deal alive. https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-iran-nuclear-deal

ELECTIONS/2021 – Ten Elections to Watch in 2021 (James M. Lindsay, CFR)

Millions of people around the world voted in 2020. Taiwanese voters reelected Tsai Ing-wen as president. Burmese voters returned Aung San Suu Kyi’s party to power. Guineans protested before and...

BREXIT – What’s in the EU-UK Brexit Deal? (Matthias Matthijs, CFR)

The European Union and the United Kingdom came to a last-minute trade deal on Christmas Eve, narrowly averting the hardest of all potential Brexits....

USA/GLOBAL SUMMITS 2021 – Up in the Air: Ten Global Summits That Will Test Joe Biden in 2021 (Stewart Patrick, CFR)

Summit diplomacy was a prominent casualty of COVID-19 during 2020. The pandemic forced the postponement of many high-level gatherings and the shift of others,...

USA/CYBER OFFENSE – No, the United States Does Not Spend Too Much on Cyber Offense (Robert K. Knake, CFR)

Contrary to arguments that the United States spends too much on cyber offense, more spending on offensive and defensive capabilities could be in the cards...

BREXIT – The Final Days of Brexit Negotiations (CFR)

Panelists discuss the latest developments in Brexit negotiations, including the main points of contention among the parties, prospect of a deal before December 31,...

2021 TRENDS – Visualizing 2021: Trends to Watch (Michelle Gavin, Alice C. Hill, Jennifer Hillman, and Jennifer Nuzzo, CFR)

As a tumultuous 2020 comes to a close, four CFR experts use charts and maps to show important trends to watch in the years...

CHINA/DIGITAL SILK ROAD INITIATIVE – Assessing China’s Digital Silk Road Initiative (CFR)

As part of China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the biggest infrastructure undertaking in the world, Beijing has launched the Digital Silk Road (DSR). Announced in...

USA / CYBER CONFUSION – Assessing President Trump’s Legacy of Cyber Confusion (Brandon Valeriano, CFR)

Things did not end well for the Trump’s administration’s cybersecurity efforts. After Chris Krebs, the head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),...

USA/CHINA – A Conversation With Chairman Kimberly Reed (CFR)

Chairman Kimberly Reed discusses how the Export-Import Bank is working to modernize U.S. business competitiveness in the face of contentious trade and business practices by...

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION – What’s Next for the World Health Organization? (CFR)

Panelists discuss the state of the World Health Organization, including the influence exerted by the United States and China, the organization's ability to coordinate a...

WORLD 2021 – Blueprint for 2021: Six Paths to a More Resilient World (Global Memo by Chatham House, SWP, RSIS, SVOP, EAI, and ISS,...

In 2020, the world was confronted by a litany of challenges compounded by the coronavirus pandemic. The Council of Councils asked six experts to...

WORLD/PANDEMIC/VACCINES – What Is the World Doing to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines? (Claire Felter, CFR)

Governments and researchers have been working with an extremely ambitious timetable to provide billions of people with immunity to the new coronavirus. Now, the...

USA/CHINA – How 2020 Shaped U.S.-China Relations (Elizabeth C. Economy, Yanzhong Huang, Jerome A. Cohen, Adam Segal, and Julian Gewirtz, CFR)

This year, tensions between Washington and Beijing flared over many issues. As the Biden administration prepares to take over, what lies ahead for one...

NIGERIA – Nigeria and the Nation-State (John Campbell, CFR)

Former Ambassador John Campbell illustrates the history and importance of Nigeria, a country too often overlooked by the West. Nigeria matters. It is Africa’s largest...

USA/HOMELAND SECURITY – Homeland Security Emerging Threats: Domestic Terrorism and White Supremacy (CFR)

Panelists discuss the history of emerging threats facing U.S. homeland security, particularly the rise of domestic terrorism and white supremacist extremism, and the framework that...