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June 2, 2022

World Health Organization (WHO)
What Does the World Health Organization Do?

Since its postwar founding, the UN agency has garnered both praise and criticism for its response to international public health crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic.

A nurse working with the WHO prepares Ebola vaccines in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Backgrounder by CFR.org Editors

August 24, 2023

Russia
Who Killed Yevgeny Prigozhin?

Numerous competing theories are likely to surface about the demise of the Russian paramilitary commander—all of which help explain Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

In Brief by Stephen Sestanovich Europe Program

September 13, 2023

Inequality
Who Runs the World?... Not Women

Female representation in politics leads to numerous benefits, but the vast majority of the world’s most powerful politicians are men. Using the Council on Foreign Relations’ Women’s Power Index tool …

Podcast Female legislator raises hand to participate while holding child.
Podcast by Gabrielle Sierra, Linda Robinson, and Sandra Pepera Why It Matters

January 8, 2024

Elections and Voting
The State of Democracy Around the World

Over four billion people in more than three dozen countries will have the opportunity to vote for new leadership in elections in 2024. Panelists discuss the strength of democracies in the year ahead …

Play Woman voting with several voting booths with the American flag surrounding her.
Virtual Event by Michael J. Abramowitz, Shanthi A. Kalathil, Yascha Mounk, Carla Anne Robbins, and Michael Froman Renewing America

May 14, 2024

Trade
The Contentious U.S.-China Trade Relationship

Trade between the world’s two biggest economies has ballooned in recent decades, bringing significant benefits but also perils that have led to calls to rethink the relationship.

A Chinese technician wearing a facemask is cast in blue light as he works on a solar panel production line.
Backgrounder by Anshu Siripurapu and Noah Berman

January 9, 2024

Political History and Theory
The World That Wasn’t

A dramatic and powerful new perspective on the political career of Henry Wallace—a perspective that will forever change how we view the making of U.S. and Soviet foreign policy at the dawn of the Col…

Book by Benn Steil Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

May 20, 2024

Maternal and Child Health
Women This Week: First Study Post Overturn of Roe v. Wade on Permanent Contraception

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers May 11 to May 17.  

Surgical Tech Melissa Ellis prepares an OR room in the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi October 4, 2013.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

November 13, 2023

Health
Global Health Security and Diplomacy in the Twenty-First Century

The Global Health Security and Diplomacy in the Twenty-First Century symposium is cohosted by the Council on Foreign Relations and the recently launched Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy…

Health worker wearing personal protective equipment sitting in front of artwork of a fist holding a mask
Virtual Event by Ayoade Alakija, Anne-Claire Amprou, Jarbas Barbosa, Priya Basu, Jainey K. Bavishi, Nidhi Bouri, Winnie Byanyima, Emi Chutaro, Guéladio Cissé, Mandy K. Cohen, Victor J. Dzau, Anthony S. Fauci, Senait Fisseha, Tom Frieden, Paul Friedrichs, Peter Hotez, Yanzhong Huang, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Jean Kaseya, Oanh Khuat, Rachel King, Jimmy Kolker, Lester Martinez-Lopez, John Nkengasong, Benedict Okey Oramah, Loyce Pace, Peter Piot, John-Arne Røttingen, Reeta Roy, Amadou Sall, Peter Sands, Olive Shisana, Joy St. John, Marisol Touraine, David Walton, David Whineray, Stephanie Williams, Edem Adzogenu, Thomas J. Bollyky, Hillary H. Carter, Susan Dentzer, John Monahan, and Leana S. Wen

September 22, 2023

Taiwan
The Dangers of Excluding Taiwan from International Organizations

The exclusion of Taiwan from international organizations hinders the world’s ability to develop comprehensive and effective solutions to a growing set of transnational issues.

The United Nations logo is displayed at the UN headquarters in New York.
Blog Post by Claire Tiunn Asia Unbound