-
3 weeks ago | 
cfr.org | Mariel Ferragamo |Clara Fong |Diana Roy |Sabine Baumgartner
Extreme weather-related disasters are increasing in frequency around the world. See how climate change affected different regions in the past year, with mounting economic and societal ramifications.
The year 2024 set an ominous heat record, as global average temperatures rose more than 1.5°C (2.7°F) above pre-industrial levels for the first time.
-
1 month ago | 
cfr.org | Clara Fong |Diana Roy
On April 2, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the most sweeping new tariffs on all imports to the United States in decades. He ordered a baseline 10 percent tariff on all countries and even higher rates on dozens of trading partners, including China and Vietnam, and the European Union.
-
2 months ago | 
rb.gy | James Lindsay |Jane Perlez |Clara Fong |Irina A. Faskianos
LINDSAY:Welcome to the President's Inbox. I'm Jim Lindsay, the Mary and David Boies Distinguished Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. This week's topic is reporting from China. With me to discuss the decline of foreign reporting from China and its consequences for U.S.-China relations is Jane Perlez.
-
Nov 22, 2024 | 
counterpunch.org | Daniel Warner |Clara Fong |Lindsay Maizland
The beginning of President-elect Donald Trump 2.0 has started with a chaos that is more sinister than President Trump 1.0. This time around he seems better prepared; this time there are fewer guardrails. Moreover, while there are evident reasons to follow his machinations domestically, there are also international implications to his victory and control of Congress.
-
Oct 23, 2024 | 
cfr.org | Clara Fong
Summary
Climate finance is a crucial tool for funding the renewable energy transition and building resilience for communities most vulnerable to climate-related disasters. Countries are falling far short of their funding goals, with low-income and developing countries receiving the least financing despite being most at risk.
-
Sep 6, 2024 | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Clara Fong
Why does Guam matter? Guam is commonly referred to as “the tip of the spear” of the United States’ ability to project its military might across the Indo-Pacific. Experts say the island’s proximity to countries including China, Japan, the Philippines, and North Korea makes it a linchpin of U.S. power in an increasingly tumultuous region. Guam has repeatedly been a centerpiece for U.S. regional military strategy in times of conflict.
-
Sep 6, 2024 | 
cfr.org | Clara Fong |Diana Roy
As the westernmost U.S. territory in the Indo-Pacific, the small island of Guam has been a valuable strategic asset for decades, and today it hosts a growing American military presence. Guam’s location—closer to Beijing than to Hawaii—makes it ideal for U.S. power projection amid rising tensions in the South China Sea, Taiwan Strait, and Korean Peninsula.
-
Aug 21, 2024 | 
cfr.org | Clara Fong |Noel James
What conditions do Afghan women face under Taliban rule? The Taliban’s 2021 return to power brought a slew of new constraints on women and girls that the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan Richard Bennett calls an “unprecedented deterioration of women’s rights.” More From Our Experts Since then, the Taliban have issued targeting the twenty million women and girls who make up just short of 50 percent of Afghanistan’s population.
-
May 31, 2024 | 
cfr.org | Clara Fong |Abigail McGowan
Several Southeast Asian countries have become global hubs of cyber scamming, as organized crime groups have expanded their operations in the region amid Myanmar’s civil war and generally weak governance in surrounding countries, such as Cambodia. The crime networks are scamming hundreds of thousands of victims from countries in the region and beyond.
-
Mar 22, 2024 | 
journal.probeinternational.org | Lindsay Maizland |Clara Fong
Hong Kong “Beijing’s ideal scenario is to keep Hong Kong as a financial center without all the freedom.” But freedom, it seems, has been a key driver of Hong Kong’s success.
