Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Not long ago, concerns about environmental degradation were marginal in U.S.

Join LISD’s Seminar on Global Diplomatic and Security Challenges (GDSC) for a session with Prof. Lawson Brigham, CAPT, USCG (ret.), and Prof. Tomas Ries, Stockholm, on "Environmental Security ...

To protect the environment is to protect ourselves. This simple fact is reflected in the president’s recently released 2015 “National Security Strategy” and backed up by spending priorities in the ...

We live on a planet with at least four dimensions. The fourth, that of time, is an important, yet often overlooked metabolic component of our day-to-day resource management approaches and Standard ...

The Energy & Environmental Security Program seeks to improve energy and environmental security for the world's poor. There are 2 to 3 billion people worldwide who have little or no access to ...

Venezuela’s historic meltdown is often explained as a consequence of bad governance, corruption and the collapse of the oil sector or of international sanctions. Solutions are sought in the political ...

Believe it or not, there’s a war being waged all around us – every day – that we don’t see. For the most part, the “balance of power” is maintained and we are at peace. However, with the simple shake ...

On August 26, 2022, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Review Conference (RevCon) ended without a consensus final document, the so-called hallmark of success. The NPT came ...