Former Vice President Al Gore unwittingly marked the 20th anniversary of 1984, the anti-utopia described in George Orwell’s 1949 novel, by delivering a twenty-first century version of Orwell’s feared ...

On the day before a United Nation’s summit on climate change, President Donald Trump delivered wide-ranging remarks to the UN General Assembly on Sept. 23 that included calling climate science and ...

President Donald Trump called climate change the “greatest con job ever perpetuated” and a “scam” during his address at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. In a lengthy diatribe against ...

In this Jan. 5 file photo, Allan Umscheid, owner of Yards By Al, feels the bitter wind and catches drifting snow on his face as he runs a snowblower in Lawrence, Kan. The deep freeze that gripped much ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Alice C. Hill is the David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Trump and wars: The president claimed, “I ended seven wars, and in all cases, they were raging, with countless thousands of people being killed. This includes Cambodia and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, ...