Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. In our recent Barron’s column we argued that the past two U.S. administrations, ...

More than 155 million Americans voted in 2024: 156,302,318 to be exact. That’s the second largest total voter turnout in U.S.

After a decades-long cease-fire crumbled in 2020, Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front have resumed fighting over ...

Now, with the surprising decision to pass over his first-term chief trade negotiator Robert Lighthizer for a major role in ...

The fall of the French government, along with political uncertainty in Germany, has upped the pressure on President Emmanuel ...

On a year-over-year basis, Chinese export volumes are up 13 percent (data through November, so it will be close to the 2024 annual number) while import volumes are only up 2 percent. With exports ...

China expanded its two-year-old private pension project this week in an attempt to reduce financial strain on the current ...

As tensions escalate between the United States and China, India’s long-standing policy of strategic autonomy is increasingly ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell has an important new article in Foreign Affairs (January-February 2025 issue) entitled “The Price of American Retreat: Why Washington Must Reject Isolationism and Embrace ...

This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers December 7 to December 13.