For two-and-a-half centuries, the United States has faced a challenging world. Some of its responses have advanced U.S.

The regime is facing one of its largest protest movements in years. Tehran has shut down internet and telephone ...

President Trump has set his sights on Venezuelan oil, but there are many economic and political obstacles to significantly ...

Trade and tariffs are a central part of President Donald Trump’s international economic policy. Stay up to date with the Council on Foreign Relation’s 2026 calendar of significant trade-related events ...

Pacific, such as tensions on the Korean Peninsula or disputes over the South China Sea, consistently attract the attention of policymakers within the region and abroad. But their consequences for ...

The U.S. military has launched a campaign that it says targets illegal drug trafficking in the Caribbean, but the reported capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has intensified scrutiny over the ...

The president’s attempt to take control of Greenland could prove existential for the NATO alliance. Europe will have to both ...

Iran is no stranger to protest movements, which have erupted periodically under clerical rule, most recently in 2022 ...

The U.S. capture of Maduro has obvious global pros and cons for Russia. Its impact on Russian oil revenues and the country’s ...

The protests in Iran could have a sweeping effect in a region already jolted by historic changes over the past year. Four CFR ...

Far from being evidence of Donald Trump’s policy schizophrenia, recent developments reflect an administration-wide effort to ...

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is pleased to welcome Edward Fishman to the David Rockefeller Studies Program, CFR’s ...