In February, tensions escalated between China and Panama following the annulment of two Chinese port contracts, prompting ...

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This summer’s tournament will make history by fielding forty-eight national teams for the first time. But as tensions simmer ...

The Trump administration has tightened sanctions and restricted oil shipments to Cuba. The moves are part of a broader ...

This is a book about intelligence,” writes Sebastian Mallaby, Paul A. Volcker senior fellow for international economics at ...

Israeli war against Iran to their own advantage. With Russia profiting from the war while backing Iran, and Ukraine arming ...

This interactive map tracks China’s global economic expansion through investments in overseas industrial parks. Users can ...

Sebastian Mallaby spent more than two decades as a journalist at the Economist and the Washington Post before joining the ...

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has been named to Fast Company’s 2026 Most Innovative Companies list, ranking tenth in ...

Leaders in the region weren’t necessarily interested in a war with the Islamic Republic, but they now need Trump to oust the ...

Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the day. Top of the Agenda The Iran war appears on the precipice of greater ...

Brad W. Setser is the Whitney Shepardson senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. In the days since U.S. President Donald Trump’s operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, ...