Since the Future of American Strategy Initiative launched in late May, we’ve shared nearly thirty essays about where U.S.
CFR President Michael Froman discusses the takeaways from this week’s two major events: the annual UN General Assembly debate ...
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The honors for Xi exceed what Trump got in Beijing, but the asymmetry goes beyond the pageantry. A quick brief on ten issues ...
Long-standing educational programs such as Fulbright, Boren, and the Critical Language Scholarship are all suspended. A ...
CFR’s Steven Cook explains what Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s direct appeal to President Donald Trump reveals ...
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Esther Brimmer is the James H. Binger senior fellow in global governance at the Council on Foreign Relations. For the fifth time, U.S. President Donald Trump ascended the marble dais to deliver his ...
In January, China condemned the United States’ capture and arrest of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. Brazil reacted to ...
Recent escalation in the Russia-Ukraine war has halted the Black Sea grain trade and metastasized into a war on the global food system. Combined with drought in the Northern Hemisphere, a looming ...
The second of four meetings in 2026 between the leaders of the United States and China is unlikely to produce any major ...
Recent developments have raised questions over the Army’s commitment to scaling drone adoption. But doing so is critical for ...