Facing a growing terror threat in the Sahel, the Trump administration could discover that its avoidance of “long-term ...

A new executive order sets an ambitious course for lunar exploration, missile defense, and commercial investment but ...

As fentanyl flows in from the south, the U.S. government has stepped up measures both at the border and beyond to curb the influx. Christian Torres/Anadolu/Getty Images President Trump has imposed ...

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At a recent summit, several corporate CEOs expressed optimism about the year ahead, though they noted some concerns about U.S ...

The world faces unresolved conflicts, growing climate crises, attacks on aid workers, two famines, and diminishing political will—along with significant aid cuts. Altogether, 2025 has earned a grim ...

CFR President Michael Froman analyzes President Donald Trump’s busy year of diplomacy and action, which perhaps forged a new brand of U.S. internationalism.

The United Nations is the world’s principal organization for deliberating matters of peace and security, but its work encompasses far more than peacekeeping and conflict prevention. The UN system ...

Few countries have struggled with development like Haiti. Since breaking free from French colonial rule more than two centuries ago, the Caribbean state has weathered multiple foreign interventions, ...

U.S. leadership in space is critical to U.S. national security, leadership, hard and soft power, and to the security and prosperity of the American people, argues a new CFR Task Force.

While the Treasury market is likely to remain stable next year, longer-term trade and fiscal trends—such as additional tariffs, questionable foreign demand, as well as rising deficits—risk pushing ...

A seawoman uses binoculars while standing aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tyra M. Campbell/U.S. Navy The risk of a military ...