With the sudden collapse of the al-Assad regime in Syria, analysts and fighters in other long running civil wars are ...

Despite being one of the most powerful women in global politics, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s feminism has ...

This year’s report revised upwards the estimate of China’s defense budget, the second-largest in the world (behind the United ...

No one expects a great deal of focus on Africa policy from the incoming Trump administration. But the Africa portfolio in ...

I examine what is happening with President-elect Donald Trump’s transition to the White House. This week: Donald Trump helped scuttle a deal to keep the U.S. government open but exposed ...

To gain some insight into the year ahead, CFR fellows highlight some of the global developments they will be looking out for.

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

A view of the General Assembly Hall during the "Summit of the Future" at United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., ...

Voters across some eighty countries, home to an estimated four billion people—roughly half of the world’s population—headed ...

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