Relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia, long bound by common interests in oil and security, have strained over what some analysts see as a more assertive Saudi foreign policy.
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The United States should pressure MBS to act with greater restraint in Yemen and elsewhere.
Mohammad bin Salman isn’t just ruining his own reputation—he’s spoiling Washington’s policies across the region.
Cybersecurity
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China is once again stealing U.S. intellectual property to advance its technological capabilities. A new CFR brief provides recommendations for combating cyber espionage.
G20
Test your knowledge of China’s role in the world, from its infrastructure initiative spanning several continents to its trade with other countries.
Myanmar
Eric Schwartz recounts his recent visit to Bangladesh and discusses what humanitarian organizations and international governments can do to address this crisis.
Mexico
His personalistic presidency threatens years of hard-won institutional gains.
Injustice, not economic class, is what’s turning voters against the political establishment.
Test your knowledge of Mexico, from its president to its border with the United States.
United States
Let us mourn the passing of the forty-first president, but also learn from his remarkable life.
Experts discuss the legacy of the George H.W. Bush administration.
CFR on the Record
Vice Chairman Randal Quarles discusses the outlook for the U.S. economy, inflation, and monetary policy.
Panelists discuss how reporting on politics and the U.S. president has changed with the internet, social media, and smartphones, as well as the new ways in which Americans receive their daily foreign policy news.
Panelists discuss current political and economic policies in Russia, and how Russia’s domestic affairs influence its foreign policy.
CFR hosts a screening of 82 Names: Syria, Please Don't Forget Us, a documentary film co-produced with the United Sates Holocaust Memorial Museum and Maziar Bahari, that traces the journey of Mansour Omari, a survivor of torture and imprisonment in Syria.
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Human Trafficking
The Scourge of Modern Slavery
Slavery, long banned and universally condemned, persists in many corners of the world, victimizing tens of millions of people.
Iran
Who Runs Iran?
Who calls the shots in Iran on economic policy, security, and responding to domestic calls for reform? A look at the government's organization chart indicates how complicated the answer is.
North Korea
North Korean Nuclear Negotiations: A Brief History
Nuclear negotiations between the United States and North Korea have proceeded in fits and starts across three decades and have failed to halt the advance of the North’s atomic weapons program.
Israel
The Stakes in Jerusalem
President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and relocate the embassy there could inspire protest and set back the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Trade
Dealing With Disputes
With President Trump taking aim at existing trade agreements, countries are increasingly grappling with dispute resolution mechanisms and their implications for global trading rules.
Experts in the News
Featured Publications
American diplomacy is in shambles under Trump, but beneath the daily chaos is an erosion of the postwar order that is even more dangerous.
Public Health Threats and Pandemics
Global health expert Thomas J. Bollyky explores the paradox in our fight against infectious disease: the world is getting healthier in ways that should make us worry.
The Third Revolution argues that Xi Jinping’s dual-reform trajectories—a more authoritarian system at home and a more ambitious foreign policy abroad—provide Beijing with new levers of influence that the United States must learn to exploit to protect its own interests.