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United States
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A Guide to the Countries on Trump’s Travel Ban ListThe White House’s growing travel ban is now shutting down immigrant visa processing indefinitely for seventy-five countries, including Brazil, Iran, Russia, and Somalia, among several others.
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Putin’s Real Worry About Trump’s Venezuela InterventionThe U.S. capture of Maduro has obvious global pros and cons for Russia. Its impact on Russian oil revenues and the country’s “shadow fleet” could be most important of all.
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A Guide to Trump’s Second-Term Military Strikes and ActionsSince returning to office, Trump has steadily expanded his use of military force abroad. Many of his actions mirror those of previous administrations, but diverge from the president’s past opposition to foreign military commitments.
Experts in this Region
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U.S. Relations With Iran, 1953–2026Onetime allies, the United States and Iran have seen tensions escalate repeatedly in the four decades since the Islamic Revolution.
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The Best and Worst Foreign Policy Decisions in U.S. HistoryA new CFR survey of historians examines which decisions have left the greatest legacies, for better or worse.
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Accelerating Energy Innovation: The Federal RolePanelists explore opportunities for the United States to develop and deploy emerging energy technologies to better compete with China and other global rivals, as well as discuss pragmatic ways to expand federal investment in energy innovation and maximize its impact. For those attending virtually, log-in information and instructions on how to participate during the question-and-answer portion will be provided the evening before the event to those who register. This meeting is presented in partnership with CFR’s Climate Realism Initiative.
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C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With John C. WilliamsJohn C. Williams of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York discusses monetary policy and the economic outlook for the year ahead. The C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics brings the world’s foremost economic policymakers and scholars to address members on current topics in international economics. This meeting series is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.
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Did Dean Acheson Unintentionally Encourage the Start of the Korean War?The secretary of state’s failure to include South Korea within the U.S. defensive perimeter in Asia in a January 1950 speech sparked accusations that he had invited North Korea’s invasion five months later.
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Sen. Arthur Vandenberg’s Conversion to InternationalismA leading isolationist voice before Pearl Harbor helped build support for an internationalist U.S. foreign policy after World War II.
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The Constitution, the War Power, and the Ludlow AmendmentCongress once considered a proposal to require a national referendum on any congressional declaration of war.
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The Senate Moves to Limit Trump on VenezuelaFive Republican senators joined with Democrats to rebuff the White House and move ahead with a resolution to require Congress to approve any further use of military force against Venezuela.
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Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget Should Not Come as a SurpriseIn the context of global threats to the United States, a long overdue defense modernization bill, and the ambitions of Trump’s signature defense priorities, perhaps the budget request should have been expected.
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Getting Might RightCFR President Michael Froman analyzes the global implications of the U.S. military operation in Venezuela and how Greenland could be the next major test of the viability of the postwar order.
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Increasing Venezuela’s Oil Output Will Take Several Years—and Billions of DollarsPresident Trump has set his sights on Venezuelan oil, but there are many economic and political obstacles to significantly ramping up the country’s oil production.
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Wilson’s Fourteen Points Set a New Vision for World PeaceWoodrow Wilson’s speech on January 8, 1918, changed the course of U.S. foreign policy and international diplomacy.