CFR Staff

Phil McCausland

News Editor

Phil McCausland serves as the news editor at the Council on Foreign Relations. He manages a team of writers and editors and coordinates with fellows to supervise CFR’s coverage of foreign affairs. Previously, he was a senior editor at BBC News and a national and international reporter at NBC News. 

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Russia

The 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.

Immigration and Migration

The 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.