Introduction
Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
Introduction
Throughout its decades of independence, Myanmar has struggled with military rule, civil war, poor governance, and widespread poverty. A military coup in February 2021 dashed hopes for…
During the 2020 presidential campaign, Joe Biden promised that his administration would make a “historic effort” to reduce long-running racial inequities in health. Tobacco use—the leading cause of p…
Rush Doshi is senior fellow for China and Indo-Pacific studies and director of the initiative on China strategy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). His expertise includes China’s foreign polic…
John Kerry discusses his work as U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, the challenges the United States faces, and the Biden administration’s priorities as it continues to address climate chan…
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Is the third time really the charm? Former Vice President Joe Biden certainly hopes so. He first threw his hat in the ring for the 1988 Democratic nomination but ended up dropping out of the race mon…
Update: Bernie Sanders announced on April 8, 2020, that he was suspending his campaign.
Is the second time the charm? Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders certainly hopes so. Back in 2016, the self-pro…
Update: Michael Bennet announced on February 11, 2020, that he was ending his campaign for president.
Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer among American men. One in nine Ameri…
Update: Pete Buttigieg announced on March 1, 2020, that he was ending his campaign.
Fact can be more interesting than fiction. In 2000, a high school senior won the John F. Kennedy Presidential Li…
Update: Elizabeth Warren announced on March 5, 2020, that she was ending her campaign.
As politicians, Ronald Reagan and Elizabeth Warren are opposites. He wanted to unleash the power of the marke…
Update: Beto O'Rourke announced on November 1, 2019, that he was ending his campaign.
When Richard Nixon lost California’s governor’s race in 1962, political pundits declared his dream of becoming…
Update: Bill de Blasio announced on September 20, 2019, that he was ending his campaign.
Height is an advantage in presidential politics. Throughout American history, the taller of the two major p…
Update: Tim Ryan announced on October 24, 2019, that he was ending his campaign.
Niles, Ohio, is one of the few places in the United States that can say it is the birthplace of a president. Americ…
Update: Kirsten Gillibrand announced on August 28, 2019, that she was ending her campaign.
It has been a while since Americans have elected successive presidents from the same state. Not since Nov…
Update: Cory Booker announced on January 13, 2020, that he was ending his campaign.
Is America ready for a president who is single and a vegan? Cory Booker, New Jersey’s junior senator, certainly …
Update: Amy Klobuchar announced on March 2, 2020, that she was ending her campaign.
Harvard and Yale have a storied rivalry. Yale holds the advantage when it comes to victories on the gridiron and…
Update: Jay Inslee announced on August 22, 2019, that he was ending his campaign.
The two dozen candidates competing for the Democratic presidential nomination are all hoping to get to Washington…
Update: John Hickenlooper announced on August 15, 2019, that he was ending his campaign.
Political strategists often ask whether a presidential candidate is someone a voter would want to have a be…
The diplomacy between President Trump and Kim Jong-un resonates with the American public, as shown in a recent poll by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Americans have long considered North Kore…
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In a matter of days, Donald J. Trump and Kim Jong-un will meet to build upon progress made in the June 2018 Singapore Declaration, in which both sides pledged to normalize relations, achieve peace, a…
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