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September 20, 2024

India
This Weekend’s Leaders Summit Brings Prospects for a More Sustainable and Useful Quad

At their upcoming summit in Delaware, the leaders of the four Quad countries have an opportunity to build on long-running efforts to transform the grouping into one that is more sustainable, practica…

U.S. President Joe Biden, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a Quad meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit, at the Grand Prince Hotel in Hiroshima, Japan, May 20, 2023.

September 19, 2024

Iran
Israel and the Middle East at a Crossroads: How Tehran’s Terror Campaign Threatens the U.S. and our Allies

 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for your invitation to testify today on “Israel and the Middle East at a Crossroads: How Tehran’s Terror Campaign Threatens the U.S. an…

Elliott Abrams sits in a black suit and green tie while speaking into a microphone

September 20, 2024

Lebanon
What Is Hezbollah?

Military experience gained fighting in Syria’s civil war and generous support from Iran have made the Shiite militant group a formidable foe for Israel. But at the same time, its political clout amon…

 A man bearing a Hezbollah flag leads ranks of militants through Beirut’s southern suburb.

September 18, 2024

Global
What Are the UN Sustainable Development Goals?

The United Nations’ ambitious development agenda aims to protect people and the planet via seventeen goals. But experts say governments aren’t doing enough to implement them.

Students attend a lesson at a school in the Tillabéri region of Niger.

September 9, 2024

United Nations
The UN Security Council

The UN Security Council is the premier global body for maintaining international peace and security, but it faces steady calls for reform to better meet twenty-first-century challenges.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the Security Council via video amid Russia’s war.

September 20, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Donald Trump Has Vowed to Raise Tariffs. Can He?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. Congress is empowered to set tariff policy, but it has delegated much of its authority to the president.

Shipping containers at Port Newark, New Jersey

September 17, 2024

Religion
Religion and Foreign Policy Webinar: Muslim-American Perspectives on U.S. Foreign Policy

Salam al-Marayati, president and cofounder of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, and Nazita Lajevardi, associate professor of political science at Michigan State University, discuss the domestic and …

Play People with flags of various countries in the Middle East gather for a rally held by American Muslims for Palestine calling for a ceasefire in Gaza near the National Museum of African American History and Washington Monument in Washington, U.S.

September 16, 2024

United States
CFR-Brookings Institution Election 2024 Virtual Public Event: What’s at Stake for U.S.-European Relations?

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the Brookings Institution Foreign Policy Program are collaborating to convene a panel of experts to discuss the foreign, security, and economic policy chall…

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September 6, 2024

United States
Election 2024: The United States Has a Debt Problem

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Whoever wins in November could find their policy plans stymied by a mounting national debt.

Debt Screen

September 7, 2024

Venezuela
Oil Companies, Biden Policies, and Democracy in Venezuela

The activities of U.S. and European oil companies in Venezuela are helping the Maduro regime crush democracy there, and the Biden administration should now fully reimpose U.S. sanctions.