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February 29, 2024

United Nations
Funding the United Nations: How Much Does the U.S. Pay?

Many UN agencies, programs, and missions receive crucial funding from the United States. The Trump administration sharply reduced funding to some UN agencies, but President Biden has largely reversed…

A child peeks out from a blue and white tent managed by the UN refugee agency.
Backgrounder by CFR.org Editors

May 21, 2024

United States
Why Biden Wants to Block the Nippon-U.S. Steel Deal

A proposed Japanese takeover of U.S. Steel is facing domestic political pushback that could challenge Biden administration foreign policy aims.  

In Brief by Noah Berman

April 17, 2024

Iran
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

Conceived as the principal defenders of the 1979 revolution, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has evolved into an institution with vast political, economic, and military power.

Members of the Revolutionary Guards attend a parliamentary session in Tehran.
Backgrounder by CFR.org Editors

May 14, 2024

Trade
The Contentious U.S.-China Trade Relationship

Trade between the world’s two biggest economies has ballooned in recent decades, bringing significant benefits but also perils that have led to calls to rethink the relationship.

A Chinese technician wearing a facemask is cast in blue light as he works on a solar panel production line.
Backgrounder by Anshu Siripurapu and Noah Berman

June 14, 2012

Europe
G20 Summit Overshadowed by Euro Crisis

The eurozone crisis is expected to dominate the upcoming G20 leaders’ summit, as the organization works to stay relevant and move forward on a full agenda, says this Expert Roundup.

Expert Roundup by James A. Haley, Andres Rozental, Lars Brozus, and Maria Monica Wihardja

November 4, 2011

Economic Crises
The G20 and Eurozone Debt Crisis

The ongoing eurozone sovereign-debt crisis dominated the G20 summit in Cannes, but there is little the United States and other G20 nations can do to influence EU policymakers, says CFR’s Steven Dunaw…

Interview by Steven Dunaway and Christopher Alessi

November 12, 2015

China
G20: Preparing for the Next Crisis

The leaders of Group of Twenty (G20) meet this weekend in Antalya, Turkey. The agenda is long, the ambitions are modest, and it is easy to be cynical that the group has outlived its usefulness. Still…

Blog Post by Robert Kahn Macro and Markets