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October 25, 2024

North Korea
North Korean Troops in Russia: A Dangerous New Phase in the Ukraine War

The deployment of North Korean troops to aid Russia marks an ominous new level of cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang. The alliance could further escalate and globalize the conflict.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un attend an official welcoming ceremony in Pyongyang, North Korea, June 19, 2024.

October 23, 2024

United States
New Report Highlights Risks of Foreign Interference in U.S. and Other Democracies

“In this year of elections in liberal democracies, concerns over foreign influence have only grown, amplified by the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, China’s assertive foreign policy, and the Isr…

October 22, 2024

United States
CFR Welcomes Ben Chang as Vice President of Global Communications  

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is pleased to welcome Ben Chang as vice president of Global Communications. Chang will start on November 20, based in New York City.   “We are delighted to w…

October 10, 2024

RealEcon
National Security Regulation and the Decline of Cost-Benefit Analysis

Laws meant to insulate domestic companies from foreign transactions are often implemented with little regard to the ensuing domestic costs.  Those costs could undermine the national security goals of…

A general view of the U.S. Treasury building in Washington, U.S. January 19, 2023.

October 31, 2024

China
China in Africa: October 2024

Chinese diplomatic developments abounded across the African continent throughout October, including the implementation of new China-Africa partnerships in the wake of last month’s Forum on China-Afri…

Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other participants in the outreach/BRICS Plus format meeting attend a family photo during the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia October 24, 2024. ALEXANDER NEMENOV/Pool via REUTERS

October 17, 2024

Trade
From Redistribution to “Predistribution”—Rebuilding Worker Support for Markets and Trade

The CFR RealEcon: Reimagining American Economic Leadership initiative looks to assess the role of the United States in the international economy, analyze what is at stake for the American people, and…

Play Alex Raskolnikov, Benn Steil, and Lydia DePillis seated on stage at the Council on Foreign Relations New York City office.

September 27, 2024

Sexual Violence
Women This Week: Gisèle Pelicot is France’s New Feminist Hero

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers September 21 to September 27.

People attend a demonstration in support of rape victims and Gisele Pelicot, who was allegedly drugged and raped by men solicited by her husband Dominique Pelicot, as the trial continues, at the Place de la Republique in Paris, France, September 14, 2024.

October 18, 2024

Infrastructure
Learning From Past U.S. Infrastructure Investments

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal and the CHIPS and Science Act stand to transform U.S. infrastructure for decades to come. Policymakers should look to the successes and failures of the 1956 act tha…

FREDERICKSBURG, VA - APRIL 6: In an aerial view, vehicles on Interstate 95 travel past a construction project to add three lanes to the I-95 Rappahannock River Crossing on April 6, 2021 in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

October 17, 2024

Election 2024
CFR-Georgia Tech Election 2024 U.S. Foreign Policy Public Forum

Join us for an in-depth, nonpartisan conversation on America’s role in the world and the foreign policy issues at stake in the 2024 election, including sustainability, artificial intelligence, nation…

Play Georgia Institute of Technology logo on the side of a building on campus.

September 26, 2024

Ukraine
Zelenskyy’s Diplomatic Drive, Japan’s New Leader, U.S. and Canadian Tariffs on China’s EVs, and More

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy intensifies efforts to galvanize greater political and financial support; Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will elect a new leader to become the n…

Podcast Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on September 22, 2024. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout/Reuters