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October 3, 2019

Elections and Voting
Bill Weld

CFR invited the presidential candidates challenging President Trump in the 2020 election to articulate their positions on twelve critical foreign policy issues. Candidates’ answers are posted exactly…

Bill Weld

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.

September 20, 2024

United States
Misperceptions and Misplaced Perceptions: Time to Turn the Page on International Trade

Trade deserves a better reputation. Increasing supply would improve the economy’s performance and the public’s perception of trade’s benefits.

A tugboat passes shipping containers being unloaded and stacked on a pier at Port Newark, New Jersey, U.S., November 19, 2021.

June 19, 2019

Hong Kong
What Does the Pause of Hong Kong’s Extradition Bill Mean?

The bill’s future remains uncertain, but no amendments can change the ugly reality of shipping anyone off to Beijing’s incommunicado torture chambers, its denial of competent legal defenders, and its…

Dozens of people wear black shirts during a protest against Hong Kong's extradition bill.

September 27, 2024

Ukraine
How Much U.S. Aid Is Going to Ukraine?

Nine charts illustrate the extraordinary level of support the United States has provided Ukraine in its war against Russian invaders.

A Ukrainian serviceman carries an artillery shell.

August 6, 2024

Election 2024
Issue Guide: Tim Walz on Foreign Policy

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is the Democratic vice-presidential nominee. This primer provides some background on his foreign policy views.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz hold his hands to his stomach in front of the state flag.

October 9, 2024

Human Rights
Thailand's Chance to Send the Right Signal

The world is sleepwalking through Thailand’s growing denial of fundamental human rights, like freedom of expression. The country’s rights violations are aimed at shielding its centuries-old monarchy …

Move Forward Party supporters, mostly donning orange and holding up protest signs, react after Thailand's Constitutional Court delivers its verdict on a case seeking the dissolution of the party over its call for lese-majeste reform, in Bangkok, Thailand on August 7, 2024.

June 27, 2024

Russia
Why the Russian Democratic Transition Failed

Could Russia have put itself on a steady course toward a consolidated democracy in the 1990s?  At the time, Russian leaders vowed that was their goal, and Western leaders offered their support. Yet B…