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March 25, 2024

India
The Indian Giant Has Arrived

With India's development continuing to gain steam, one of the biggest challenges will be to avoid the mistake that others have made when they failed to recognize their newly acquired global systemic …

Sitaraman

October 17, 2019

Syria
The High Price of Trump’s Great Betrayal

President Trump’s abandonment of the Kurds reinforced already existing doubts in the region and around the world that the United States remains a reliable ally.

Syria withdrawal

February 8, 2019

Economics
2019 Robert B. Menschel Economics Symposium

Although the global rate of extreme poverty is at a historic low, the pace of poverty reduction is slowing and the World Bank estimates that more than 700 million people still live on less than $1.90…

December 4, 2023

United States
Congress Can Help Make Housing Affordable—It Just Has to Act

The Barrister Apartments in downtown Cincinnati, slated to open early next year, are a housing policy success story. Financed with federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, it is the first investment i…

Home sale sign

December 13, 2023

Trade
Visualizing 2024: Trends to Watch

What trends will shape world events in the year ahead? Five CFR experts weigh in.

January 22, 2024

Trade
The Curse of Nostalgia: Industrial Policy in the United States

A critical look at the past and present of industrial policy shows that its recent popularity is not only misguided, but is likely to have negative economic and geopolitical consequences for the Unit…

President Joe Biden signs the Inflation Reduction Act in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on August 16, 2022.

December 13, 2023

Climate Change
Did the COP28 Summit Give a Boost to Renewable Energy Plans?

Leaders at the UN climate meeting in Dubai signaled a crucial pivot away from fossil fuel use, but significant hurdles remain for a speedy transition to emission-free energy.

An employee connects solar cells at a manufacturing plant in Oragadam, in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Currently, Coal powers 70 percent of India’s electricity generation.