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January 5, 2024

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Far-Right Terrorism in the United States

In recent years, far-right terrorism has become a leading national security concern for the United States. However, this type of violence and the extremism that inspires it are far from new. The U.S. far right has been gaining momentum for decades, helping to proliferate a web of conspiracy theories and insidious ideologies such as white supremacism, antisemitism, and anti-government extremism, all of which are converging to pose a grave threat to American democracy.

November 21, 2022

Climate Change
UN Climate Talks

Since 1992, negotiations have produced notable accords on climate change, including the Paris Agreement. But leaders have so far failed to slow global warming. Trace the successes and failures of UN climate conferences ahead of COP26.

October 13, 2023

Middle East and North Africa
U.S. Relations With Iran, 1953–2023

Onetime allies, the United States and Iran have seen tensions escalate repeatedly in the four decades since the Islamic Revolution.

May 1, 2017

Politics and Government
Political Conventions and Foreign Policy

The quadrennial U.S. presidential nominating conventions are usually dominated by domestic themes. But they have at times been flavored by global economic concerns and national security threats, offe…

January 27, 2023

India
U.S.-India Relations

Since India’s independence, ties with the United States have weathered Cold War–era distrust and estrangement over India’s nuclear program. Relations have warmed in recent years and cooperation has strengthened across a range of economic and political areas.