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September 12, 2024

Defense and Security
Congress’s Funding Battle, Iran Sends Missiles to Russia, Orbán Defies the EU, and More

The U.S. Congress returns from its summer recess to try to pass a budget for federal discretionary programs before the fiscal year ends and avoid a government shutdown; the United States and other We…

Podcast Iranian ballistic missiles displayed during the ceremony of joining the Armed Forces, in Tehran, Iran, on August 22, 2023. West Asia News Agency/Handout/Reuters
Podcast by Robert McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins The World Next Week

August 9, 2024

Taiwan
Taiwan’s Latest Defense Budget Risks Falling Further Behind China

Taiwan’s six percent increase to its defense budget will add to concerns that the island is not doing enough to deter China and prepare for a conflict.

Soldiers partake in an amphibious landing drill as part of the Han Kuang military exercise in Pingtung, Taiwan.
Blog Post by David Sacks Asia Unbound

September 20, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Donald Trump Has Vowed to Raise Tariffs. Can He?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. Congress is empowered to set tariff policy, but it has delegated much of its authority to the president.

Shipping containers at Port Newark, New Jersey
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

July 18, 2024

Israel
GOP Election Enthusiasm, Netanyahu Addresses U.S. Congress, Cyprus 50 Years After Invasion, and More

The world reacts to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the selection of Ohio Senator JD Vance as former President Donald Trump’s running mate; Israeli Prime Minister Benj…

Podcast Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of the United States Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2015. Win McNamee/Getty Images
Podcast by Robert McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins The World Next Week

March 28, 2024

Defense and Security
Open to Debate: Should Congress Stop Funding the War in Ukraine?

In a collaboration between CFR and Open to Debate, panelists debate whether or not Congress should stop funding the war in Ukraine. Open to Debate is the nation’s only nonpartisan, debate-driven m…

Play Presider and speaker of an Open to Debate event on the CFR stage with an image of Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the background
Event by Heather Conley, Daniel L. Davis, Paula J. Dobriansky, John J. Mearsheimer, and John Donvan

April 4, 2024

United States
CFR Welcomes Millie Tran as Chief Digital Content Officer

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is pleased to welcome Millie Tran as vice president and chief digital content officer. In this newly expanded role, she will oversee the digital content team an…

News Releases

September 10, 2024

Brazil
Brazil’s Other Deforestation Threat Plus Benefits of Blue Collar Immigration

Deforestation progress in the Amazon offset by losses in the Cerrado; Blue collar immigration’s fiscal and economic benefits.

A Brazilian wildcat miner pans for gold at a wildcat gold mine in a deforested area of the Amazon rainforest.
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman Latin America’s Moment

March 14, 2024

Russia
Russia’s Gloomy ‘Elections’, U.S. Budget Divisions, Elton John-Bernie Taupin Awarded, and More

Russia holds its presidential election with the Kremlin aiming to orchestrate a sweeping endorsement of President Vladimir Putin; the U.S. Congress continues its partisan battles over the 2024 budget…

Podcast People walk past a cardboard cut-out of President Vladimir Putin displayed in a souvenir shop ahead of the upcoming elections for the President of Russia on March 14, 2024 in Moscow, Russia.
Podcast by Robert McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins The World Next Week

March 21, 2024

United States
CFR Welcomes Steven Bennett as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) welcomes Steven Bennett as executive vice president and chief administrative officer, where he will work on strategic, financial, and management issues. Bennett…

News Releases

September 16, 2024

United States
CFR Fellows' Book Launch Series: Reagan—His Life and Legend by Max Boot

From best-selling biographer Max Boot comes this revelatory portrait, a decade in the making, of the actor-turned-politician whose telegenic leadership ushered in a transformative conservative era in…

Play President Ronald Reagan at Republican convention Rally in 1982.
Virtual Event by Max Boot and James M. Lindsay