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December 12, 2024

China Strategy Initiative
No Limits? The China-Russia Relationship and U.S. Foreign Policy

China and Russia’s quasi-alliance endangers U.S. national interests. Its management will prove a generational task for American policymakers—but there are grounds for optimism, argue CFR Senior Fello…

December 9, 2024

Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy
The New, Broader Alliance of Autocracies

As a growing alliance of autocratic states deepens its cooperation to challenge democracies worldwide, its expanding influence remains largely overlooked by policymakers.

A group of world leaders, including Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, pose for a photo at the 2024 BRICS summit, with a backdrop displaying the BRICS logo and the year.

May 16, 2024

United States
Strength Through Cooperation: A Conversation With Bipartisan Leaders of the House Armed Services Committee

Bipartisan leaders of the House Armed Services Committee, Ranking Member Adam Smith (D) and Vice Chairman Rob Wittman (R), discuss the interconnected nature of U.S. military support abroad and the im…

Play House Armed Services Committee gather on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. in 2023.

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.

June 4, 2024

Digital Policy
Shaping the Future: Lessons from 20 Years of Digital Cooperation

Last week, world leaders met on WSIS' 20th anniversary. In keeping with WSIS commitments, leaders need to boost digital skills, use AI to advance the SDGs, and tackle tech's climate impact to create …

U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan speaks at the inaugural session of the second U.N.'s World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis on November 16, 2005

October 25, 2023

South Korea
Trilateral Security Cooperation: Implementing the Spirit of Camp David

On August 18, 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio met at Camp David for the first stand-alone trilateral U.S.-South Korea-J…

Play Workshop panelists sit at a table in front of CFR screens

November 22, 2024

China Strategy Initiative
China-Russia Relations: November 2024

As North Korean troops mobilized to fight in Ukraine this month, the United States and its NATO allies urged China to intervene and prevent further escalation. However, China remained passive and con…

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets China's counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 19, 2024.

October 16, 2024

Israel
Missile Defense: How Vulnerable Is Israel to Iran’s Attacks?

Israel and its allies have successfully defended against Iran’s missile attacks thus far, but it has required an extraordinary level of cooperation, and the challenge is likely to only get harder if …

An Iron Dome anti-missile battery in southern Israel, April 2024.

November 30, 2023

Technology and Innovation
Strengthening Strategic Technology Cooperation Between South Korea and the United States

The third workshop for the project on Bolstering U.S.-South Korean Cooperation to Meet the China Challenge examined the opportunities and challenges ahead for the U.S.-South Korea technology partners…

U.S. President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, and Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong walk at the Samsung Electronic Pyeongtaek Campus in South Korea on May 20 2022.

December 12, 2024

Latin America
Mercosur: South America’s Fractious Trade Bloc

Three decades after its founding, Latin America’s largest trade bloc continues to seek new global agreements. The recent conclusion of a deal with the European Union could help, but it faces roadbloc…

A truck driver waits to unload his cargo of cereal grain at a rail terminal in Brazil.