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March 11, 2024

Myanmar
Myanmar’s Army is Collapsing: An Update

As the Myanmar military faces a record level of defections, its control of the country looks increasingly tenuous.

Soldiers dressed in fatigues and dark hats walk through a forested area carrying a red blanket.

December 11, 2023

Energy and Environment
CEO Speaker Series With Mike Wirth of Chevron

Chevron Chairman and CEO Mike Wirth discusses the current state of energy, including the role of fossil fuels and the energy transition to renewable and low-carbon sources, and how geopolitical crise…

Play Mike Wirth, CEO of Chevron appears on CNBC to speak about Chevron's deal to buy Hess Corp in New York City.

September 20, 2023

Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa’s ‘Leaders for Life’

Sub-Saharan Africa is home to many of the world’s longest-ruling heads of state. Pro-democracy advocates have at times successfully stopped presidents from extending their mandates, but the authorita…

A worker throws away campaign posters of President Yoweri Museveni after Uganda’s 2021 election.

September 11, 2023

Trade
Decision Making in an Uncertain World

In a conversation with two of his former chiefs of staff, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin discusses his decision-making process and how policymakers should think about economic issues …

Play Robert Rubin speaking next to Bill Clinton

July 18, 2023

Latin America
Latin America This Week: July 18, 2023

A new conservative government in Spain would keep Latin America on the EU agenda; falling U.S.-China trade makes Mexico top U.S. partner; Guerrero’s violence spurred by poverty, corruption, and shift…

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez attend an opening speech at the EU-LAC 2023 Business Round Table in Brussels, Belgium, July 17, 2023.

May 15, 2023

Latin America
Latin America’s Moment Returns

The Council on Foreign Relations’ blog on Latin America and the world will again feature regular analysis and updates on trends shaping the region.

Migrants stand near the border wall after crossing the Rio Bravo river with the intention of turning themselves in to the U.S. Border Patrol agents, as seen from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.

March 28, 2023

United States
A Conversation With Deputy U.S. Attorney General Lisa Monaco: Defending the Rule of Law Against Hostile Nation States

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco discusses how the Department of Justice is countering new and evolving threats to the rule of law posed by hostile nation states, from transnational repression to …

Play Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco speaks at a podium during a news conference with U.S. flags behind her