May 30, 2019
North KoreaUnwavering faith in the gospel of denuclearization is not supported by an objective evaluation of its track record.
October 25, 2019
TurkeyPanelists discuss Turkey’s domestic politics, its recent actions in northern Syria, and the shifting nature of U.S.-Turkish relations in the three years since the attempted July 2016 coup. LAIPSON…
September 19, 2018
United Nations General AssemblyNext week Donald J. Trump returns to the United Nations for the annual opening of the UN General Assembly. While Trump exceeded expectations during his first UN appearance last year, he will face mor…
About CFR
The 2019 Annual Report from the Council on Foreign Relations provides a review of the year's meetings, outreach, publications, and events. It also includes highlights from the Corporate Program, Council of Councils, CFR Campus, and Independent Task Force Program.
April 9, 2018
SyriaEverything Trump does in Syria revolves around what’s good for Trump. And that’s bad for America.
March 27, 2018
RussiaThe expulsion of Russian diplomats by more than twenty governments is a remarkable show of unity and a deepening of Moscow’s rift with the West.
February 28, 2018
Middle East and North AfricaThere’s a very familiar method to the administration’s apparent regional madness.
January 16, 2018
EgyptEgypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia are close to armed conflict over a Nile dam project; so far the United States is ignoring them.
December 18, 2017
United StatesThe president’s first national security strategy eloquently sums up the U.S. role in the world and what should be done to defend it, but much of the document is at odds with what the president himsel…
December 19, 2017
Donald TrumpConsidering how destabilizing Donald J. Trump’s foreign policy has been over the past year, the National Security Strategy (NSS) the White House released on Monday is surprisingly moderate. Written u…
