January 24, 2019
MediaCFR’s inaugural Local Journalists Workshop featured a series of plenary and discussion group sessions with CFR fellows and other experts, with the goal of introducing a global dimension into coverage…
December 12, 2018
Climate Change2018 was a year marked by extreme weather that underscores the mounting costs of climate change, from debilitating blizzards to raging wildfires to powerful hurricanes.
December 20, 2018
SyriaPresident Trump’s order to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria could have major implications for the country, the Middle East, and broader U.S. foreign policy.
October 18, 2018
ItalyItaly’s populist government has relished defying the European Union, and its latest showdown with Brussels could threaten the continent’s fragile recovery—and the global economy.
October 29, 2018
Donald TrumpThe latest Saudi explanation of what happened to journalist Jamal Khashoggi — that his murder was premeditated by his assailants — is no more acceptable an explanation than the earlier versions, that…
December 1, 2018
United StatesPresident George H.W. Bush’s many significant foreign policy achievements left the country and the world better off.
September 21, 2018
HungaryThe European Parliament’s vote to reprimand Hungary over its growing authoritarianism has tested the EU’s readiness to stand up to illiberalism within the bloc.
November 29, 2018
EconomicsSo far, it seems that the rise of the digital economy has already contributed to a broad pattern of income and job polarization in the developed world. Yet digital technology can play a powerful role…
November 26, 2018
United StatesIn 2018, CFR once again hosted high-level discussions of global affairs, from U.S. election security to the Iran-Saudi Arabia rivalry to the artificial intelligence race.
November 20, 2018
Saudi ArabiaThe United States should pressure MBS to act with greater restraint in Yemen and elsewhere.