October 22, 2020
TanzaniaOn October 28th, Tanzania will choose a president and members of the country’s National Assembly. This year, few observers expect a fair vote, given incumbent President John Magufuli and his government’s weaponization of the law.
July 24, 2020
Wars and ConflictEach Friday this summer, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: movies about uprisings.
June 12, 2020
United StatesEach year CFR.org editor Bob McMahon and I record a special episode of The World Next Week on our summer reading recommendations. Being sticklers for tradition, we did so again this year. We thought,…
August 26, 2019
Election 2020Update: Bernie Sanders announced on April 8, 2020, that he was suspending his campaign. Is the second time the charm? Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders certainly hopes so. Back in 2016, the self-pro…
June 25, 2019
ChinaCan China generate new friends by strategically opening its markets while…also importing less? (Don't judge China just by changes in its tariffs, the Chinese state has many other policy tools to l…
December 7, 2012
JapanThis blog post is part of a series entitled Is Japan in Decline?, in which leading experts analyze Japan’s economy, politics, and society and give their assessment of Japan’s future. During a recent…
March 11, 2019
United StatesBy Jennifer Schuessler New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/11/books/scholar-of-the-marshall-plan-wins-american-history-book-prize.html] March 11, 2019 Benn Steil, the author of “…
June 1, 2020
Please join our panelists for a discussion of China’s development model in Africa and the effects of its expanding influence on the continent, with a focus on economic investments and diplomacy.
January 11, 2019
Conflict PreventionThis year, a mass casualty terrorist attack on the U.S. homeland or treaty ally was included as a top tier priority in the Center for Preventive Action’s annual Preventive Priorities Survey.
January 31, 2019
Health Policy and InitiativesHealth and infectious diseases have shaped the history of urbanization, but it is cities that will define the future of global health.
