February 14, 2019
RussiaCongress is considering a bill that could punish countries for artificially boosting oil prices. What could that mean for warming ties between Russia and Saudi Arabia?
February 11, 2019
IranSince the shah’s ouster in February 1979, Iran’s Islamic regime has been propelled by Ayatollah Khomeini’s revolutionary vision and underpinned by its animus toward the United States.
February 8, 2019
NigeriaThe Giant of Africa’s next president will have to contend with daunting security and economic challenges.
February 15, 2019
TaiwanForty years of finessing Taiwan’s status may be coming to a dangerous end.
February 13, 2019
TradeRobert Lighthizer has been railing against China’s bad behavior for decades. Now, he has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to make it stop.
February 13, 2019
Middle East and North AfricaWhat a late-night meal in Italy taught me about U.S. power in the Arab world.
February 6, 2019
AmericasA hapless political opposition fails to capitalize on the president’s mistakes and adapt to the future.
February 5, 2019
VenezuelaThe staying power of Nicolas Maduro’s embattled government may hinge on three critical allies: Russia, China, and Cuba.
February 4, 2019
United StatesBy Penny Pritzker, chairman and founder of PSP Partners; and Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. (Note the following excerpt is from a chapter writ…
January 31, 2019
United KingdomIn less than two months, the United Kingdom is set to crash out of the European Union without an arrangement for what comes next.