California Capitalism's greatest successes are in education, health and climate.  Its greatest challenges are inequality and affordable housing.

Immigration barriers for entrepreneurs and U.S.-educated STEM graduates hurt American innovation.

This post is part of the Council on Foreign Relations’ blog series on human trafficking, in which CFR fellows and other leading experts assess new approaches to improve U.S. and global efforts to cur…

Laura K. Donohue argues that section 702 of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act is an important tool in the intelligence community’s arsenal, but that it should be amended to br…

Latin America and the Caribbean remains the most violent region in the world. Overwhelmed police and military forces stand to improve their effectiveness and accountability by unleashing a secret wea…

As 2021 comes to a close, here are five positive stories on the foreign policy front that happened in the past year. 

Democratic backsliding in the United States risks both its domestic stability and international security.

World Health Organization targeted by hackers; EU Parliament will temporarily allow members to vote by email; Chinese information operations copying some Russian tactics, expert says; Hackers exploit…

Pay attention to banking system's foreign currency exposure to the government ...

In 2007, President George W. Bush awarded the Medal of Freedom in absentia to the Cuban human rights and democracy activist Oscar Elias Biscet. This week, he was able to place the award on Biscet’s s…