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May 2, 2024

Economics
State and Local Officials Webinar on RealEcon: Reimagining American Economic Leadership

Matthew Goodman, distinguished fellow and director of the Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at CFR, discusses CFR’s new RealEcon initiative and the role of state and local officials in contrib…

Play Flag and Trade

September 27, 2024

Japan
The LDP Leadership Race: Ishiba Shigeru Wins

On Friday, the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan chose its new leader— Ishiba Shigeru.

Ishiba Shigeru at Desk

December 9, 2024

Syria
Syria After Assad: What to Know About HTS, Hezbollah, and Iran

The ascendance of Sunni Islamist rebels in Syria should be viewed with great caution by Western powers, but the Assad regime’s collapse disables a critical node in Iran’s regional proxy network.

Rebel fighters ride in a vehicle after they seized Damascus and ousted President Bashar in Syria, December 9, 2024.

September 3, 2024

Japan
The LDP Leadership Race: The Early Birds

When Prime Minister Kishida Fumio announced on August 14 that he would not seek re-election, the door opened for a number of LDP legislators with ambitions to lead Japan.

Kobayashi, Ishiba, Kono

December 9, 2024

Women and Women's Rights
Women’s Power Index

Find out where women around the world wield political power—and why it matters.

September 10, 2024

United States
Ronald Reagan on U.S. Global Leadership, with Max Boot

Max Boot, the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick senior fellow for national security studies at CFR and a columnist for The Washington Post, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss Ronald Reagan’s life and his …

Podcast President Ronald Reagan at his desk in the Oval Office in Washington, DC. HUM Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

September 12, 2024

Japan
The LDP Leadership Race: Six More Join, a Field of Nine

September has brought six more candidates to the race, creating the largest field of candidates in the party’s history.

Hayashi, Motegi, Koizumi, Takaichi, Kato, Kamikawa

November 26, 2024

Trade
What Are Tariffs?

U.S. Presidents Trump and Biden have both turned to tariffs to support local industries amid economic confrontation with China. Here’s how these taxes work and how they’ve been used historically.

A red-helmeted worker lays steel at a factory.

May 9, 2024

Wars and Conflict
Global Dynamics, Local Reporting

ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz discusses her career covering the news, reporting from conflict zones, and gives advice to journalists on connecting local stories to intern…

Play Mike Froman and Martha Raddatz at CFR