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August 26, 2024

China
The IMF’s Latest External Sector Report Misses the Mark

The IMF should take a mulligan on the 2024 External Sector Report. The imbalance in China’s goods trade is expanding, not receding. It is too big for the IMF to ignore.

The IMF’s Latest External Sector Report Misses the Mark
Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

October 2, 2024

Israel
One Year After the October 7 Attacks: The Impact on Four Fronts

The turbulent year since Hamas’s brutal attack on Israel draws to a close, marked by a sharp escalation in conflict between Israel and Iran and its proxies. Four CFR experts assess the changes since …

Article by Elliott Abrams, Linda Robinson, Ray Takeyh, and Steven A. Cook

October 11, 2024

United States
Happy 249th Birthday, U.S. Navy!

The U.S. Navy marks 249 years of service. 

Southern Seas Naval Exercise 2024
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

January 18, 2024

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
U.S.-Iran Proxy War Intensifies, Sudan Conflict Rages On, Sundance Film Festival Marks Forty Years, and More

More than one hundred days into the war in the Gaza Strip, hostilities continue to escalate regionwide, marked by clashes between proxies of Iran and U.S. forces; Sudan’s civil war worsens as a new d…

Podcast Children wearing camouflage hold up mock RPGs, as Houthi supporters rally to commemorate ten Houthi fighters killed by the U.S. Navy in the Red Sea, in Sanaa, Yemen January 5, 2024.
Podcast by Robert McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins The World Next Week

October 10, 2024

Election 2024
Meddling in U.S. Elections, Florida Reels from Twin Storms, Nobel Peace Laureate to Be Named, and More

Intelligence officials warn of foreign meddling in the U.S. presidential and congressional elections; Hurricane Milton marks second straight weather blow to the U.S. southeast; this year’s Nobel Peac…

Podcast Heavy winds and rain are seen blowing over trees on the side of the road in Florida as Hurricane Milton approaches.
Podcast by Robert McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins The World Next Week

January 25, 2024

Haiti
Rebels Gain As Myanmar Marks Coup Anniversary, EU's Ukraine Aid Challenge, Kenya’s Pending Mission to Haiti, and More

The Three Brotherhood Alliance and other armed ethnic groups in Myanmar pose a significant threat to regime control as the country enters its third year under junta rule; the European Union (EU) meet…

Podcast Men run next to burning tires during a protest demanding an end to gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on August 14, 2023
Podcast by Robert McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins The World Next Week

August 21, 2024

United States
Foreign Policy at the U.S. National Political Conventions

Foreign policy issues regularly come to the fore at the national political conventions, especially during periods of global instability. Sometimes the events are marked by bitter disagreements within…

Delegates cheer on the floor of the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City.
Backgrounder by CFR.org Editors

January 26, 2023

North Korea
Missiles and Macroeconomy Mark North Korea’s 2022 Troubles

For North Korea, 2022 was marked by a record number of missile tests, the implementation of a national quarantine against COVID-19 cases, and recentralized government control over economic activities…

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends an event during the New Year celebrations at People's Palace of Culture in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Blog Post by Scott A. Snyder Asia Unbound