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March 14, 2024

Women and Women's Rights
Women’s Power Index

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

February 22, 2024

Asia
Tipped Power Balance: China’s Peak and the U.S. Resilience

China's decline in economy and influence might indicate its unlikeliness to displace the United States as a leading global power in the foreseeable future. This development calls for a reevaluation o…

China's President Xi Jinping speaks at the "Senior Chinese Leader Event" held by the National Committee on US-China Relations and the US-China Business Council on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco

November 14, 2023

Diplomacy and International Institutions
The APEC Summit, With Matthew Goodman

Matthew Goodman, a distinguished fellow for global economic policy and director of the Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the upcoming Asia-Pa…

Podcast U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Treasurer of Australia Jim Chalmers in a bilateral meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in San Francisco, California on November 12, 2023.

October 31, 2023

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Laws of War, With Matthew Waxman

Matthew Waxman, adjunct senior fellow for law and foreign policy at CFR and the Liviu Librescu Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the laws of warfare …

Podcast An Israeli armored personnel carrier near the Gaza-Israel border on October 31, 2023.

February 7, 2024

Malaysia
One Year Plus in Power, Anwar Struggles Mightily to Enact Real Reform in Malaysia

After over a year in office, Prime Minister Anwar has struggled to follow through on his campaign promises to curtail corruption and strengthen the Malaysian economy.

Malaysian Prime Minister wears a white shirt while giving a speech standing at his parliamentary desk.

October 2, 2023

Russia
How Firm Is Vladimir Putin’s Grip on Power?

President Vladimir Putin appears to be in firm control of Russia today, but in order to maintain it in the years ahead, he will have to manage at least three primary challenges.

September 26, 2023

Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies
CFR Welcomes Matthew P. Goodman as Distinguished Fellow for Global Economic Policy

Matthew P. Goodman has joined the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in the David Rockefeller Studies Program as distinguished fellow for global economic policy, based at CFR’s Washington, DC, office…

November 7, 2023

Aging, Youth Bulges, and Population
Demography and World Power, With Nicholas Eberstadt

Nicholas Eberstadt, the Henry Wendt Chair in political economy at the American Enterprise Institute, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how demographic trends in China, Russia, and the United…

Podcast New residents celebrate birthdays at a care home for the elderly in Beijing, China on May 25, 2021.

November 8, 2023

China
The President’s Inbox Recap: Demography and World Power

A country’s demography can expand or constrain its policy options.

A man as viewed looking at a city skyline.