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February 7, 2025

Trade
The Costs of Tariffs

CFR President and former U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman analyzes the potential economic consequences and broader impacts on global trade norms of President Donald Trump’s imposition of tari…

A drone view of trailers parked at Stellantis’s Chrysler Windsor Assembly facility in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, February 4, 2025. (Carlos Osorio/Reuters)

February 7, 2025

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
What Is USAID and Why Is It at Risk?

USAID is a foremost tool of U.S. soft power, administering what experts say is vital humanitarian aid worldwide each year. The Trump administration says the agency is not aligned with its priorities,…

Sudanese dockers unload bags of cereal from U.S. ships carrying humanitarian aid supplies provided by USAID, at Port Sudan on the Red Sea.

January 31, 2025

Foreign Policy
DeepSeek: Making Sense of the Reaction—and Overreaction

CFR fellows weigh in on the global reaction to the release of Chinese AI model DeepSeek and what it means for U.S.-China competition.

A mobile phone displays the DeepSeek AI assistant app. (Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters)

January 31, 2025

RealEcon
Stop-Work Order on US Foreign Aid Puts China First and America Last

Editor's Note: On January 28, after the original publication of this article, Secretary of State Rubio issued an emergency humanitarian waiver that permitted "life-saving humanitarian assistance prog…

Farmworkers sort, process, and bag green beans

January 29, 2025

Panama
Who Controls the Panama Canal?

Panama has owned and administered the Panama Canal for nearly three decades. President Trump wants to change that to counter growing Chinese influence in Latin America.

The cargo ship Cosco Houston tests a new set of locks at the Panama Canal as part of a canal expansion project, in June 2016.

January 29, 2025

Ukraine
Securing Ukraine’s Future: What Should the United States Do?

As the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine looms, President Donald Trump and his administration are working toward bringing the war to a swift end. Five experts lay out recommendations …

January 24, 2025

Foreign Policy
What I Saw in Davos: Middle Powers Rise and Trump’s Shadow Looms

A dispatch from the fifty-forth annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where the focus this year is on the presence of emerging economies—from Brazil to Indonesia—while the political and …

U.S. President Donald Trump makes a special address at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 2025. Yves Herman/Reuters

January 17, 2025

Foreign Policy
The Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire and its Implications

After the Israel-Hamas cease-fire announcement, Steven A. Cook, CFR’s Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies, and I discuss its significance and implications.

Supporters and family members of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, hold lit up torches during a protest ahead of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 16, 2025. Shir Torem/Reuters

January 10, 2025

Foreign Policy
The World Trump Will Inherit

Donald Trump will reenter the White House to face a world racked by historic conflicts and humanitarian crises, but the United States, fueled by its economic strength, remains uniquely poised to infl…

Russian President Vladimir Putin stands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a BRICS Plus meeting in Kazan, Russia, October 2024.

January 6, 2025

U.S. Foreign Policy Program
The President's Inbox Episodes by Topic (2023-2024)

Each episode of The President's Inbox from 2023 and 2024 organized by topic.