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October 31, 2024

Development
RealEcon Welcomes Assistant Administrator Michael Schiffer to discuss USAID Priorities in the Indo-Pacific

Bilateral development assistance has long been an important tool of American leadership. But today it faces budgetary constraints and a number of potentially conflicting objectives, including promoti…

USAID Roundtable at CFR.

November 25, 2024

United States
CFR Welcomes Michael Horowitz and Prashant Yadav as Senior Fellows

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is pleased to welcome Michael Horowitz and Prashant Yadav to the David Rockefeller Studies Program, CFR’s in-house think tank. As fellows, they will analyze pre…

November 22, 2024

Saudi Arabia
Letter From Saudi Arabia: How the Kingdom Is Focused Inward

The Saudis are determined to prevent the distractions of their dangerous neighborhood from getting in the way of Vision 2030 and the rapid modernization of their country.

View from a skyscraper under construction in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

April 9, 2024

Ukraine
Russia, Ukraine, and Global Instability, With Michael Kimmage

Michael Kimmage, a history professor at the Catholic University of America and a senior associate with the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, s…

Podcast Ukrainian tank-men are seen on a BWP infantry fighting vehicle in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on March 17, 2024.

December 12, 2024

China
New CFR Report Outlines Strategies to Counter China-Russia Influence

In a partnership bordering on alliance, “Russia and China have been clear about the world they seek,” asserts a new Council Special Report, No Limits? The China-Russia Relationship and U.S. Foreign P…

December 10, 2024

Health
The Ten Americas: How Geography, Race, and Income Shape U.S. Life Expectancy

The differences in U.S. life expectancy are so large it’s as if the population lives in separate Americas instead of one.

Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images

December 9, 2024

United States
A Conversation With USAID Administrator Samantha Power: Building Economic Resilience and Advancing Economic Statecraft

In response to new fractures and flashpoints in the global economy and heightened strategic competition, the United States and countries around the world are recalibrating their approaches to economi…

Play U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power speaks atop the Council on Foreign Relation stage.

April 6, 2022

Diplomacy and International Institutions
A Conversation With Representative Michael McCaul

Representative McCaul discusses U.S. national security, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the resulting global energy concerns and China’s response, as well as the U.S. withdrawal from Afgha…

Play NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 29: Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, speaks to reporters at Trump Tower, November 29, 2016 in New York City. President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team are in the process of filling cabinet and other high level positions for the new administration.