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May 2, 2024

RealEcon
Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific: An ADB Perspective

As part of the CFR RealEcon Roundtable Series, Scott Morris, vice president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), explained how the ADB supports countries in the Indo-Pacific region amid shifting geop…

Scott Morris speaks at a CFR roundtable event.

April 1, 2024

RealEcon
Policymaking Is All About Trade-Offs

In crafting a new international economic policy that works for Americans and advances U.S. interests, policymakers will have to weigh multiple trade-offs.

San Diego, California, USA - October 8, 2015: British Airways Boeing 777 flying over crowded freeway to land at Lindberg Field San Diego International Airport.

December 13, 2023

Trade
Visualizing 2024: Trends to Watch

What trends will shape world events in the year ahead? Five CFR experts weigh in.

August 25, 2022

China
Taiwan: Tracing the Roots of the U.S.-China Standoff

The United States and China have both accused each other of changing the status quo on Taiwan, leading to a standoff. They are both correct because each country has a different perspective on what th…

Honor guards lower the Taiwan flag during sunset hours at Liberty Square in Taipei.

August 15, 2022

China
Xi Jinping’s Guns of August

China’s response to Speaker Pelosi’s Taiwan visit was an overreaction of choice

Chinese President Xi Jinping after inspecting the troops on October 1, 2019 in Beijing, China.

April 22, 2020

COVID-19
Is It a Crime to Mishandle a Public Health Response?

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to spark a wave of new laws intended to hold governments and businesses accountable for their public health responses during outbreaks.

Bodies being buried on New York’s Hart Island amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, April 2020.