Council on Foreign Relations

How the U.S. Patrols Its Borders

President Trump sent U.S. troops to the border with Mexico to supplement the work of authorities there. President Biden pledges a new approach as pressures mount along the boundary.

Backgrounder by Amelia Cheatham, Claire Felter and Zachary Laub April 12, 2021

United States

How the U.S. Patrols Its Borders

President Trump sent U.S. troops to the border with Mexico to supplement the work of authorities there. President Biden pledges a new approach as pressures mount along the boundary.

Backgrounder by Amelia Cheatham, Claire Felter and Zachary Laub April 12, 2021

Afghanistan

The Taliban in Afghanistan

The Taliban have returned to power in Afghanistan twenty years after their ouster by U.S. troops, sparking concerns that they will impose harsh rule, neglect to provide basic services, and abuse human rights.

Backgrounder by Lindsay Maizland September 15, 2021

Afghanistan

The Taliban in Afghanistan

Backgrounder by Lindsay Maizland September 15, 2021

Economics

C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics with John C. Williams

John C. Williams of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York discusses monetary policy, the continued impact of COVID-19, and the economic outlook for the year ahead. The C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics brings the world's foremost economic policymakers and scholars to address members on current topics in international economics and U.S. monetary policy. This meeting series is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.

Virtual Event with John C. Williams January 14, 2022

Economics

C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics with John C. Williams

Virtual Event with John C. Williams January 14, 2022

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January 25, 2022

Technology and Innovation

Virtual Roundtable: Technology and the Economy

Robotic arm welding the car in assembly automobile manufacturing plant

Webinar by Erik Brynjolfsson and Tyler Cowen U.S. Foreign Policy Program

December 21, 2021

Middle East and North Africa

Why One Man Can Ruin Turkey’s Economy

Did Erdogan break Turkish politics by empowering the presidency—or was it broken already?

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan greets his supporters in Istanbul, Turkey, April 16, 2017.

Article by Steven A. Cook Middle East Program

December 21, 2021

Middle East and North Africa

Why One Man Can Ruin Turkey’s Economy

Did Erdogan break Turkish politics by empowering the presidency—or was it broken already?

Article by Steven A. Cook Middle East Program

January 11, 2022

China

Xi Jinping Envisions a China-Centric World Order, Argues Elizabeth C. Economy in New CFR Book

“Xi [Jinping]’s ambition, as his words and deeds over the past decade suggest, is to reorder the world order,” writes China expert Elizabeth C. Economy. In The World According to China, she argues th…

News Releases

January 11, 2022

China

The World According to China

This compelling book reveals China’s ambitious new strategy to reclaim the country’s past glory and reshape the geostrategic landscape in dramatic new ways.

Book by Elizabeth C. Economy Asia Program

September 30, 2021

Economics

Supply Chain Economy: Understanding Innovation in Services

Supply chains are an integral part of the American economy and actively drive U.S. innovation. However, what is included in the term has lacked an empirical definition. Reviewing the suppliers and cr…

Webinar by Mercedes Delgado and Karen Gordon Mills Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

October 18, 2021

China

Virtual Roundtable: What Xi’s “Common Prosperity” Policies Mean for China and the Global Economy

Michael Pettis, professor of finance at the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University in Beijing, and coauthor, most recently, of Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts th…

Children on their phones in an impoverished housing area.

Webinar by Michael A. Pettis Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

January 13, 2022

Argentina

Argentina: A South American Power Struggles for Stability

Argentina is one of Latin America’s largest economies and most stable democracies, but the country has struggled with political dysfunction and financial crises in recent decades.

Supporters of President Alberto Fernandez celebrate Peronism in Buenos Aires in October 2021.

Backgrounder by Diana Roy

July 1, 2021

Economics

Global Growth Tracker: World Economies by GDP

This tracker charts the economic growth performance through time of ninety-one countries around the globe.

Article by Benn Steil and Benjamin Della Rocca Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

April 13, 2021

United States

Is Rising Student Debt Harming the U.S. Economy?

Higher education provides students many socioeconomic benefits and increases the global competitiveness of the United States, but mounting student loan debt has sparked a debate over federal lending …