May 23, 2025
Foreign PolicyThe future of defense strategy requires restructuring forces for modern threats, focusing deployments on critical regions, accelerating tech integration, reforming procurement and budgets, revitalizi…
May 7, 2025
IndiaIndia’s aerial attacks on Pakistan mark a sharp escalation in tensions between the two nuclear-armed nations following an attack in Kashmir that killed twenty-six tourists and posing a dilemma for U…
May 1, 2025
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February 11, 2025
United StatesIn its new report, Securing Space: A Plan for U.S. Action, the CFR Task Force on Space Management Policy analyzes the challenges in low Earth orbit, where the acceleration in human space activity is …
March 11, 2025
UkraineTen charts illustrate the extraordinary level of support the United States has provided Ukraine in its war against Russian invaders.
March 25, 2025
United StatesPanelists discuss the Trump administration’s immigration policies, including increased deportations, the attempt to end birthright citizenship, and the suspension of refugee admissions, as well as th…
May 7, 2025
Israeli-Palestinian ConflictSecretary of State Rubio is right to place Palestinian affairs under the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, but would be wrong to eliminate the position of U.S. Security Coordinator.
March 28, 2025
Middle East and North AfricaThe ramped-up U.S. attacks against the Yemen-based Houthis are possible in part due to an extensive military footprint in the Middle East. This includes a collection of permanent U.S. bases and vario…
March 13, 2025
SpaceIn this episode of The Interconnect, Stanford University Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Simone D’Amico and CFR’s Space Task Force Project Director Esther Brimmer discuss how private compan…
May 1, 2025
U.S. Foreign PolicySecretary of State Rubio has unveiled a serious reform plan for the Department, but it needs close attention from Congress and some reform itself.