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April 22, 2025

Asia Program
Singapore Holds an Election Amidst a World at (Trade) War

Singapore's ruling party faces domestic and economic headwinds ahead of upcoming elections.

Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong

April 9, 2025

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
How Vaccines Changed the World

Vaccination campaigns have nearly eradicated some of the most deadly and transmissible diseases. In a rising tide of vaccine hesitancy, however, outbreaks are cropping up again.

A woman administers drops of a polio vaccine into a young boy's mouth, as children stand by, waiting to be vaccinated themselves.

April 10, 2025

RealEcon
US Exporters Won’t Thrive in a ‘Plus-One’ World

Trump’s tariffs will shift manufacturers from a “China plus one” to a “US plus one” strategy, putting higher-cost US-made goods at a global competitive disadvantage.

A BMW employee works on the assembly of an X4 along the production line at the BMW manufacturing plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

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.

April 25, 2025

Trade
It All Comes Down to Trade

Tariffs and the bleak prospects for global trade dominated discussions at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Spring Meetings this week in Washington, DC. 

A drone view shows a cargo ship at Kwai Tsing Container Terminals in Hong Kong, China, April 16, 2025.

April 3, 2025

Daily News Brief
The World Reels From Trump Tariffs and Other Headlines of the Day

Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the day.  Subscribe to the Daily News Brief to receive it every weekday morning. …

A pedestrian walks past an electronic board displaying the closing figure of the Nikkei 225 Stock Average on April 03, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan.

January 29, 2025

United States
World Economic Update

The World Economic Update highlights the quarter’s most important and emerging trends. Discussions cover changes in the global marketplace with special emphasis on current economic events and their i…

Play Banknotes of various currencies are spread across a table.

March 21, 2025

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
The Value of Saving Women and Girls’ Lives Around the World

Women and girls’ lives are being lost due to the abrupt and sweeping cancellation of U.S. assistance approved by Congress. Programs should be reinstated while a deliberate reform is undertaken.

Young girls with U.S. and Kenya flags wait to greet U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec as he visits a President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) project for girls' empowerment in Nairobi, Kenya, March 10, 2018.

March 7, 2025

Inequality
The Status of Women in the World’s Parliaments

We sat down with Zeina Hilal, IPU’s Manager for Gender and Youth Programmes, on the eve of the 69th UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York to discuss the IPU’s work with the UN and 181 parl…

Member of Parliament for Spen Valley, Kim Leadbeater speaks during Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons in London, Britain, July 24, 2024.

October 22, 2024

China
China’s Central Bank is Becoming the Developing World’s “Payday Lender”

With the developing world’s growing use of costly and opaque “payday loans” from China’s central bank, the IMF and World Bank need to demand far greater transparency from Beijing. 

China’s Central Bank is Becoming the Developing World’s “Payday Lender”