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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.
Article by Michael Froman

January 7, 2025

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
When the World Closed Its Doors

A detailed exploration of the most sweeping government border closures in human history during the COVID-19 pandemic and the implications for the future of global mobility.

Book by Edward Alden and Laurie Trautman

December 23, 2024

Foreign Policy
Ten Most Significant World Events in 2024

As 2024 comes to a close, here are the ten most notable world events of the year. 

Khartoum Bombing September 2024
Article by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

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”
Post by Benn Steil and Elisabeth Harding Geo-Graphics

December 11, 2024

United States
Watchlist 2025: Safeguarding the World's Most Vulnerable Nations

David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), presents the new IRC Emergency Watchlist report, highlighting the countries at highest risk of humanitarian crises in 20…

Play David Miliband sits atop CFR stage
Virtual Event by David Miliband and Morgan Brennan

October 2, 2024

Global
Central Bank Currency Swaps Tracker

Introduction Since the financial crisis of 2007, central banks around the world have entered into a multitude of bilateral currency swap agreements with one another. These agreements allow a centr…

Tracker by Benn Steil, Elisabeth Harding, and Samuel Zucker

October 21, 2024

South Korea
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Governor Rhee Chang Yong of the Bank of Korea

Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang Yong discusses monetary policy in South Korea and the implications of reshaping global value chains. The C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics brin…

Play Rhee Chang-yong speaks in Seoul, South Korea
Virtual Event by Rhee Chang Yong and Richard H. Clarida C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics

October 7, 2024

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 The American flag superimposed over a pile of stacked American dollar banknotes.
Event by Karen Karniol-Tambour, Douglas Rediker, Ellen Zentner, and Sebastian Mallaby World Economic Update

December 19, 2024

Ukraine
The World Next Year: Wars, New Governments, and Stormy Weather to Watch in 2025

In this special year-end episode, hosts Bob McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins sit down with the New York Times’ chief diplomatic correspondent in Europe Steven Erlanger to review the biggest stories of …

Podcast A Palestinian boy walks through a cleared path of rubble of damaged buildings pulling a cart in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.
Podcast by Robert McMahon, Carla Anne Robbins, and Steven Erlanger The World Next Week

August 6, 2024

RealEcon
The Climate Reform Agenda: How China Enables and Undermines U.S. Leadership at the World Bank

The U.S. relies on multilateral institutions like the World Bank to support its foreign policy goals, but the need to compromise with other shareholders can undermine success.

President of World Bank Group (WBG) Ajay Banga speaks during a press conference on the third day of the annual meetings of the WBG and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Marrakech, Morocco on October 11, 2023.
Article by Karen Virginia Mathiasen RealEcon