This Sunday, Japanese voters will once again go to the polls. Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has called this snap election in ...

With that caution in mind, what are the numbers telling us nine months out from Election Day? One of the “laws” of American politics is that midterm House elections rarely deliver good news to the ...

Energy innovation is crucial to meeting growing global energy demand, furthering economic growth, and mitigating climate change. In recent years, the United States’ most significant contributions to ...

A closer look at trade data shows that fears of tariffs that never materialized—rather than actual tariffs—drove October’s trade deficit down.

Washington’s latest diplomatic overtures to the three junta-led Sahelian states send the wrong message about U.S. tolerance of bad behavior in the region.

Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the day.  Top of the Agenda The United States will lower tariffs on Indian goods to ...

A post only a true balance of payments geek, a currency trader, or a U.S. Treasury hand can love; as Paul Krugman used to say, wonkish.

The Iranian government’s move to crush nationwide protests has likely caused the bloodiest crackdown against civilians since the 1979 revolution. The global response, even U.S. military threats, have ...

Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the day.  Top of the Agenda Israel partially reopened the Rafah border crossing ...

Several economic proposals that Trump ally Stephen Miran articulated in the “Mar-a-Lago Accord” became policy in 2025—at a ...

Warsh has aligned himself more closely with Trump’s agenda recently, but the president is mistaken to think a dramatic ...

The United States secured the third-largest territorial acquisition in its history after a U.S. diplomat defied the president who appointed him.