China’s 2024 current account surplus was around $430 billion, below $500 billion dollar surplus registered by the European Union (EU). As a share of national GDP, China's surplus of just over 2 ...

The Trump administration initially expected to conclude multiple trade deals by the end of the 90-day pause but found that ...

Why is contact between law enforcement and the average citizen in Africa so frequently lethal?

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Steven Levitsky is the senior fellow for democracy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He is also currently the David Rockefeller professor of Latin American studies and professor of ...

Learn about sources of continued violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and how the United Nations, African Union, and neighboring countries are struggling to curtail it.

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Costs are mounting for the U.S. defense industry, critical infrastructure, and relations with partners and allies.

The fragility of American Exceptionalism is just one lesson from financial markets in response to Trump’s Liberation Day ...

Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the ...

Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic could revolutionize global health security, but the window for change is closing—quickly. In the latest Council Special Report, Yanzhong Huang and Rebecca Katz ...

Both presidents have sought to curb the Cuban military’s economic dominance. Trump’s new sanctions threat adds bite but comes ...