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Beyond Taiwan, a ‘Decent Peace’ at the Trump-Xi Summit
By Michael Froman
How Trump and Xi Will Approach the Beijing Summit
By Zongyuan Zoe Liu
Even In a Historic Energy Crisis, ASEAN Fails Again
By Joshua Kurlantzick
A Stalled U.S.-China Chip Deal Could ‘Triple’ China’s Compute
Inside the Trump-Xi Summit
Iran’s Policy Ripple Effect
Around the World
CFR analyses and explainers that address global issues and challenges.
The country’s Victory Day parade was shorter, quieter, and notably tank-free—a reflection of how dramatically Russia’s position has shifted since the invasion of Ukraine.
Minerals for Regime Security in the DRC
By Michelle Gavin
Mali Is the Linchpin of West Africa—Now It's Under Jihadist Siege
By Ebenezer Obadare
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Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the world, raising urgent questions about which countries will set the rules, who will control the most powerful systems, and what the technology could mean for war, diplomacy, and economic competition.
The U.S.-India Relationship
Democracy in the U.S.–India partnership is often dismissed as a bilateral irritant or set aside entirely. Three new CFR memos reframe it as a shared structural challenge, mapping convergence and divergence across global governance, security, and technology.
The Global Energy Innovation Index
CFR’s Global Energy Innovation Index measures the contributions of thirty-nine countries to the global process of improving energy technologies. Use this interactive tool to dive more deeply into the data for specific countries and indicators.
Interview Series: Working in Foreign Policy
Podcasts
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Every geopolitical event — a war, an election, a new tariff, a technological breakthrough — sends ripples through the global economy. On The Spillover, Sebastian Mallaby and Rebecca Patterson trace those ripples, examining how international developments shape markets, policy, finance, and the future of business.
The Hormuz Shock + Why the Fed is “On Hold”
The Modern Oppenheimer + Mailbag Contest Winners
Publications
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CFR’s U.S. Government Deal Tracker shows how the government is experimenting with new tools and financing structures to advance a range of strategic sectors, including critical minerals, energy, global logistics, manufacturing, telecommunications, and other technologies.
By Jonathan E. Hillman
A gap in private funding for companies and projects inhibits energy innovation in the United States. This “missing middle” slows or blocks technologies that could help the energy system become more secure, affordable, reliable, and sustainable from advancing through the demonstration and scale-up stages. Recent events have made the missing middle wider.
Suzanne Maloney, vice president and director of the Brookings Institution’s Foreign Policy Program, recommends that the United States reconsider its assumptions around eventual leadership change in Tehran, revive regime accountability efforts, prepare for opportunistic escalation by proxy groups, and ready itself for renewed nuclear diplomacy.
CFR International Affairs Fellow in National Security Roxanna Vigil argues that the United States should engage early with Colombia’s next administration to signal support for full implementation of the 2016 Peace Accords and provide targeted assistance.
The United States cannot out-mine and out-process China. Instead, it should leapfrog China’s dominance by scaling disruptive innovation, recovery, and recycling.
The world continues to grow more violent and disorderly. According to CFR’s annual conflict risk assessment, American foreign policy experts are acutely concerned about conflict-related threats to U.S. national security and international stability that are likely to emerge or intensify in 2026. In this report, surveyed experts rate global conflicts by their likelihood and potential harm to U.S. interests and, for the first time, identify opportunities for preventive action.
Compete, Don’t Retreat
The primary U.S. response to China’s first-mover advantages in emerging auto technologies has been protection. A smarter strategy would seek to compete by supporting producers and collaborating with allies, while managing security risks.
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