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December 3, 2025

Technology and Innovation
Are We Ready? | The Economic Security Challenge, With Jonathan Hillman

Jonathan Hillman, senior fellow for geoeconomics at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the steps the U.S. government should take to protect and support American firms developing …

Podcast

October 13, 2025

United States
U.S. Gun Policy: Global Comparisons

While U.S. gun deaths have fallen from an all-time high in 2021, the persistent death toll continues to provoke intense domestic and international scrutiny of the United States’ gun laws, which have …

October 7, 2025

Israel
U.S. Aid to Israel in Four Charts

Israel has long been the leading recipient of U.S. foreign aid, including military assistance. That aid has come under heightened scrutiny over the course of Israel’s conflicts with Hamas and Iran.

U.S. and Israeli army officers talk in front a Patriot missile defense system.

June 24, 2025

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
What Is NATO?

The alliance continues to bolster its military deterrent in Europe amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and has expanded its membership in recent years.

A view of the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

July 15, 2025

Ukraine
Here’s How Much Aid the United States Has Sent Ukraine

Ten charts illustrate the extraordinary level of support the United States has provided Ukraine in its war against Russian invaders.

January 27, 2025

Lebanon
Lebanon: How Israel, Hezbollah, and Regional Powers Are Shaping Its Future

An array of domestic and foreign powers are vying for influence in Lebanon, including the Lebanese Armed Forces, Hezbollah, Israel, Iran, Syria, and the United States.

A boy stands inside his damaged house in Tyre, Lebanon, in November 2024.

December 3, 2025

How I Got My Career in Foreign Policy
How I Got My Career in Foreign Policy: Erin D. Dumbacher

Erin D. Dumbacher got her start in the media industry before pivoting to a career focused on U.S. nuclear policy. She sat down with CFR to chat about making career switches and the connection between…

November 19, 2025

How I Got My Career in Foreign Policy
How I Got My Career in Foreign Policy: Inu Manak

Inu Manak has explored the intricacies of international trade policy in the world of academia and think tanks. She chatted with CFR about navigating different work environments and the benefits of de…

June 16, 2025

Iran
What Are Iran’s Nuclear and Missile Capabilities?

Iran’s nuclear program and missile arsenal—particularly reports of a growing enriched uranium stockpile—garnered increased international scrutiny before becoming the primary targets of an attack by I…

Workers on a construction site at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant in November 2019.

December 10, 2025

How I Got My Career in Foreign Policy
How I Got My Career in Foreign Policy: William Davis

William Davis’s career has taken him from the U.S. government to international multilateral institutions. He sat down with CFR to talk about the importance of the United Nations and the benefits of h…