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The U.S. Election and Foreign Policy
The next president will face serious foreign policy challenges. CFR offers a full suite of resources to keep track of developments on critical issues and the U.S. role in the world.
The 2024 Candidates on Foreign Policy
Compare the Candidates
View our guide to the presidential candidates and their positions on global issues.
Immigration
How the U.S. Asylum Process Works
Record numbers of migrants seeking to cross the southern U.S. border have prompted the Joe Biden administration to expand some asylum restrictions. The surge in arrivals comes as immigration has become many voters’ central concern ahead of the election.
China
Making the China Tariffs More Effective
Current U.S. tariffs on China are costly. But the U.S. has policy options to reduce these costs.
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Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: President Joe Biden lost his debate to former President Donald Trump and perhaps much more.
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Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump hope that next Thursday’s debate will tip the election in their favor.
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Democrats and Republicans have failed to tell a compelling story about trade. The door is open for a new narrative.
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Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: The United States may come to rue its failure to get its fiscal house in order.
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The quadrennial U.S. presidential nominating conventions often focus on domestic themes. But they have at times been flavored by global economic concerns and national security threats, offering competing Democratic and Republican visions about the United States’ role in the world. In the 2024 race, Democratic incumbent Joe Biden and his challenger, Republican Donald Trump, are projecting starkly different worldviews.
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Foreign policy issues regularly come to the fore at the national political conventions, especially during periods of global instability. Sometimes the events are marked by bitter disagreements within the parties.
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Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: President Joe Biden spoke with Time magazine about the importance of alliances to U.S. security.
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Among a cross section of Nigerian Christians, support for former US President Donald Trump remains stubbornly strong.
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Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Trump’s conviction on thirty-four felony counts takes the U.S. presidential election into uncharted waters.
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As a potential U.S. Treasury secretary, Robert Lighthizer has more than trade policy to revolutionize.