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May 14, 2024

China
China Is Reversing Its Crackdown on Some Religions, but Not All

Well-documented crackdowns on religious freedom in China, especially against Muslims and Christians, only show part of Beijing’s religious policy. Another side involves state support for “indigenous …

People burn incense sticks at the Guiyuan Buddhist temple in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on January 23, 2023.

March 31, 2015

China
Chinese Pharma: A Global Health Game Changer?

China’s advancement in the pharmaceutical sector has major implications for global health but it remains constrained by governance and other factors, says CFR’s Yanzhong Huang.

March 7, 2025

United States
Russia’s Peace Demands on Ukraine Have Not Budged

Some recent favorable White House moves toward Russia have appeared to signal a belief that Moscow is ready for constructive talks on ending the war in Ukraine. But there’s slim chance of Russian con…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump meet during the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2018.

June 11, 2024

China
How the United States Can Effectively Pivot to Asia

After the rise of Chinese power during the 2010s and failed U.S. policies in the Indo-Pacific, the United States should renew the Pivot to Asia and place the region at the center of its grand strateg…

A staff adjusts the Mexican flag prior to joint press conference for CPTPP  in Tokyo.

January 17, 2025

Technology and Innovation
Why the TikTok Ban Harms U.S. Interests at Home and Abroad

U.S. government officials should quickly declassify information about the national security threat posed by Chinese-owned TikTok or risk huge public backlash and a global loss of stature as a free sp…

People stand holding up signs that read "I'm 1 of 170 million Americans on TikTok" and "TikTok changed my life for the better" in front of the U.S. Capitol building.

October 25, 2024

North Korea
North Korean Troops in Russia: A Dangerous New Phase in the Ukraine War

The deployment of North Korean troops to aid Russia marks an ominous new level of cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang. The alliance could further escalate and globalize the conflict.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un attend an official welcoming ceremony in Pyongyang, North Korea, June 19, 2024.

November 18, 2024

Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy: Watch What Countries Do, Not What They Say

World governments should focus on rapidly driving down the costs of clean energy, particularly in the power, transportation, and industrial sectors, to move the needle on climate change.

People walk past a COP29 logo during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), in Baku, Azerbaijan.

January 17, 2025

United States
Trump and the Future of the USMCA

President Trump has threatened new tariffs on all imports from Canada and Mexico. His trade plans threaten the future of the United States’ largest free trade agreement.

An employee works at Trefilados Inoxidables de México, which exports manufactured aluminum, nickel alloys, and stainless steel wire to the United States, in Tlaxcala, Mexico.

February 20, 2025

Ecuador
Ecuador’s Next President Will Face Debt, Drought, and Gangs

April’s runoff election could decide whether Ecuador continues a descent into instability and violence, or charts a new course.

Election clerks go through the re-tallying of votes for Ecuador’s presidential and parliamentary elections, in Quito, Ecuador.