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May 16, 2019

Trade
Trump’s Trade War Unimportant in Grand Scheme of Things

Experts from the Council of Councils grade international cooperation on global trade a middling C in 2018, rank it one of the lowest priorities on the global agenda, and are only somewhat optimistic …

Workers are seen on scaffolding at a construction site in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China, on January 1, 2019.

February 5, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
Tracking the Traffickers: The Debate over Legalizing Trade in Rhino Horn

This is a guest post by Emily Mellgard, research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies program. 2014 has had a bad beginning with respect to the preservation of Africa’s rema…

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) wardens wait for a tranquillised male white rhinoceros to collapse to the ground, before implanting a radio transmitter, at the Lake Nakuru National park in Kenya's Rift Valley, 160 km (99 miles) west of the capital Nairobi, November 8, 2013.

July 10, 2023

Venezuela
U.S. Policy Toward Venezuela Takes a Body Blow

Biden administration policy toward Venezuela was based on negotiating regime political concessions in exchange for lifting sanctions. But repression is growing and the policy is failing.

November 19, 2015

Asia
What Should the NLD’s Priorities Be in Myanmar?

Having won a decisive victory in last week’s national elections, Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD), which will have an absolute majority in the next parliament, now will have to set its p…

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May 27, 2022

Americas
What’s at Stake for Biden at the 2022 Summit of the Americas

With the United States hosting the regional meeting for the first time since 1994, all eyes are on how President Biden will navigate growing divisions over democracy, migration, and other issues.