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Nuclear security is one of the greatest challenges facing the world today. CFR's Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship offers younger scholars studying nuclear security issues the opportunity to conduct policy-relevant research.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Nuclear security is one of the greatest challenges facing the world today. CFR's Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship offers younger scholars studying nuclear security issues the opportunity to conduct policy-relevant research.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth launched Pentagon reforms that prioritize speed in acquiring new military capabilities, but the ambitious proposal risks running into the same bureaucratic obstacles that have plagued past efforts, argue CFR experts.
Time to Accept Risk in Defense Acquisitions
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth launched enterprising Pentagon reforms that prioritize speed in acquiring new military capabilities, but this ambitious proposal is at risk of running into the …
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November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth launched Pentagon reforms that prioritize speed in acquiring new military capabilities, but the ambitious proposal risks running into the same bureaucratic obstacles that have plagued past efforts, argue CFR experts.
There are, broadly speaking, two competing theories that help to explain why Argentina has a long history of financial turmoil, writes Brad Setser.
Argentina Needs Foreign Exchange Reserves of its Own
The pressure on Argentina's reserves predated the increase in uncertainty ahead of Argentina's October election, and it is unlikely to dissipate in full even after Milei's victory.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
There are, broadly speaking, two competing theories that help to explain why Argentina has a long history of financial turmoil, writes Brad Setser.
With 2025 marking the ten-year anniversary of the Paris Agreement, countries have made some progress lowering global heating predictions, but trends are still not on track to meeting climate commitments.
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Global Climate Agreements: Successes and Failures
International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren't doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
With 2025 marking the ten-year anniversary of the Paris Agreement, countries have made some progress lowering global heating predictions, but trends are still not on track to meeting climate commitments.
Here's what to know from our explainer:
Here's what to know from our explainer:
The credibility of U.S. and allied leadership in the digital order will rest on whether they can embed trust into the architecture of machine intelligence itself, writes Vinh Nguyen.
Securing Intelligence: Why AI Security Will Define the Future of Trust
U.S. leadership in the AI century will depend on whether democracies can secure machine intelligence fast enough to preserve the trust and resilience their systems rely on.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The credibility of U.S. and allied leadership in the digital order will rest on whether they can embed trust into the architecture of machine intelligence itself, writes Vinh Nguyen.
Linda Robinson's career as a foreign correspondent and researcher has taken her through Latin America and the Middle East.
She chatted with CFR about being an immersion journalist and the importance of women in democracy movements.
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She chatted with CFR about being an immersion journalist and the importance of women in democracy movements.
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How I Got My Career in Foreign Policy: Linda Robinson
Linda Robinson's career as a foreign correspondent and researcher has taken her through Latin America and the Middle East. She chatted with CFR about being an immersion journalist and the importance ...
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November 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Linda Robinson's career as a foreign correspondent and researcher has taken her through Latin America and the Middle East.
She chatted with CFR about being an immersion journalist and the importance of women in democracy movements.
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She chatted with CFR about being an immersion journalist and the importance of women in democracy movements.
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"Thailand has increasingly become the Southeast Asian hub of transnational repression. Across mainland Southeast Asia, transnational repression—of political activists, refugees, and others—has spiked over the past decade," writes Josh Kurlantzick.
Beyond Thailand, Transnational Repression Spreads Globally
Thailand’s growing role as a regional hub for transnational repression in Southeast Asia reflects a broader global trend.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"Thailand has increasingly become the Southeast Asian hub of transnational repression. Across mainland Southeast Asia, transnational repression—of political activists, refugees, and others—has spiked over the past decade," writes Josh Kurlantzick.
The choice between spending a dollar on vaccination versus a dollar on cutting emissions comes down in large part to how you value a life today relative to one tomorrow, writes Lindsay Iversen.
Bill Gates's Controversial COP Challenge
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November 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The choice between spending a dollar on vaccination versus a dollar on cutting emissions comes down in large part to how you value a life today relative to one tomorrow, writes Lindsay Iversen.
🎧 On this episode of The President's Inbox podcast, Michael Horowitz sits down with James Lindsay to discuss how emerging military technologies are revolutionizing the modern battlefield and how the Pentagon is adapting and incorporating these new technologies.
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PODCAST | The President's Inbox: Are We Ready? | The New Weapons of War, With Michael Horowitz
Michael Horowitz, Richard Perry professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania and senior fellow for technology and innovation at the Council on Foreign Relations, sits down with Jam...
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November 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🎧 On this episode of The President's Inbox podcast, Michael Horowitz sits down with James Lindsay to discuss how emerging military technologies are revolutionizing the modern battlefield and how the Pentagon is adapting and incorporating these new technologies.
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Foreign intervention, political instability, and natural disasters have stymied development efforts in Haiti. Recently, armed gangs have sought to fill the country’s political vacuum by taking control of large swaths of territory.
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Haiti's Troubled Path to Development
Hobbled by foreign interventions, political instability, and natural disasters, the former French colony remains paralyzed by multiple crises and a deepening humanitarian disaster.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Foreign intervention, political instability, and natural disasters have stymied development efforts in Haiti. Recently, armed gangs have sought to fill the country’s political vacuum by taking control of large swaths of territory.
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Her's what to know:
CFR President Michael Froman discusses the latest from the civil war in Sudan with CFR Africa expert Michelle Gavin.
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The Forgotten War in Sudan
CFR President Michael Froman discusses the latest from the civil war in Sudan with Michelle Gavin, senior fellow for Africa policy studies.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
CFR President Michael Froman discusses the latest from the civil war in Sudan with CFR Africa expert Michelle Gavin.
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Read their full conversation ⬇️
The 30th Conference of the Parties will present a stress test for multilateralism and the greater climate effort as it kicks off on November 10 in Belém, Brazil.
CFR expert @alice-c-hill.bsky.social and Angus Soderberg explain the stakes and what to watch out for:
CFR expert @alice-c-hill.bsky.social and Angus Soderberg explain the stakes and what to watch out for:
COP30 in Belém: A Stress Test for Global Climate Cooperation
This year's UN climate summit intends to focus on accelerating ambition and implementation, but countries' climate commitments are still lacking, and the United States has withdrawn from the global e...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The 30th Conference of the Parties will present a stress test for multilateralism and the greater climate effort as it kicks off on November 10 in Belém, Brazil.
CFR expert @alice-c-hill.bsky.social and Angus Soderberg explain the stakes and what to watch out for:
CFR expert @alice-c-hill.bsky.social and Angus Soderberg explain the stakes and what to watch out for:
How Sharaa rules his impoverished, broken, and politically divided country remains an open question, but clearly U.S. President Donald Trump believes a White House visit will help unlock much-needed reconstruction assistance and set Syria on a positive path, writes @stevenacook.bsky.social.
Pivotal U.S. Summit Could Help Mend a Fractured Syria
Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa makes a crucial first visit to the White House, with the reconstruction of his war-battered country at stake if he is able to persuade U.S. lawmakers to lift sanctions.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
How Sharaa rules his impoverished, broken, and politically divided country remains an open question, but clearly U.S. President Donald Trump believes a White House visit will help unlock much-needed reconstruction assistance and set Syria on a positive path, writes @stevenacook.bsky.social.
The Rapid Support Forces have agreed to a proposal for a humanitarian ceasefire in Sudan put forth by the United States and Arab countries and has said it “looks forward” to peace talks. The Sudanese Army did not immediately respond to the announcement.
What Is the Extent of Sudan's Humanitarian Crisis?
More than two years into the civil war in Sudan, about twelve million people have been forcibly displaced. Yet experts say the country's devastating humanitarian crisis is still not getting the inter...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Rapid Support Forces have agreed to a proposal for a humanitarian ceasefire in Sudan put forth by the United States and Arab countries and has said it “looks forward” to peace talks. The Sudanese Army did not immediately respond to the announcement.
This year's UN climate summit will present a stress test for the greater climate effort. But countries’ climate commitments are still lacking, and the U.S. has withdrawn from the global effort even as average temperatures rise, argue Alice Hill and Angus Soderberg.
COP30 in Belém: A Stress Test for Global Climate Cooperation
This year’s UN climate summit intends to focus on accelerating ambition and implementation, but countries’ climate commitments are still lacking, and the United States has withdrawn from the global e…
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November 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This year's UN climate summit will present a stress test for the greater climate effort. But countries’ climate commitments are still lacking, and the U.S. has withdrawn from the global effort even as average temperatures rise, argue Alice Hill and Angus Soderberg.
CFR’s Global Monetary Policy Tracker by Benn Steil compiles data from 54 countries around the world to highlight significant global trends in monetary policy.
Who is tightening policy? Who is loosening policy?
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Who is tightening policy? Who is loosening policy?
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Global Monetary Policy Tracker
CFR's Global Monetary Policy Tracker compiles data from 54 countries around the world to highlight significant global trends in monetary policy.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
CFR’s Global Monetary Policy Tracker by Benn Steil compiles data from 54 countries around the world to highlight significant global trends in monetary policy.
Who is tightening policy? Who is loosening policy?
Find out more ⬇️
Who is tightening policy? Who is loosening policy?
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Part of the challenge facing WTO members today is that the world has fundamentally changed since the institution’s founding, while the rules and tools to address those changes have not kept up, writes @inumanak.bsky.social.
Repositioning the Debate on Subsidies and Industrial Policy
At the World Trade Organization's annual Public Forum, which brings together researchers, civil society, practitioners, and businesses, CFR Senior Fellow for International Trade Inu Manak sat down wi...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Part of the challenge facing WTO members today is that the world has fundamentally changed since the institution’s founding, while the rules and tools to address those changes have not kept up, writes @inumanak.bsky.social.
Are you a mid-career professional passionate about foreign policy? Our International Affairs Fellowship in Canada provides the opportunity to dive into key issues pertinent to the U.S.-Canada partnership.
Learn more about eligibility and how to apply by 11/30 ➡️ https://on.cfr.org/4o3DQMg
Learn more about eligibility and how to apply by 11/30 ➡️ https://on.cfr.org/4o3DQMg
November 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Are you a mid-career professional passionate about foreign policy? Our International Affairs Fellowship in Canada provides the opportunity to dive into key issues pertinent to the U.S.-Canada partnership.
Learn more about eligibility and how to apply by 11/30 ➡️ https://on.cfr.org/4o3DQMg
Learn more about eligibility and how to apply by 11/30 ➡️ https://on.cfr.org/4o3DQMg
Preventable infectious diseases are climbing worldwide.
This global disease tracker, updated weekly, traces outbreaks of 9 childhood diseases around the world, including measles and polio. Use the new tool by Think Global Health ⬇️
This global disease tracker, updated weekly, traces outbreaks of 9 childhood diseases around the world, including measles and polio. Use the new tool by Think Global Health ⬇️
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November 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Preventable infectious diseases are climbing worldwide.
This global disease tracker, updated weekly, traces outbreaks of 9 childhood diseases around the world, including measles and polio. Use the new tool by Think Global Health ⬇️
This global disease tracker, updated weekly, traces outbreaks of 9 childhood diseases around the world, including measles and polio. Use the new tool by Think Global Health ⬇️
“Fine points of the law are likely to dominate legal arguments in the case before the Supreme Court challenging the Trump administration’s use of IEEPA to impose tariffs. Facts, however, matter and should play an important, even dominant, role,” writes James Wallar.
Supreme Court Case on IEEPA Tariffs: Facts Should Matter
The goods trade deficit and most of its alleged negative effects are rooted in domestic policy, not trade. Rules of evidence may limit the Supreme Court to arguments formally presented, but the justi...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“Fine points of the law are likely to dominate legal arguments in the case before the Supreme Court challenging the Trump administration’s use of IEEPA to impose tariffs. Facts, however, matter and should play an important, even dominant, role,” writes James Wallar.
"In the end, then, U.S. consumers will bear the greatest part—roughly 2/3—of Trump’s tariffs. The inflation contribution of tariffs should therefore continue to rise heading into next year," writes Benn Steil.
Who Pays Trump's Tariffs?
President Trump routinely claims that foreigners pay his tariffs, which is false--U.S. importers pay them. Over time, however, foreign exporters can be expected to bear a small but rising burden of th...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"In the end, then, U.S. consumers will bear the greatest part—roughly 2/3—of Trump’s tariffs. The inflation contribution of tariffs should therefore continue to rise heading into next year," writes Benn Steil.
"The American security goal should be to have a Nigeria strong enough to repel and extirpate Boko Haram and its ideological cousins. A unilateral invasion that creates chaos and disunity in Africa’s most populous country is the wrong way to go about it," argues Ebenezer Obadare.
A Concerning Standoff
President Trump is right to draw attention to the plight of victims of Islamist terror in Nigeria, but a unilateral invasion of the country will be counterproductive.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"The American security goal should be to have a Nigeria strong enough to repel and extirpate Boko Haram and its ideological cousins. A unilateral invasion that creates chaos and disunity in Africa’s most populous country is the wrong way to go about it," argues Ebenezer Obadare.
At a recent meeting in South Korea, Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to a temporary trade truce that included lowering tariff rates and suspending Chinese export controls on rare earths.
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The U.S.-China Trade Relationship
President Donald Trump's trade war with China that began in his first administration has created ripple effects throughout the global economy. But experts say complete decoupling of the world's two b...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
At a recent meeting in South Korea, Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to a temporary trade truce that included lowering tariff rates and suspending Chinese export controls on rare earths.
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2025 will be remembered as a pivotal year that shifted the AI debate away from the ideal of transnational coherence and toward the reality of regulatory fragmentation, writes @rightsduff.bsky.social.
Fragmentation in AI Governance Is the New Normal. Time to Embrace It
The AI governance discourse, long defined by abstract policy questions, is adapting to the harsh realities of a divided world.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
2025 will be remembered as a pivotal year that shifted the AI debate away from the ideal of transnational coherence and toward the reality of regulatory fragmentation, writes @rightsduff.bsky.social.
In the United States, Americans and their government must now reconsider what types of spending best advances America’s interest at home and abroad, write Jon Finer and William Henagan.
Restoring Support for Foreign Assistance Requires Sharpening its Objectives
Across the developed world, citizens and their governments are reconsidering what types of spending best advance their interests at home and abroad. From 2018 to 2023, foreign aid from wealthy govern...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In the United States, Americans and their government must now reconsider what types of spending best advances America’s interest at home and abroad, write Jon Finer and William Henagan.