Steven Levitsky is the senior fellow for democracy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He is also currently the David Rockefeller professor of Latin American studies and professor of ...

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The latest episode of The President’s Inbox is live! This week, Jim sat down with Adam Segal, the Ira A. Lipman chair in ...

CFR President and former U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman analyzes the potential economic consequences and broader ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

The majority of avocados consumed in the United States come from Mexico. Here’s how tariffs could make the price of avocados—and other goods—more expensive.

Armed conflict in eastern Ukraine erupted in early 2014 following Russia’s annexation of Crimea. The previous year, protests in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, against Ukrainian President Viktor ...

An overzealous effort at reforming the U.S. Agency for International Development will dismantle programs that enhance U.S.

South Korean President Yoon's recent declaration of martial law highlights the nation's political disfunction. Dr. Yul Sohn ...

Though Trump’s tariff pronouncements have been changing nearly day by day, and sometimes hour by hour, we focus our analysis on the three tariff initiatives that Trump had pledged to implement in ...

Last month, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi made his first trip of 2025 a visit to the African continent, as has been Beijing’s practice for decades. His message? China values its relationships in ...