Outside the determination to control Venezuelan oil sales, much of the Trump administration’s plan for post-Maduro Venezuela ...

Rebecca Patterson pivoted from a career in journalism covering the financial sector to working in it. She sat down with CFR ...

Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the day. ...

Japan’s age‑old frustration with money in politics and the broader push for political reform offer important insights into ...

Pacific, straining ties with Japan, India, and others, and leaving Asian allies questioning Washington’s reliability.

A post only a true balance of payments geek, a currency trader, or a U.S. Treasury hand can love; as Paul Krugman used to say, wonkish.

Energy innovation is crucial to meeting growing global energy demand, furthering economic growth, and mitigating climate change. In recent years, the United States’ most significant contributions to ...

Warsh has aligned himself more closely with Trump’s agenda recently, but the president is mistaken to think a dramatic ...

With that caution in mind, what are the numbers telling us nine months out from Election Day? One of the “laws” of American politics is that midterm House elections rarely deliver good news to the ...

A closer look at trade data shows that fears of tariffs that never materialized—rather than actual tariffs—drove October’s trade deficit down.

Several economic proposals that Trump ally Stephen Miran articulated in the “Mar-a-Lago Accord” became policy in 2025—at a ...

The Iranian government’s move to crush nationwide protests has likely caused the bloodiest crackdown against civilians since the 1979 revolution. The global response, even U.S. military threats, have ...