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CFR President Michael Froman discusses the unfolding global energy crisis with CFR’s Dan Poneman and the Center on Global ...

While world energy markets are in upheaval over the halt in fossil fuel shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, there is also a brewing crisis over a sharp cutback in food supplies that normally ...

As Sudan’s civil war approaches its fourth year, the atrocities that have amassed are showing clear signs of genocide. The ...

Tensions between nuclear-armed Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban regime sharply escalated in late February, further ...

The United States launched a major military operation with little to no consultation with its transatlantic allies. Taken ...

David Scheffer grew up in Oklahoma, always interested in the world far outside his home. His curiosity and “fill the gap” ethos led him to forge several war crimes tribunals to seek justice for global ...

Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah’s success at the Nepalese ballot signifies a triumph for Gen Z demonstrators across ...

The war in Iran has triggered severe global economic disruption, choking off disaster relief supply chains and spiking oil prices—further exacerbating existing humanitarian crises.

As cross-border Chinese currency payments rise, we find evidence that a key U.S. financial sanctions tool may be weakening.