One of the “laws” of American politics is that midterm House elections rarely deliver good news to the president’s party. The midterms in many ways function as a referendum on how presidents are doing ...

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 ...

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

Washington’s latest diplomatic overtures to the three junta-led Sahelian states send the wrong message about U.S. tolerance of bad behavior in the region.

Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the day.  Top of the Agenda The United States will lower tariffs on Indian goods to ...

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

The United States secured the third-largest territorial acquisition in its history after a U.S. diplomat defied the president who appointed him.

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

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

Thomas J. Bollyky took his childhood fascination with science and diplomacy and crafted a wide-ranging career in law and ...

The adoption of an offense-first strategy is a dangerous miscalculation. It will not diminish Beijing’s campaigns, and it ...