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An unusual alliance between armed groups in Mali could embolden others in neighboring countries and put Russia’s foothold in ...

The energy landscape is being radically reshaped by war in the Middle East. Spiking prices are prompting emergency measures ...

CFR’s Global Energy Innovation Index measures the contributions of thirty-nine countries to the global process of improving ...

The United States is pulling troops from Germany, but the troop numbers aren’t the story. Canceled missile deployments and ...

The Supreme Court’s ruling last week in Louisiana v. Callais may help Republicans defy expectations and retain control of the ...

Every geopolitical event — a war, an election, a new tariff, a technological breakthrough — sends ripples through the global economy. On The Spillover, Sebastian Mallaby and Rebecca Patterson trace ...

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

President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the United States would launch an operation to help tankers and cargo ships ...

While the U.S. economy grew strongly in 2025, it is currently on shaky ground. Spiking inflation, static interest rates, the ...

The latest Chinese model trails U.S. competitors on benchmarks. But it may not have to win the performance race to reshape ...

China didn’t truly de-dollarize—it just shifted its dollar holdings from official reserves at SAFE to less transparent state ...