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

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

Oil is moving now in Venezuela, but there is no progress toward democracy. The Trump administration should demand that a transition start now.

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.

Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the day. Iran vowed to continue the war in a statement yesterday attributed to new ...

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 ...

A surprise attack on a southwestern border town by a Mexican rebel leader provoked a U.S. military intervention in Mexico ...

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

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

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

In late 2025, the UN Security Council passed a resolution [PDF] paving the way for implementation of a twenty-point Gaza peace plan first proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. The first phase of ...

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 ...