In the second quarter of 2024, China reported a customs surplus of $250 Billion, a services deficit of $60 billion—and a current account surplus of only $50 billion. The gap between the current ...

Two things emerged clearly from this week’s Copenhagen Democracy Summit, the eighth annual gathering convened by Anders Fogh ...

The negotiations are fraught with a history of enmity and a lack of trust, even as both Washington and Tehran seek a narrow ...

Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Syria and meet with its new president is a major shift in U.S.-Syria relations, but it ...

The Philippines’s parliamentary elections reflect yet another vote between dynastic political families, but the outcome still ...

The United States and China narrowly avoided a trade war by agreeing to a ninety-day pause on steep tariffs. The truce is not ...

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Is the nascent consensus on state police in Nigeria a political ruse or a giant step towards true federalism in the country?

The most populous Eastern European member states in the European Union—Poland and Romania—will hold presidential elections on ...

The Trump administration’s efforts to nullify birthright citizenship for millions of U.S.-born children could overturn a ...

Next comes presidential elections in South Korea on June 3 and then later upper house elections in Japan on July 22. The ...

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