Securing the world’s subsea arteries demands a comprehensive global architecture that links national and regional efforts with international ones and modernizes the legal and institutional regime. The ...

Within hours of returning to office, in January 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump took an axe to multilateralism by pulling the United States out of the Paris climate accord and the World Health ...

MICHAEL J. BUSTAMANTE is Emilio Bacardí Moreau Chair in Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at the University of Miami and the author of Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile.

CHARLES KUPCHAN is Professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University and a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of the forthcoming book Br ...

Russia’s “foreign agent” law, established in 2012 to identify individuals and organizations that received international funding, has become a tool to criminally prosecute and ban from public life ...

Today, President Donald Trump uses a phone to access deepfakes; he sometimes reposts them on social media, as do many of his close advisers. As the lines become blurred between real and fake ...

Trump, unlike his predecessors, seemed to admire Erdogan’s brand of illiberalism and his skillful geopolitical balancing, repeatedly calling him “a friend” and “a very strong leader.” Turkish ...

A basic premise unites most foreign policy thinking: power begets security. Because no global police force can respond in times of trouble, states must accumulate power to ensure their safety. They ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran serves as a perfect illustration. Over the last two decades, Israel and the United States have tried to persuade the world to stop treating Iran as a normal country and to ...

In 2023, Myanmar became China's largest external supplier of heavy rare earths. These elements, such as dysprosium and terbium, are key components in electric vehicles, defense systems, and advanced ...

SUDHA DAVID-WILP is Vice President of External Relations and a Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. LIANA FIX is Senior Fellow for Europe at the Council on Foreign Relations ...

Gaza has reached a new equilibrium. Unsurprisingly, it is an ugly one. The good news is that the intense fighting is over and humanitarian relief is steadily entering the strip. Since the cease-fire ...