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.

CFR President Michael Froman discusses the unfolding global energy crisis with CFR’s Dan Poneman and the Center on Global Energy Policy’s Jason Bordoff, all of whom worked together on the U.S.

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 human costs of the early days of the Iran war are ...

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 ...

One of the most bitter political debates in U.S. history produced one of the United States’ greatest foreign policy ...

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