David Ignatius writes a twice-a-week foreign affairs column for The Washington Post. Ignatius has written 12 spy novels: “Phantom Orbit” (2024), “The Paladin” (2020), “The Quantum Spy ...

Credit: AP/Jose Luis Magana Whether global democracy programs are worth funding was central to a hearing Thursday held by a U ...

Yesterday the U.S. Treasury Department announced the beginning of what could become a fast track for foreign investment into ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. 1) The Panama Canal is a chokepoint for global trade. Today, the canal handles ...

Thus far, the United States has refrained from prioritizing environmental issues in its foreign policy, while international initiatives to finance carbon reduction in developing countries have ...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney waves to supporters at the Liberal Party election night headquarters in Ottawa. Blair Gable/Reuters Mark Carney’s electoral victory represents a comeback for ...

Trump continued to double down on a series of unconventional foreign policy proposals ... a full military or diplomatic retreat from global affairs, setting him apart from isolationists.

Donald Trump made no meaningful effort in his first term to deport American citizens to foreign prisons, and the underlying idea — popular in 17th-century England — never generated any ...

On April 22 and 23, 2025, the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Ministry for the Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forests, Marine Affairs and Fisheries held an international ...

Chris Trott and Sir Keir's private secretary for foreign affairs, Alisa Terry. It was confirmed on Tuesday that William would represent Britain at Pope Francis' funeral. The decision is in keeping ...

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Meanwhile, the US government’s foreign affairs committee went on to point out American publication New York Times for using the word “militants” instead of “terrorists” in one of its ...