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The United States and Iran are reportedly close to a long-awaited agreement, but it remains to be seen whether it resolves their major differences—including nuclear and missile programs, the Strait of Hormuz, and Israel’s war with Iranian proxies.

CFR President Michael Froman analyzes the war in Iran and the complications of the current geopolitical moment.

The World Cup, the most-watched event in global sports, kicked off this week. Co-hosts Canada, Mexico, and the United States are grappling with economic and security tensions, but the tournament could be an opportunity to bridge divides.

Ukraine’s continuing innovation in emerging capabilities—such as longer-range systems operating deeper into Russian territory, greater autonomy to avoid Russian jamming, and success in the Black Sea—have reversed recent Russian gains and presented new avenues for its success.

Investors have long treated bonds as a hedge against falling stock prices, but they no longer work that way. Regulators need to demand changes in bank risk management, and governments need to restore fiscal prudence.

Repercussions from the Iran war and the growing economic challenge posed by China are expected to dominate the annual meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) economies in France, but the attendance of President Donald Trump adds uncertainty to the summit’s outcome.

A Buddhist’s monk protest in South Vietnam shocked the world.

Travel bans, visa denials, safety fears, and record-high ticket prices are suppressing World Cup attendance—and threatening both FIFA’s promised $40 billion windfall and a U.S. tourism industry that was already struggling before the opening whistle.

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The United Nations’ new Scientific Panel on AI could give governments a shared evidentiary basis for policymaking—but only if it can balance independence, expertise, and political legitimacy.

Iran’s use of memes and Lego AI-generated content in its social media offensive is nimble, culturally resonant, and revealing a gap in Washington’s defenses.

A 1963 commencement address at American University helped usher in the era of nuclear arms control.

A U.S. naval expedition sent to open relations with Korea went awry after U.S. forces fired on overmatched Korean troops.

Franklin Roosevelt’s June 1940 commencement address at the University of Virginia signaled that U.S. neutrality in World War II was ending.

After DOGE dismantled USAID in 2025, the United States’ oldest emergency food aid program—Food for Peace—was moved to USDA, an agency with no crisis-response expertise. Now, Food for Peace is sending U.S.-grown commodities to nonemergency countries, bypassing Somalia, South Sudan…

Two CFR experts assess Trump’s new national security AI directive, including what the memo does well, where it falls short, and what Congress should do next.

Committee U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Hearing Title Twenty-Five Years After 9/11—Reviewing the 9/11 Commission & Intelligence Reform Impacts Date May 20, 2025 Dr. Hoffman’s remarks to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence argued the followin…

The most recent abductions and executions in southwestern Nigeria have brought home the religious character of the threat to peace and security in the country.

CFR President Michael Froman analyzes the mounting costs of the Russia-Ukraine stalemate—and whether this moment represents the best opportunity for peace since the war broke out in 2022.

A hastily drafted commencement address announced a plan that would revitalize Western Europe after World War II and leave a lasting mark on world history.

This is a limited excerpt from the Climate Realism Initiative Newsletter. Sign up to receive monthly insights from the initiative’s fellows and staff, including articles, videos, podcasts, events, and more. Make It So: Policy’s Inescapable Energy Role The war in Iran, now enterin…

Is China’s actual intervention even larger than I thought?

Pope Leo’s wide-reaching encyclical on artificial intelligence (AI) is a welcome warning on the perils of technological change that could trample on human rights. It also closely echoes established principles of international law.

The U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain faces a threat equal to the rare-earths challenge already posed by China’s exploitation of its dominance of those critical minerals. “China has both the tools and demonstrated willingness to weaponize U.S. pharmaceutical dependence: the struct…