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April 1, 2025

Trade
What Are Tariffs?

President Donald Trump has begun his second term imposing tariffs against some of the United States’ leading trading partners to correct what he says are decades of imbalances harmful to the U.S. eco…

A red-helmeted worker lays steel at a factory.

October 23, 2024

United States
U.S. Disaster Relief at Home and Abroad

The U.S. government responds to scores of disasters each year in coordination with foreign, state, and local partners, but more frequent and severe storms, fires, and floods are straining resources.

An aerial view of damaged houses in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, after Hurricane Helene.

January 27, 2025

Lebanon
Lebanon: How Israel, Hezbollah, and Regional Powers Are Shaping Its Future

An array of domestic and foreign powers are vying for influence in Lebanon, including the Lebanese Armed Forces, Hezbollah, Israel, Iran, Syria, and the United States.

A boy stands inside his damaged house in Tyre, Lebanon, in November 2024.

July 12, 2005

Indonesia
INDONESIA: Local Elections

This publication is now archived. What is the significance of Indonesia’s local elections?They are the first direct elections for district and provincial leaders in the world’s most populous Muslim c…

January 27, 2025

Health
What Is the FDA’s Role in Public Health?

The U.S. health agency regulates the country’s foods and drugs, among other products. With the FDA’s role in drug development and nutrition policy and its COVID-19 pandemic response driving controver…

An FDA worker tests a medical device using a water bath.

December 12, 2024

Brazil
What Is the BRICS Group and Why Is It Expanding?

As BRICS grows in both membership and global sway, its expansion comes with divisions among its members old and new on how to set the stage for a revised world order.

Eight leaders stand before a row of photographers with a backdrop displaying the name and logo for the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia.

August 29, 2024

United Nations
The Role of the UN Secretary-General

The United Nations’ top leadership position has broad authority to steer the organization’s agenda, but its impact has varied widely since 1946.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres is escorted by staff at a displaced persons camp in Somalia.

December 12, 2006

Iran
Two Iranian Elections: One Local, One Lofty

A pair of important elections in Iran may indicate which direction the public mood is swinging ahead of parliamentary polls next year.