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September 16, 1998

International Law
Allan Gerson Named Senior Fellow for International Organizations and Law

New York City, August 17, 1998: Allan Gerson, a noted international law expert, has been named as Senior Fellow for International Organizations and Law at the Council on Foreign Relations, Council P…

November 4, 2009

International Organizations
U.S. Influence at Risk in Asia Without More Active Role in Regional Organizations, Warns CFR Report

With President Obama in Asia this month to participate in summits with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as well as bilateral …

August 5, 2024

Mexico
Mexico’s Long War: Drugs, Crime, and the Cartels

Violence continues to rage more than a decade after the Mexican government launched a war against drug cartels.

A soldier stands guard as over 850 kilos of drugs are burned in Monterrey, Mexico.

September 8, 2006

Homeland Security

September 6, 2024

United States
Election 2024: The United States Has a Debt Problem

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Whoever wins in November could find their policy plans stymied by a mounting national debt.

Debt Screen

August 22, 2024

Human Rights
Religion and Foreign Policy Webinar: Statelessness of Religious and Ethnic Minority Groups

Henri J. Barkey, adjunct senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Laura van Waas, cofounder and codirector of the Institute of Statelessness and Inclusion, discu…

Play Kurdish men in traditional folklore costumes perform during the Duhok Dance Festival in Duhok Province, Iraq.

September 12, 2024

China
What Is China’s Role in Combating the Illegal Fentanyl Trade?

Those seeking to profit from fentanyl and governments seeking to control its supply are locked in a never-ending competition, with each new countermeasure spurring further innovation to circumvent it…

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer weighs a package of fentanyl in San Ysidro, California.