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March 24, 2025

Energy and Climate Policy
Will the International Energy Agency Keep Boosting Clean Energy?

The agency’s mandate has expanded from strengthening energy security to boosting the global clean energy transition, but it is facing pushback from critics who believe this mission undermines oil and…

A drone view shows a solar power plant and wind turbines in the Almaty region.

March 25, 2025

United States
Transition 2025 Series: The Future of Immigration Policy and Border Security in the United States

Panelists discuss the Trump administration’s immigration policies, including increased deportations, the attempt to end birthright citizenship, and the suspension of refugee admissions, as well as th…

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March 11, 2025

Ukraine
Here’s How Much Aid the United States Has Sent Ukraine

Ten charts illustrate the extraordinary level of support the United States has provided Ukraine in its war against Russian invaders.

Ukrainian soldiers use U.S. weaponry on the northeastern front with Russia.

April 1, 2025

United States
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Tom Barkin

Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin discusses U.S. monetary policy and the outlook for inflation and labor markets. The C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics brings the world’s foremo…

Play Richmond Federal Reserve Bank president Thomas Barkin speaks to the Economic Club of New York in New York City, U.S.

March 7, 2025

Foreign Aid
Women This Week: United States Slashes All Funding for UN Agency Focused on Women and Girls Health

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers March 1 to March 7.

Women carry bags of rice from USAID as part of food distributed by various relief agencies in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince February 18, 2010.

March 11, 2025

Daily News Brief
USAID Cuts Finalized and Other Headlines of the Day

Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the day.  Subscribe to the Daily News Brief to receive it every weekday morning. …

A Rohingya girl feeds a child from a jar with the USAID logo on it, at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, February 11, 2025. (Ro Yassin Abdumonab/Reuters)

February 7, 2025

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
What Is USAID and Why Is It at Risk?

USAID is a foremost tool of U.S. soft power, administering what experts say is vital humanitarian aid worldwide each year. The Trump administration says the agency is not aligned with its priorities,…

Sudanese dockers unload bags of cereal from U.S. ships carrying humanitarian aid supplies provided by USAID, at Port Sudan on the Red Sea.

February 10, 2025

China Strategy Initiative
India, the United States and the Future of the International Trade Order

India has enjoyed bipartisan support in the U.S. as a critical economic counterbalance to China, but the United States still has a tenuous grasp on its interests. In this series, three experts examin…

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) arrives for a joint news conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 26, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

March 4, 2025

Drug Policy
How Does Fentanyl Reach the United States?

President Trump has imposed steep tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico in the name of curbing fentanyl flows into the United States. In reality, supplies of the drug—and related deaths—have sharply d…

Armed troops guard a border security checkpoint.

February 28, 2025

United Nations
Funding the United Nations: How Much Does the U.S. Pay?

Many UN agencies, programs, and missions receive crucial funding from the United States. In his second administration, President Trump is again calling for greater scrutiny of U.S. funding and involv…

Displaced people get off a UNHCR truck in Kanyaruchinya, Democratic Republic of Congo.