On January 23, Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae dissolved the Diet and called for a Lower House election on February 8.

Thomas J. Bollyky took his childhood fascination with science and diplomacy and crafted a wide-ranging career in law and ...

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Several economic proposals that Trump ally Stephen Miran articulated in the “Mar-a-Lago Accord” became policy in 2025—at a ...

Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the day.  Top of the Agenda The United States officially leaves the Paris climate ...

The CBC’s letter to the Economist was like waiving a red flag in front of a bull, especially when the regulators are rigging ...

The adoption of an offense-first strategy is a dangerous miscalculation. It will not diminish Beijing’s campaigns, and it ...

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Uganda holds no patent on this ascendant impunity. Africa’s most recent polls (in Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, and Tanzania, respectively) were conducted under similar moral auspices: with the incumbent ...

Whether the optics of working with Iranian security forces as they massacred their own citizens troubled him or not, South ...

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is pleased to announce a $2.7 million endowment commitment from Hyundai Motor Group to ...

Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the day.  Top of the Agenda Envoys from Russia, Ukraine, and the United States are ...