Section 1. Purpose. Article II of the United States Constitution vests the power to conduct foreign policy in the President of the United States. Presidents rely on their Secretaries of State and ...

As 2025 wraps up an eventful year in foreign policy, five CFR fellows look ahead to what they’ll be watching in 2026. In charts, graphics, and maps, our experts consider how the United States will ...

America’s grand strategy is in turmoil. Over the past decade, power shifts, territorial disputes, and the faltering of international institutions have fueled an increasingly heated debate about what ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. This piece is part of a Council on Foreign Relations analysis series assessing the geopolitical effect of the Trump ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kristen Edgreen Kaufman focuses on leadership in foreign policy. When relations between the United States and its longtime allies ...

In the battle to shape the global order, the BRICS—a ten-country group, which is named for its first five members (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa)—has become increasingly important.

One hundred years ago this July, a quiet man from Vermont — Calvin Coolidge — made a decision that changed the course of Sino-American relations. On July 16, 1925, President Coolidge signed Executive ...

The transatlantic relationship is surviving, just. Every transatlantic interaction, new U.S. policy initiative, or presidential social media posting has the potential of triggering a deep rupture in ...

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