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Trump has tried bombings, a blockade, and now a vaguely defined escort operation—and Iran still controls the Strait of Hormuz. Only diplomacy can lead to a true resolution.

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 U.S. President Trump announced an effort yesterday to guide commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz while indirect diplom…

The Supreme Court’s ruling last week in Louisiana v. Callais may help Republicans defy expectations and retain control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Military pressure has reached its limits. Empowering Iran’s ethnic minorities toward a federated future offers the West a more durable, long-term strategy.

CFR President Michael Froman analyzes the future of trade in the region the Trump administration has declared its top strategic priority: the Western Hemisphere.

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 war in Iran hits a threshold today that typically requires a U.S. president to seek congressional authorization under the War Powers A…

Some of the largest U.S. technology companies and investment managers are vulnerable if Middle Eastern sovereign capital shifts more towards domestic priorities in response to the Iran war, which could lead to potential spillover to broader U.S. financial markets.

U.S. foreign policy traveled a different path than many Americans expected after the fall of South Vietnam.

China didn’t truly de-dollarize—it just shifted its dollar holdings from official reserves at SAFE to less transparent state entities like banks and investment funds.

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 Trump rejected Iran’s latest peace proposal and vowed to continue the U.S. naval blockade on the country. Iran had proposed reaching a dea…

U.S. envoys sent to Paris to conclude a modest deal to solve a pressing problem instead struck a historic agreement that set the United States on the road to becoming a world power.

In March, tensions between China and Panama continued to grow as Beijing ratcheted up retaliatory pressure over the annulment of two Chinese port concessions. U.S. President Donald Trump convened twelve Caribbean and Latin American leaders at the Shield of the Americas summit, wh…

Living between India and the United Kingdom positioned Ravi Agrawal to notice how world events affect communities in varied ways. Now the editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine, Agrawal sat down with CFR to discuss how he brings that perspective to his work.

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 UAE announced its exit from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), potentially weakening the more-than-sixty-ye…

The latest Chinese model trails U.S. competitors on benchmarks. But it may not have to win the performance race to reshape the geopolitics of artificial intelligence.

We Discuss: Mentioned on the Episode: The American Way of Foreign Policy: Ideology, Economics, Democracy by Michael Mandelbaum (Oxford University Press, 2025) Embargo Act of 1807 George W. Bush, Second Inaugural Address, January 20, 2005 Vice President JD Vance, Remarks at the Mu…

We discuss: Mentioned on the Episode:  “America’s Affordability Crisis Is (Mostly) a Mirage,” The Economist “Going Bananas Over Affordability,” Inside Economics “Compare Wealth Components Across Groups,” The Federal Reserve The Spillover is a production of the Council on For…

In Tanzania and Uganda, legitimate concerns are cast as foreign intervention.

The Emirates had been weighing a break from the cartel for several years now. A war, a conflict in Yemen, and a collapsed partnership with Riyadh gave them their reason to act.

The Trump administration’s efforts to end birthright citizenship could overturn a nearly 160-year legal precedent and are part of a broader crackdown on immigration.

While the U.S. economy grew strongly in 2025, it is currently on shaky ground. Spiking inflation, static interest rates, the ongoing Iran war, and other dynamics have contributed to a difficult economic moment ahead of midterm elections in November.

Despite its long alienation from the world, Pakistan has emerged as an essential mediator in negotiation efforts between the United States and Iran—suddenly a major international player.

A retired naval officer and respected policy analyst, Lawrence Korb passed away on April 20 at age eighty-six.

Last week marked the second edition of Endless Frontiers, a new convening in Austin, Texas, where many of America’s top leaders from across technology, science, venture capital, government, industry, and media gathered to discuss how to rebuild the foundations of American s…