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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 Iran threatened to retaliate today after the U.S. seized an Iranian cargo ship yesterday, raising new uncertainty over whether peace talks…

Introduction Since the financial crisis of 2007, central banks around the world have entered into a multitude of bilateral currency swap agreements with one another. These agreements allow a central bank in one country to exchange currency, usually its domestic currency, for a ce…

Four charts illustrate the global decline in public trust in vaccines and the threat it poses to decades of progress in immunization coverage.

The Iran-backed Shiite militia was considered the most powerful non-state group in the Middle East, but an Israeli military campaign against Hezbollah in 2024 has considerably weakened it.

The Iran war dominated discussions at the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Spring Meetings this week in Washington, DC. CFR President Mike Froman analyzes the conversations.

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 A ten-day ceasefire in Lebanon largely held overnight, raising hopes that regional tensions could cool. The truce, announced byU.S. Presid…

One of the great U.S. foreign policy fiascos shows that presidents sometimes ignore the advice to hope for the best but prepare for the worst.

We discuss: Mentioned on the Episode:  Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, “War Darkens Global Economic Outlook and Reshapes Policy Priorities,” International Monetary Fund (IMF) “Chair Powell’s Press Conference”  The Bretton Woods Committee Want to keep up with The Spillover? S…

Most Americans still want the United States to lead globally—they just want to know what’s in it for them.

In January, China pursued a dual-track strategy across the Indo-Pacific, escalating military and diplomatic pressure on Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines while deepening economic, security, and political ties with other South and Southeast Asian partners.

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 Pakistan said today it expects to host another round of U.S.-Iran peace talks, while the latest U.S. financial pressure on Iran sparked te…

President Donald Trump’s trade war with China that began in his first administration has created ripple effects throughout the global economy. But experts say complete decoupling of the world’s two biggest economies is likely impossible.

No matter the outcome of the conflict between the United States and Iran, China will be better off in the postwar world order due to its global leadership not only in renewable energy and batteries, but also electrical infrastructure and energy innovation.

This summer’s tournament will make history by fielding forty-eight national teams for the first time. But as tensions simmer between the United States and several participating countries, questions abound over how the tournament will play out both on and off the field.

Anthropic’s new AI model has taught itself to hack into software infrastructure systems believed to be among the most secure in history. While there is no question the technology is profoundly dangerous, it is unclear if defenders will win a race against time to protect a sea of …

The Iran war has validated much of what U.S. analysts predicted, and it has exposed how little of that analysis shaped the decisions that led to the U.S. military campaign. Revisiting those assumptions is now essential ahead of any serious reckoning about what comes next.

The CFR Global Inflation Tracker allows you to gauge trends in prices across the world over time. Inflation Data by Country The map below aids in gauging inflation trends in almost two hundred countries around the world—mainly those that report data to the International Mone…

Matthias Matthijs’s career has spanned academia and think tanks. He sat down with CFR to discuss the benefits of observing European politics from afar, the importance of remaining open-minded in your career, and conducting dissertation research in London’s House of Lords tea room…

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 Middle East diplomacy inched forward yesterday as a U.S. blockade on Iranian shipping continued. Participants in Israel-Lebanon talks in W…

Three years into the civil war in Sudan, about twelve million people have been forcibly displaced. Yet experts say the country’s devastating humanitarian crisis is still not getting the international attention it deserves.

Global dollar liquidity is driven far more by Asian manufacturing surpluses than by oil exporters stashing dollars away offshore. The glory days of the petrodollar are over.

We Discuss: Mentioned on the Episode: Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11, 2026 Harry Sekulich and Kate Whannel, “Starmer Says UK Will Not Join Trump’s Blockade of Iran’s Ports,” BBC Defense Technical Information Agenc…

One of the foundational documents of U.S. Cold War Strategy unnerved the president who commissioned it.

The CFR Global Trade Tracker allows you to gauge trends in international trade through time. The map below compiles trade data from 215 countries as reported to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It displays values for each country’s trade in tangible goods and, for countries…

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 Israel and Lebanon are due to hold their first direct diplomatic talks in decades today amid fighting between Israel and Hezbol…