The capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has spurred comparisons to the U.S. operation to arrest and extract ...

Roosevelt broke with the isolationist tradition to argue that wars abroad threatened U.S. national security and universal ...

There are reasons to criticize President Trump’s decision to strike Venezuela; however, giving China a green light to attack ...

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Four CFR experts review the capture of the Venezuelan leader and examine the challenges and uncertainty that the United ...

Hugo Chavez assumed Venezuela's presidency in 1999 on a populist platform. But critics say three terms under his "socialist revolution" have made the country increasingly resemble an authoritarian ...

The Islamic Republic has experienced deadly protest movements in recent years, but the latest round of demonstrations come at ...

The new year presents the greatest opportunity for the expansion of freedom, and the demise of repressive and anti-American regimes, in the Caribbean that we have seen in decades.

Facing a growing terror threat in the Sahel, the Trump administration could discover that its avoidance of “long-term ...

Following Azerbaijan’s lightning offensive and occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh on September 19, 2023, the ethnic Armenian enclave was officially dissolved on January 1, 2024. Faced with the prospect of ...

The world faces unresolved conflicts, growing climate crises, attacks on aid workers, two famines, and diminishing political will—along with significant aid cuts. Altogether, 2025 has earned a grim ...

A new executive order sets an ambitious course for lunar exploration, missile defense, and commercial investment but ...