Trump recognizes the threat of China on paper, but his strategy builds a doctrine whose sharpest, least cautious commitments ...

Nations must prepare to navigate a world where power is transactional, commitments are conditional, and global leadership is ...

For more than half a century, US intelligence agencies and the armed forces have analyzed threats to national security from a range of environmental angles, including dependence on fossil fuels, ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. On December 4, the Donald Trump administration released a new National Security Strategy (NSS) that criticized U.S. allies ...

Nigeria today stands at a dangerous national-security crossroads. Citizens confront an unrelenting mix of banditry, terrorism ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... After months of internal debate and numerous rounds of revisions, the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy is finally out. The ...

U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae to deliver remarks to Yokosuka Naval troops aboard the USS George Washington at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan on Oct. 28, 2025.

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a bilateral meeting at the Gimhae International Airport terminal in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. Credit: Official White ...

Contrary to President Biden’s assertion, he is not “handing over” to President-elect Donald Trump a country that is “stronger at home and in the world.” Rather, Biden is handing over a world that is ...

Stephen Blank is a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He is an internationally recognized authority on Russian foreign policy matters with over 1,200 published articles and 15 ...

The next National Defense Strategy—which was due to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Aug. 31—could not come at a more critical time, as Pentagon leaders seek to manage foreign-policy challenges, a ...

Will Todman testified before the UK Parliament Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy about the changing security environment in the Middle East and how it is likely to affect the UK’s ...