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Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Poast unpacks the recent US strikes on Venezuelan boats and the risks involved with a potential US push for regime change.
Global Economy
Americans of all partisan stripes agree free trade agreements are important, but Republicans want them with a side of trade barriers.
Global Politics
The G20 summit carried on without the United States this year. Here’s what the leaders’ declaration reveals about the rest of the world’s priorities.
Migration
While majorities of Democrats and Independents support a path to citizenship for immigrants living and working in the United States illegally, only four in 10 Republicans agree.
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Council Welcomes Renowned Economist Lord Jim O'Neill
Lord Jim O'Neill joins the Council as Distinguished Nonresident Fellow on the Global Economy.
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