Commentary

A short-term deal on soybeans, tariffs, and rare earths may ease tensions between the two economies, but competition over technology and supply chains runs far deeper.

From tariffs to talks of annexation, Trump’s approach to Canada is rooted in his transactional mindset and nostalgia for an era of economic nationalism and territorial expansion.

As a Trump-Putin meeting is scrapped and NATO scrambles to steady transatlantic ties, the limits of personal diplomacy and the stakes for Ukraine are coming into sharper focus.

The Council will honor The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, former prime minister of Canada; Tanya and Michael Polsky; and Regina Cross, a Council Emerging Leaders alumna, at its annual Global Leadership Awards Dinner on October 29.

What’s really driving Washington’s new hard line on Caracas—is this a bold policy shift?

"The United States should try to influence the new networks its allies are crafting, not resist them," Julianne Smith argues in Foreign Affairs.

In reshaping its approach to asylum and refugee resettlement, the United States is signaling a departure from the principles it once championed and risking erosion of international norms.

Critical minerals are central to innovation and security. The United States is dependent on China for them. Karl Friedhoff explains why that is becoming a problem.

China is plotting their next five years at their fourth plenum. What does this mean for the US, and the world?

Suzanne Nossel analyzes President Trump's role in the ceasefire plan and why, in today's diplomacy, style now matters just as much as substance.