Warnings about the global economy are converging on a single, uncomfortable point: the same pressures that threaten growth ...

Reliable, accurate, and timely data are the foundation of sound policy, business strategy, and public trust. For generations, the U.S. federal statistical system has been the global benchmark, ...

America needs a new immigration system that protects our security, grows the economy, reflects our values, and benefits all Americans. America needs to fix its broken immigration system. Bipartisan ...

Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng presented his credentials to President Joe Biden at the Oval Office on a humid summer afternoon in 2023. Less well-known is that following his presentation, Xie’s first ...

When a global shortage of semiconductors left car buyers waiting months for vehicles and retailers scrambling for appliances, ...

With the Aug. 1 tariff deadline nearing, the U.S. is already seeing an effective tariff rate of over 18% according to the Yale Budget Lab, putting the rate at a 92-year high. In many ways, the first ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Heidi Crebo-Rediker is a senior fellow in the Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Over the past decade the ...

As economic security policies gain ground across major APEC economies, the forum has remained largely silent on the issue. While framed as national security, these policies often undermine the liberal ...

Democracy has long been viewed as humanity’s crowning political achievement. It is hailed as a system that enshrines human rights, ensures peaceful transfers of power, and gives voice to the masses.

As America confronts an ambitious economic and military peer in China, we desperately require a more coherent playbook for protecting and using our significant economic tools and assets. It is time to ...

Every day, billions of dollars flow through crypto systems—used to pay remote workers, settle international trades and back online commerce. This is no longer an experimental playground for tech ...

Strategic competition over the world’s next generation of foundational technologies is underway, and U.S. advantages in artificial intelligence, quantum, and biotechnology are increasingly contested.