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3 weeks ago | 
cfr.org | Mariel Ferragamo |Clara Fong |Diana Roy |Sabine Baumgartner
Extreme weather-related disasters are increasing in frequency around the world. See how climate change affected different regions in the past year, with mounting economic and societal ramifications.
The year 2024 set an ominous heat record, as global average temperatures rose more than 1.5°C (2.7°F) above pre-industrial levels for the first time.
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1 month ago | 
pbs.org | Diana Roy
This article is republished from the Council on Foreign Relations. Read the original article here. In the first few months of his second term, President Donald Trump has taken steps to carry out what he has previously said will be “the largest domestic deportation operation” in U.S. history.
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1 month ago | 
cfr.org | Diana Roy
In the first few months of his second term, President Donald Trump has taken steps to carry out what he has previously said will be “the largest domestic deportation operation” in U.S. history. The administration says its moves—which include hundreds of deportation flights and Trump’s invocation of the seldom-used 1798 Alien Enemies Act—are necessary to stem unauthorized immigration to the United States.
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1 month ago | 
cfr.org | Clara Fong |Diana Roy
On April 2, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the most sweeping new tariffs on all imports to the United States in decades. He ordered a baseline 10 percent tariff on all countries and even higher rates on dozens of trading partners, including China and Vietnam, and the European Union.
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1 month ago | 
rb.gy | James Lindsay |Irina A. Faskianos |Gabrielle Sierra |Diana Roy
Myanmar IntroductionThroughout its decades of independence, Myanmar has struggled with military rule, civil war, poor governance, and widespread poverty. A military coup in February 2021 dashed hopes for… Backgrounder by Lindsay Maizland January 31, 2022
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2 months ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Diana Roy |Michelle Gavin |Aroop Mukharji |Michael Kimmage
U.S. President William McKinley is having his biggest moment since 1928, when his face was printed on the $500 bill. For the last few decades, only a smattering of quirky historians and cult devotees have paid much attention to him. But in repeated comments over the last several years, including in his second inaugural address, President Donald Trump has brought McKinley back into the spotlight.
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2 months ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Diana Roy |Michelle Gavin |Stephen Peter Rosen |Brian Deese
The United States is now engaged in an intense dialogue about the future of its relations with its European and Asian allies. This debate has been emotional, in part because it has been cast as a morality tale. On the one hand, advocates of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America first” agenda argue that allies have not been grateful for U.S. backing and do not deserve the protection of the United States.
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2 months ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Diana Roy |Michelle Gavin |Lisa Anderson |Scott Atran
In a press conference with Jordanian King Abdullah in February, U.S. President Donald Trump touted his proposal that the United States should seize control of Gaza, empty it of its roughly two millionresidents, and redevelop the territory as a tourist area, a “Riviera of the Middle East.” Such a plan is a nonstarter among Arab countries. They perceive it as tantamount to accepting the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
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2 months ago | 
cfr.org | Diana Roy |Jonathan Masters
Sign up for a summary of global news developments with CFR analysis delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to the Daily News Brief. More From Our Experts U.S. President Donald Trump continues to press for the U.S. acquisition of Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark and the world’s largest island. Trump’s renewed interest—he made similar statements as president in 2019—is rooted in the Arctic territory’s economic and strategic qualities.
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2 months ago | 
pressreleasepoint.com | Diana Roy |Anshu Siripurapu |Noah Berman |Mariel Ferragamo
Submitted by CFR on Fri, 02/21/2025 - 15:05 Asylum has become a central part of the U.S. immigration debate in recent years after border crossings reached a record high in fiscal year 2023. Here’s how the asylum process works. United States Asylum has become a central part of the U.S. immigration debate in recent years after border crossings reached a record high in fiscal year 2023. Here’s how the asylum process works.
