The banking giant is looking to invest in areas deemed critical to economic security, including defense and AI.

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.

Heidi Crebo-Rediker is a senior fellow in the Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Over the past decade the boundaries between economic policy and national security have ...

Security will increasingly be judged not by who controls fuel reserves, but by who can keep complex electricity systems running under pressure.

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 ...

For businesses and consumers alike, the joint statement from Washington and Beijing offered signs of a détente in the U.S.-China trade war. Following the weekend’s Geneva talks, both sides have ...

The swearing-in of Markwayne Mullin as the Secretary of Homeland Security marks a fresh start for a critically important department that impacts the daily lives of the American public in ways often ...

The next major threat to U.S. national security won’t arrive through a missile silo or a cyberattack but through a port terminal, a biotechnology lab, or a cloud infrastructure contract. Because the ...

The age of trade protectionism returned to America in 2025 with the shudder of a closing customs gate. President Donald Trump has long professed his love of tariffs, once calling them “the most ...

This episode unpacks the steps the U.S. government should take to protect and support American private sector innovation. Jonathan Hillman, senior fellow for geoeconomics at the Council, sits down ...