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June 6, 2025

China
China’s Growing Influence in Latin America

For more than two decades, China has developed close economic and security ties with many Latin American countries, including Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela. But Beijing’s increasing sway in the region …

Chinese shipping giant COSCO owns a majority stake in a new megaport in Chancay, Peru.

June 4, 2025

China Strategy Initiative
China in Latin America: May 2025

In May, China hosted the fourth ministerial meeting of the China-Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC) Forum in Beijing. Colombia signed onto the Belt and Road Initiative. Public op…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Chilean President Gabriel Boric, and Colombian President Gustavo Petro attend a group photo session before the opening ceremony for the China-CELAC Forum ministerial meeting. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Pool

May 12, 2025

Russia
Reflecting on Post-Soviet Russia and America Today

Panelists compare 1990s Russia and the first decade of the 21st century with the U.S. political landscape today in a complex and changing world order. For those attending virtually, log-in informa…

Play Archival photo of protests in soviet Russia.

May 14, 2025

United States
Paul C. Warnke Lecture on International Security: Zbig—The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America’s Great Power Prophet

Edward Luce discusses his new book, Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America’s Great Power Prophet. During the Cold War, the Polish-born scholar and presidential counselor, Zbigniew Brzezinski,…

Play Edward Luce discusses his new book, Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America’s Great Power Prophet. During the Cold War, the Polish-born scholar and presidential counselor, Zbigniew Brzezinski, was a central figure in shaping U.S. foreign policy and helping to orchestrate the Soviet Union’s eventual collapse. Luce believes that Brzezinski’s legacy embodies the rise of foreign-born intellectuals in Washington’s strategic elite and is a powerful but often underappreciated thread in the story of America’

May 22, 2025

China Strategy Initiative
Securing America: Key Authorities Under the Defense Production Act

Four points framed Dr. Doshi’s remarks to the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. First, China is an ambitious and formidable competitor unlike any the United States h…

Rush Doshi testifies on "Securing America: Key Authorities Under the Defense Production Act"

April 30, 2025

China Strategy Initiative
China in Latin America: April 2025

In April, Argentina renewed a $5 billion currency swap line with China despite objections by the United States. Latin American countries stand to gain as China orients away from U.S. agricultural sup…

Farmers harvest soybeans on a farm in Maringa in Parana state, Brazil, March 3, 2025. Rodolfo Buhrer/Reuters.

June 4, 2025

Trade
Trade Calendar

Trade and tariffs are a central part of President Donald Trump’s international economic policy. Stay up to date with the Council on Foreign Relation’s calendar of significant trade-related events.

March 28, 2025

China Strategy Initiative
China in Latin America: March 2025

In March, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said her government would review tariffs on Chinese imports. Venezuela boosted oil exports to China in the face of U.S. sanctions and questions over the …

The entrance of the Balboa Port after Hong Kong's CK Hutchison Holdings agreed to sell its interests in a key Panama Canal port operator to a BlackRock-backed consortium, amid pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump. Enea Lebrun/Reuters.

October 2, 2024

Global
Central Bank Currency Swaps Tracker

Introduction Since the financial crisis of 2007, central banks around the world have entered into a multitude of bilateral currency swap agreements with one another. These agreements allow a centr…

February 26, 2025

China Strategy Initiative
China in Latin America: February 2025

In February, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to the region and warned of Chinese encroachment. Several Latin American countries expanded trade and investment relations with China. Chines…

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio tours the Panama Canal during his first overseas trip. Mark Schiefelbein/Reuters.