International Affairs

U.S. Foreign Policy

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Geopolitics Why spheres of influence are useless

Carlo Bastasin

February 4, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 29, 2026.

Geopolitics Is Trump reshaping the world order?

Melanie W. Sisson, Daniel S. Hamilton, Douglas A. Rediker, Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Ryan Hass, Jeffrey Feltman, Patricia M. Kim, Stephanie T. Williams, Steven Pifer, Pavel K. Baev, Anand Menon, Andrew Yeo +8 more

February 2, 2026

U.S. Trade Policy Investing in Africa’s growing young population for prosperity

Chor-ching Goh, Andrew Dabalen

January 29, 2026

U.S. Trade Policy Navigating uncertainty: Africa’s trade prospects with the US

Andrew Mold

January 28, 2026

Experts

R. David Edelman Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center

Strobe Talbott Distinguished Fellow - Foreign Policy

Kelebogile Zvobgo Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

Paul Gewirtz, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center, The Brookings Institution

Paul Gewirtz Potter Stewart Professor of Constitutional Law - Yale Law School, Director - Paul Tsai China Center, Yale Law School, Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center