A familiar refrain as China and Japan, uneasy neighbors in East Asia, begin 2026 at odds again

They’re at it again. China and Japan — frenemies, trading partners and uneasy neighbors with a tortured, bloody history they ...
Council on Foreign Relations

Wilson’s Fourteen Points Set a New Vision for World Peace

Woodrow Wilson’s speech on January 8, 1918, changed the course of U.S. foreign policy and international diplomacy.
Council on Foreign Relations

FDR’s “Four Freedoms” State of the Union Address Challenged U.S. Isolationism

Roosevelt broke with the isolationist tradition to argue that wars abroad threatened U.S. national security and universal ...