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Serbia Election Marks the End of an Era

The country’s student-led opposition movement secured a historic victory in parliamentary elections. But the new government ...
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Is Brazil the Exception? Explaining Latin America’s Rightward Political Shift

Latin America has experienced a rightward political shift in recent years, driven largely by voters’ growing concerns over ...
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“Black Saturday” Threatens a Calamity as President John F. Kennedy Makes Two Offers—Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Twelve

Sometimes luck and personal courage matter as much as skillful diplomacy in preventing catastrophes.
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Ten Poll Numbers That Explain the 2026 Midterm Elections

Election Day is one week away. Here are ten recent poll results that explain why Democrats see a blue wave coming and why ...
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How Do Americans View Foreign Policy Ahead of the Midterms?

Last week, I traveled to Wisconsin as part of CFR’s ongoing efforts to understand what Americans think about the United ...
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How I Got My Career in Foreign Policy: Rebecca Bill Chavez

Rebecca Bill Chavez’s interest in foreign affairs was cultivated from an early age. The president and CEO of the ...
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John Scali Has Lunch With a Soviet Spy—Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Eleven

The Soviets offer an olive branch that President John F. Kennedy is eager to accept even as Cuba’s Castro raises the stakes ...
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Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev Warns President John F. Kennedy of “Catastrophic Consequences”—Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Eight

U.S. success in rallying support in the Americas for a naval quarantine of Cuba and a strong speech by the U.S. ambassador to ...
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President John F. Kennedy Tells the World That Soviet Missiles Are in Cuba-Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Seven

JFK informed the world that the United States was imposing a naval quarantine on Cuba in response to the Soviet decision to ...
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Adlai Stevenson Dresses Down the Soviet Ambassador to the UN—Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Ten

The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nation delivers a victory in the courtroom of world opinion as the dangers of the Cuban ...
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Brazil Runoff Election: Why Investors May Be Wrong to Hang Their Hopes on Flávio Bolsonaro

Investors are betting that the Brazilian presidential candidate will rein in public debt. But structural and political ...
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Midterm Elections and Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy

James M. Lindsay, the Mary and David Boies distinguished senior fellow in U.S. foreign policy at CFR; Hannah Hartig, senior ...