Susan Aaronson is research professor of international affairs at George Washington University, and GWU cross-disciplinary scholar. Valeriya Denisova is a research assistant at GWU and a recent gradua…

CFR’s Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy (CSMD) Program highlights noteworthy events and articles each Friday in “This Week in Markets and Democracy.”  Indonesia Pledges to Join the TPP Just fou…

President Donald Trump likes to claim that he is a smart negotiator. “He's an amazing negotiator, probably the best in this world,” his attorney Michael Cohen boasted during the campaign. “He will de…

President Obama is testing one of the hard-and-fast rules of Washington politics: don’t try to pass a trade deal during a presidential election year. The White House would be helped in defying the co…

This post was co-written with Cole Wheeler, CFR’s research associate for energy and the environment.  Unfettered access to U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) was reportedly a prime motivation behind J…