In this week’s column, the CSIS Scholl Chair discusses the challenge of moving the USMCA through Congress as well as the remaining sticking points in the current negotiation process.

CSIS energy experts unpack recent oil market developments in the wake of OPEC plus alliance’s Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee in Baku, Azerbaijan.

As more Middle Eastern countries impose drafts, young men are taking extreme measures to avoid military conscription.

Bashar al-Assad may seek to use the refugee crisis in neighboring states as leverage to get international support to rebuild Syria.

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The humanitarian crisis in Venezuela is rooted in political corruption and economic mismanagement. To respond to urgent needs, the United States must separate its own political agenda from genuine offers of humanitarian aid, argues CSIS’s Jacob Kurtzer.