President Trump has thrust fentanyl to the center of U.S. relations not just with Mexico and China, but also with Canada.
A new paper by Vanda Felbab-Brown outlines the evolution of the opioid and fentanyl crisis in the U.S., examines the reduction in drug overdose mortality, and evaluates the Trump administration’s proposals for addressing the fentanyl epidemic using findings from a larger Brookings series on fentanyl in North America.
China and Russia's strategic relationship. Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, Angela Stent, Tara Varma, and Ali Wyne joined Patricia Kim for a conversation unpacking China and Russia’s evolving strategic relationship in a shifting geopolitical landscape and its implications for the United States and the world. Read a transcript or listen to audio of their discussion.
U.S. military aid to Ukraine. In a short video, Brookings Senior Fellow Thomas Wright explains the repercussions of President Trump's decision to pause U.S. military aid to Ukraine this week and what will it take to end the war through negotiations.
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