On a frozen Himalayan ridgeline, Indian and Chinese troops still stare at each other through rifle sights. Thousands of miles ...

Power is changing its form. The traditional image of a nation standing tall behind its borders, projecting strength through ...

As our nation celebrates its independence with parades, cookouts and fireworks, many rising high school seniors are thinking about admission to college. It is one of the last remaining rites of ...

IN 2026, the Philippines will chair the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) under the banner “Navigating Our Future, Together.” It is an appealing slogan, but also a risky one. Because ...

On July 4th, the United States celebrates the spirit of independence, an ideal that has shaped not only nations but also our assumptions about leadership. Independence signals strength, ...

Our reverence for July 4 reflects America’s core value of independence – of freedom from dependence on others. Its import is captured in other founding beliefs and practices such as puritanism and the ...

In the 1967 book "Organizations in Action," sociologist James D. Thompson defined three types of interdependence to describe the intensity of interactions and behaviors within an organizational ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. So long as China runs a large trade surplus, Chinese residents (either the ...

It takes no small amount of courage and perseverance to start a business. As a founder, you’re creating value where none existed before. The Commerce Department reports that only 30 percent of ...

This notion of depending on your partner or being the person that can be relied on can weigh heavily in a relationship taking it down south. Interdependence in a relationship is not about being ...