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January 12, 2009
Article
Foreign Service Journal
Robert McMahon writes, "U.S. democracy promotion policy appears to be at a crossroads, with big divisions within both parties over how much of it we should be doing."
See more in Democracy Promotion, U.S. Election 2008
October 30, 2009
Audio
CFR's Daniel Markey and Max Boot call for a sustained U.S. commitment to stabilizing shaky governments in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
See more in Afghanistan, Pakistan, U.S. Strategy and Politics
September 16, 2009
Audio
Listen to Michael Levi, CFR's senior fellow for energy and the environment, address the deadlock in climate change negotiations and argue that the world urgently needs a "Plan B" for Copenhagen.
See more in Energy/Environment, Climate Change
April 27, 2009
Audio
Listen to CFR expert Laurie Garrett discuss the threat of a global swine flu pandemic and possible policy responses.
See more in International Organizations, Global Health, Public Health Threats, Society and Culture
February 6, 2009
Audio
Listen to CFR experts Daniel B. Prieto and Matthew C. Waxman discuss the implications of President Obama’s decision to close the Guantánamo prison camp and reverse the Bush Administration's policies on detention and interrogation.
See more in United States, Defense/Homeland Security, Homeland Security, Intelligence
February 12, 2008
Audio
Listen to Council experts discuss President Bush’s February 2008 trip to Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and Liberia .
See more in Africa, Global Health, U.S. Strategy and Politics
January 31, 2008
Audio
Listen to experts discuss the role of foreign policy in the 2008 presidential campaign.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2008
December 5, 2007
Audio
Listen to CFR Senior Fellow Charles A. Kupchan discuss implications of Kosovo's expected declaration of independence when international mediators report to the United Nations' Security Council on December 10, despite the vociferous opposition of Russia and Serbia.
See more in Europe/Russia, Sovereignty
April 9, 2009
Backgrounder
The U.S. State Department's annual global rating of human rights performance antagonizes friend and foe alike. Many rights activists embrace the reports while some express doubts about their influence on U.S. policy.
See more in United States, Human Rights
February 24, 2009
Backgrounder
Experts say an overhaul of U.S. transportation infrastructure may help spur the economy, improve global competitiveness, and address homeland security needs. But the Obama administration's initial effort falls short of setting a true national transportation agenda.
See more in United States, Economic Development
December 3, 2008
Backgrounder
Robert M. Gates, a Cold War veteran selected to remain as defense secretary, has won bipartisan praise for his pragmatism and handling of the Pentagon amid two wars.
See more in United States, Defense/Homeland Security
Updated: July 24, 2008
Backgrounder
The United Nations has frequently cited East Timor as a model nation-building project. But new unrest in the tiny Asian state indicates that the international community has again failed to show the stamina to guide a nation toward genuine stability.
See more in East Timor, Nation Building, Peacekeeping
June 2, 2008
Backgrounder
Whether to engage heads of rogue states, a perennial foreign policy dilemma, has emerged in the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign.
See more in United States, Iran, Diplomacy
Updated: October 3, 2008
Backgrounder
Sen. John McCain's Republican presidential campaign has a group of foreign policy advisers reflecting both realist and neoconservative views of the world.
See more in United States, U.S. Election 2008
Updated: February 10, 2009
Backgrounder
The effort to stimulate the U.S. economy provides the first major test of how the Obama administration will balance concerns about trade policy.
See more in United States, Trade
Updated: December 21, 2007
Backgrounder
Democrats in the 110th Congress failed to alter Bush administration policy on Iraq, but made an impact on trade and energy legislation.
See more in United States, Congress
Updated: December 19, 2007
Backgrounder
Congress has approved the first increase in corporate average fuel economy in thirty years, propelled by worries over rising oil prices.
See more in United States, Industrial Policy, Energy/Environment
May 18, 2007
Backgrounder
Public disapproval of the Iraq war is starting to create fissures among Republicans and posing challenges for Democrats seeking to balance national security and political gains .
Updated: May 3, 2007
Backgrounder
One year into the U.S. State Department’s effort to transform foreign assistance programs, funding is up but criticism remains over the scope of the reforms.
See more in United States, Foreign Aid
April 17, 2007
Backgrounder
The standoff between President Bush and Congress over Iraq war funding sheds new light on an ongoing struggle over the power to make and prosecute wars.
See more in United States, Wars and Warfare
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