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May 14, 2009
Op-Ed
The Daily Beast
Leslie H. Gelb discusses foreign policy bestsellers.
See more in Foreign Policy History
May 8, 2009
Op-Ed
The Daily Beast
Leslie H. Gelb discusses the meeting among Presidents Obama, Zardari, and Karzai.
See more in Afghanistan, Pakistan, U.S. Strategy and Politics
May 6, 2009
Op-Ed
The Daily Beast
Leslie H. Gelb argues that President Obama's upcoming meeting with Asif Ali Zardari will ignore the issue of Pakistan's supply of nuclear weapons.
See more in United States, Pakistan
April 27, 2009
Op-Ed
The Atlantic
Leslie H. Gelb discusses what President Obama's first 100 days in office have revealed about his foreign policy strategy.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, Presidency
May/June 2009
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
The United States is declining as a nation and a world power.
See more in United States, Global Governance
March 27, 2009
Op-Ed
The Daily Beast
Leslie H. Gelb argues that President Obama's team has yet to identify the benchmarks that are central to the president's Afghanistan strategy, and knowing what President Obama chooses not to do in the region is just as critical as knowing the policies he does plan to carry out.
See more in Afghanistan, U.S. Strategy and Politics, Congress
March 21, 2009
Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
Leslie H. Gelb argues that in the face of multiple foreign policy crises, strict prioritization--with a focus on economic revitalization--is essential.
See more in Financial Crises, U.S. Strategy and Politics, Foreign Policy History
March 20, 2009
Op-Ed
The Daily Beast
Leslie H. Gelb expresses concern that the White House may be focusing too narrowly on its own strategy for Afghanistan, and Congress will have to take responsibility to explore a larger set of options.
See more in Afghanistan, U.S. Strategy and Politics, Congress
March 18, 2009
Audio
Listen to Leslie H. Gelb, CFR's president emeritus and board senior fellow, discuss his new book Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy.
See more in Foreign Policy History, Grand Strategy
March 16, 2009
Interview
Leslie H. Gelb, CFR's president emeritus, says the United States should focus on "attainable objectives" in talks with Iran and plan a "power extrication strategy" for Afghanistan.
See more in Afghanistan, Iran, U.S. Strategy and Politics
March 13, 2009
Op-Ed
New York Times
Leslie H. Gelb discusses how the United States can effectively reduce the risk of terrorist attacks from Afghanistan in a way that would still allow for the withdrawal of American forces.
See more in Afghanistan, Pakistan, U.S. Strategy and Politics
March 11, 2009
Op-Ed
The Daily Beast
Leslie H. Gelb argues that the frequency and ease of decisions made by President Obama's National Security Council might reveal a worrisome lack of strategy.
See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics
March 8, 2009
Op-Ed
Parade
Leslie H. Gelb discusses whether the Obama administration, unlike those past, can improve U.S. intelligence capabilities.
See more in Intelligence, U.S. Strategy and Politics
March 2009
Book
In this book, inspired by Machiavelli’s classic The Prince, Leslie H. Gelb offers illuminating guidelines on how American power actually works and should be wielded in today’s tumultuous world, writing with the perspective of four decades of extraordinary access and influence in government, think tanks, and journalism.
See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics
March 4, 2009
Op-Ed
The Daily Beast
Leslie H. Gelb evaluates the Obama administration's foreign policy. He explains, "It's certainly a bad practice to constantly fill the international airwaves with bold new initiatives, new thinking, and commentary."
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, Media and Foreign Policy, Presidency
February 26, 2009
Op-Ed
McKinsey & Company
Leslie H. Gelb envisions the state of the world in 2040.
See more in United States, International Peace and Security, Society and Culture
February 20, 2009
Op-Ed
The Daily Beast
Leslie H. Gelb discusses Secretary Clinton's visit to China. He explains that, "Clinton's real push in private--with likely dabs of public rhetoric to prove the seriousness of private words--will be to lay the basis for a future strategic partnership between these two great countries."
See more in China, Human Rights, Diplomacy
February 15, 2009
Op-Ed
Parade
Leslie H. Gelb writes on what President Obama can expect when negotiating with Iran.
See more in United States, Iran, Diplomacy
February 3, 2009
Op-Ed
The Daily Beast
Leslie H. Gelb writes, "America's new envoy to the Middle East just returned from his first listening tour, where he undeniably got an earful. But the next big step in U.S. leadership will have to be much more than just parading Israelis and Palestinians to the negotiating table."
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority, U.S. Strategy and Politics
January 28, 2009
Op-Ed
The Daily Beast
Leslie Gelb looks at a small clique of deputies and advisers that will wield great power and influence on the president's foreign policy.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics
Explore the international finance regime with a new interactive from CFR's program on International Institutions and Global Governance.
Identifying international threats and acting on them may be the most difficult job for U.S. policymakers. This report
provides an actionable road map for managing international threats before they erupt into crises and makes a strong case that preventive action is not a luxury but a necessity.
For more than a decade, the United States has mostly watched from the sidelines as Asian countries organize themselves into an alphabet soup of new multilateral groups. In this report, the authors review the relationship between pan-Asian and trans-Pacific institutions and suggest policy guidelines for a new U.S. approach to this new Asian landscape.
Complete list of Council Special Reports
Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.
In Forces of Fortune, Vali Nasr presents a paradigm-changing revelation that will transform the understanding of the Muslim world at large. He reveals that there is a vital but unseen rising force in the Islamic world—a new business-minded middle class—that is building a vibrant new Muslim world economy and that holds the key to winning the cold war against Iran and extremists.
In Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Julia E. Sweig presents a remarkably accessible portrait of Cuba's unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years, including its internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.
Complete list of CFR Books
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