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September 18, 2009
Academic Module
These teaching notes, by author and CFR President Richard N. Haass, feature discussion questions and additional projects for educators to supplement the CFR Book War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars. In this book, Dr. Haass contrasts the decisions that shaped the conduct of two wars between the United States and Iraq, and writes an authoritative, personal account of how U.S. foreign policy is made, what it should seek, and how it should be pursued.
June 2005
Academic Module
The Opportunity: America’s Moment to Alter History’s Course offers a concise and engaging analysis of international relations and American Foreign policy in the post-Cold War era. A veteran of several presidential administrations, author Richard Haass argues that the United States sits at a unique juncture in world history, one in which much of what it seeks to achieve in the world has the potential to be broadly acceptable to other major powers. To make the most of this moment, and to help prevent a return to a world of great power rivalry, the United States should rely on the concept of integration as the guiding doctrine for its foreign policy.
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October 25, 2008
Article
Newsweek
Richard Haass writes that "the United States cannot dominate, much less dictate, and expect that others will follow."
See more in U.S. Election 2008
February 2008
Article
McKinsey Quarterly
Richard Haass says that businesses have much to learn from government as they compete in an increasingly complex global landscape.
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Winter 2007
Article
National Interest
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January 8, 2007
Article
Newsweek International
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December 10, 2006
Article
Time Magazine
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, International Peace and Security, Grand Strategy
Fall 2005
Article
The National Interest
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Fall 2005
Article
National Interest
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Summer 2003
Article
The Washington Quarterly
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November 4, 2009
Audio
Listen to Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speak about the current nuclear situation, threats to stability, and ways to further promote nonproliferation.
See more in Global Governance, Proliferation
September 24, 2009
Audio
Listen to Muammar al-Qaddafi, leader and guide of the revolution of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, discuss international issues including the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and nuclear proliferation.
See more in Libya
September 9, 2009
Audio
Listen to former Edward R. Murrow press fellows analyze the difficulties associated with reporting from war zones based on their experiences.
This session was part of the Edward R. Murrow Press Fellowship 60th Anniversary Event, which was made possible through the generous support of the Ford Foundation and Time Warner, Inc.
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July 15, 2009
Audio
Listen to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as she delivers an address on the major foreign policy challenges facing the United States today.
See more in Diplomacy, U.S. Strategy and Politics
June 26, 2009
Audio
Listen to Philip Pan discuss his book Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China, recipient of the 2009 Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations.
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May 28, 2009
Audio
Listen to Jeffrey Mankoff, adjunct fellow for Russia studies at CFR, discuss his new book, Russian Foreign Policy: The Return of Great Power Politics.
See more in Russian Fed., Foreign Policy History
May 28, 2009
Audio
Listen to CFR President Richard N. Haass discuss his new book, War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.
See more in Wars and Warfare, Religion
May 13, 2009
Audio
Listen to Richard N. Haass speak about his book War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars, which details how and why the two wars resulted from two different policymaking processes, approaches to U.S. foreign policy, and presidential personalities.
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, U.S. Strategy and Politics
May 8, 2009
Audio
Listen to CFR President Richard N. Haass discuss his new book, War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars, with educators as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Foreign Policy History
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.
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