The war on terror may be over, but it's left behind a terrible human rights legacy--and Barack Obama has done very little about it, says James Traub, a fellow at the Center on International Cooperation.
Edward Alden and Liam Schwartz recommend a visa screening system that will benefit U.S. security and the economy by focusing scrutiny on high-risk travelers and speeding approval for low-risk ones.
Laurie Garrett discusses the tenth anniversary of the post-9/11 anthrax attacks and argues, ""If 9/11 marked the single most powerful moment of American unity since Pearl Harbor, the anthrax mailings ushered the opposite..."
Richard N. Haass says that the war in Afghanistan began ten years ago as a narrow, modest war of necessity but has evolved into a broad, ambitious war of choice.
CFR's Stuart A. Levey discusses what the United States has learned in the ten years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks with students, as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.
Edward Alden says the Department of Homeland Security has developed a sensible and effective way to track visa overstays, but the question now is whether Congress will embrace it.
Speakers: Henry A. Crumpton, John F. Lehman and Frances Fragos Townsend Presider: Thomas D. Shanker
Experts examine the strategic and tactical policies of the United States in regards to homeland security, as part of a CFR symposium, 9/11: Ten Years Later.
Richard A. Falkenrath, John McLaughlin, and Juan Zarate discuss the extent to which the U.S. is still vulnerable, as part of a CFR symposium, 9/11: Ten Years Later.
Speakers: Henry A. Crumpton, John F. Lehman and Frances Fragos Townsend Presider: Thom Shanker
Experts examine the strategic and tactical policies of the United States in regards to homeland security.
This session was part of a CFR symposium, 9/11: Ten Years Later, which was made possible by the generous support of Shelby Cullom and Kathryn W. Davis.
Speakers: Henry A. Crumpton, John F. Lehman and Frances Fragos Townsend Presider: Thom Shanker
Experts examine the strategic and tactical policies of the United States in regards to homeland security.
This session was part of a CFR symposium, 9/11: Ten Years Later, which was made possible by the generous support of Shelby Cullom and Kathryn W. Davis.
Speakers: Richard A. Falkenrath, John E. McLaughlin and Juan Carlos Zarate Presider: Gideon Rose
Experts discuss how changes to U.S. domestic and international policy since September 11, 2011 have enhanced counterterrorism approaches and contributed to preventing planned terrorist attacks.
This session was part of a CFR symposium, 9/11: Ten Years Later, which was made possible by the generous support of Shelby Cullom and Kathryn W. Davis.
Speakers: Richard A. Falkenrath, John E. McLaughlin and Juan Carlos Zarate Presider: Gideon Rose
Experts discuss how changes to U.S. domestic and international policy since September 11, 2011 have enhanced counterterrorism approaches and contributed to preventing planned terrorist attacks.
This session was part of a CFR symposium, 9/11: Ten Years Later, which was made possible by the generous support of Shelby Cullom and Kathryn W. Davis.
Speaker: Philip D. Zelikow Introductory Speaker: Richard N. Haass Presider: Garrick Utley
Philip Zelikow, former executive director of the 9/11 Commission Report, explores the findings of the report and presses the need to hold trials for the 9/11 conspirators.
This session was part of a CFR symposium, 9/11: Ten Years Later, which was made possible by the generous support of Shelby Cullom and Kathryn W. Davis.
Speaker: Philip D. Zelikow Introductory Speaker: Richard N. Haass Presider: Garrick Utley
Philip Zelikow, former executive director of the 9/11 Commission Report, presses the need to hold trials for the 9/11 conspirators and explores the findings of the report.
This session was part of a CFR symposium, 9/11: Ten Years Later, which was made possible by the generous support of Shelby Cullom and Kathryn W. Davis.
The Council on Foreign Relations' David Rockefeller Studies Program—CFR's "think tank"—is home to more than seventy full-time, adjunct, and visiting scholars and practitioners (called "fellows"). Their expertise covers the world's major regions as well as the critical issues shaping today's global agenda. Download the printable CFR Experts Guide.
The author assesses the causes and consequences of the violence faced by several Central American countries and examines the national, regional, and international efforts intended to curb its worst effects.