Micah Zenko discusses military schemes proposed by civilian strategists but never implemented.

Leslie H. Gelb discusses Bob Woodward's book, Obama's Wars.

Charles A. Kupchan and Peter L. Trubowitz discuss the erosion of the liberal internationalist consensus in U.S. foreign policy.

Walter Russell Mead says that Brazil's recent involvement in the diplomatic dispute between Iran and the United States reveals the United States' need to identify ways to help Brazil reach its potential and help advance important American interests in Latin America.

Peter Beinart discusses his new book, The Icarus Syndrome:  A History of American Hubris.

Leslie H. Gelb reviews Peter Beinart's Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris.

Walter Russell Mead argues, "The American peace and disarmament movement almost destroyed human freedom."

The Home Box Office History Makers Series focuses particular attention on the contributions made by a prominent individual at a critical juncture in international relations.

George Packer comments on Obama's foreign policy during his first year in office.

Peter Beinart tells a tale as old as the Greeks--a story about the seductions of success.

Leslie H. Gelb questions the seemingly "conflict-free" nature of President Obama's foreign policy team.

Listen to George P. Shultz, former U.S. secretary of state, reflect on his career and foreign policy during the Reagan administration.

This meeting was cosponsored by the Stephen M. Kellen Term Member Program, and was part of the Home Box Office History Makers series.

Walter Russell Mead argues that Barack Obama might yet revolutionize America's foreign policy. But if he can't reconcile his inner Thomas Jefferson with his inner Woodrow Wilson, the 44th president could end up like No. 39.

Leslie Gelb writes that Barack Obama needs to change some of his habits if he wants to be more than a one-term wonder.

Jorge G. Castañeda writes on when the Yanquis go home.

Simon Schama discusses the events that shaped the "noughties" from 9/11 to the financial crisis.

President Obama has had some success in fixing the foreign policy mess left to him by the Bush administration, writes Leslie Gelb, but he warns that foreign policy does not always work by analysis and logic.

"Thing are going to get worse before they get better," writes Walter Russell Mead, laying out a summary of the many things that have gone wrong during President Obama's first year in office.

Paul Kennedy, Director of the International Studies Program and Professor of History at Yale University, speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations, New York.

Watch Paul M. Kennedy, director of International Security Studies and the Dilworth Professor of History at Yale University, analyze characteristics of great powers and what constitutes national strength.

This meeting was cosponsored with the National History Center, an initiative of the American Historical Association.