To be successful in the Middle East, the Obama administration will need to move beyond Iraq, find ways to deal constructively with Iran, and forge a final-status Israeli-Palestinian agreement.

This module features teaching notes by Derek H. Chollet and James M. Goldgeier, coauthors of America Between the Wars, along with other resources to supplement the text. In this CFR book, Mr. Chollet and Dr. Goldgeier explore how the decisions and debates of the years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Twin Towers shaped the world we live in today.

Sebastian Chaskel writes on how, in recent campaigns, presidential candidates have stressed the importance of U.S.-Latin America relations.

Listen to authors Derek H. Chollet and James M. Goldgeier discuss their new book and events from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 with students, as part of the CFR Academic Conference Call Series.

Perspective on the Presidential Foreign Policy Debate.

Raul Castro's changes to Cuba's agricultural sector could foreshadow larger economic shifts to come.

Experts discuss foreign policy challenges for the next administration at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, featuring a special address by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, cosponsored with the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies and the City and County of Denver's 2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable.

This roundtable was underwritten, in part, by Chevron Corporation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

U.S. political conventions offer the parties a place to unite around presidential candidates and a vision for foreign and domestic policy.

“Conservatism is breaking apart,” say Derek Chollet and James Goldgeier, describing the rift that is forming between isolationists and nationalists in the Republican Party.

The authors of a new book says it was the fall of the Berlin Wall, not the 9/11 attacks, that ushered in the biggest changes confronting U.S. foreign policymakers.

Leslie H. Gelb reviews Aram Roston's new book, “The Man Who Pushed America to War,” about Ahmad Chalabi.

Watch Fritz Stern, university professor emeritus at Columbia University, discuss the legacy of Hitler's transformation of Germany into a one-party dictatorship. This meeting was hosted in collaboration with the National History Center.

Listen to Fritz Stern, university professor emeritus at Columbia University, discuss the legacy of Hitler's transformation of Germany into a one-party dictatorship. This meeting was hosted in collaboration with the National History Center.

Listen to Strobe Talbott, president of The Brookings Institution, discuss his book, The Great Experiment: The Story of Ancient Empires, Modern States, and the Quest for a Global Nation.

Watch Strobe Talbott, president of The Brookings Institution, discuss his book, The Great Experiment: The Story of Ancient Empires, Modern States, and the Quest for a Global Nation.

Amity Shlaes notes that while the economy may not be the Republican front-runner's favorite topic, Senator McCain is still a pretty good candidate. Just don't say he's "teachable."

Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson write that "the history of the Vietnam War teaches that to preserve American strength and prestige, we must begin withdrawing from Iraq now."

Michael Gerson looks at the history of conservatism.

Peter Beinart writes about the implications of the use of the term “World War IV ” in place of “war on terror.”

Listen to experts discuss the historical impact of American evangelical Christians on U.S. foreign policy.