Newsweek editor-at-large, Evan W. Thomas III discusses U.S. military history and the various reasons that former presidents have gone to war.

This meeting is part of a series hosted with the National History Center featuring prominent historians who will examine the events and times that shaped foreign policy as we know it today.

Leslie H. Gelb discusses President Obama's upcoming trip to Asia.

A stagnant economy. Declining American influence. Dictators on the march abroad. And a more Republican Congress coming soon. Barack Obama is in big trouble. But it's never too late. Foreign Policy has a plan, 14 in fact, for how the president can find his mojo again.

Max Boot reviews Bob Woodward's Obama's Wars.

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

Leslie H. Gelb argues that Iraq and Afghanistan threaten to derail President Obama's greater goal of revitalizing the American economy.

Elliott Abrams, Robert Malley, Dore Gold, and Andrew Exum discuss President Obama's  policies in the Middle East.

David Remnick's The Bridge delivers fresh insights about Barack Obama's personal and political odyssey -- particularly when it comes to understanding the degree to which Obama is a product of New England's commitment to social and global reform.

Leslie H. Gelb says Hillary Clinton could be at the heart of political surprise in the 2012 presidential election.

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

Listen to Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, discuss his recent Foreign Affairs article, "Empty Promises? Obama's Hesitant Embrace of Human Rights," with students as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.

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Increasingly over the past year Mr Obama was portrayed overseas as weak, indecisive and ineffective. According to Gideon Rachman of FT, that is now likely to change - at least for a while - in the wake of the passage of healthcare reform.

Stephen M. Walt of Foreign Policy argues that Obama's healthcare victory won't help him advance his foreign policy agenda.

Leslie H. Gelb says President Obama's staff needs a "shakeup."

Economists Allan Meltzer and Martin Baily discuss the economic and political implications of Obama's State of the Union proposals and the reappointment of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

Leslie H. Gelb comments on President Obama's State of the Union address.

Leslie H. Gelb says President Obama needs to "take on the fight to make the nation face up to its economic crisis" in order to move toward "determined and steady leadership."

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.

In the New York Times Magazine, Peter Baker discusses the challenges that President Obama faces as the new administration fights the war on terror.