Peter Beinart writes that, in the Obama era, liberalism could again become America's ruling creed.

Listen to David G. Victor, adjunct senior fellow for science and technology at CFR, discuss U.S. energy options and priorities for the next administration as part of CFR's State and Local Officials Conference Call series.

Learn more about CFR's State and Local Officials Initiative.

Michael Moran looks at the ways Obama's foreign policy will be tested.

Listen to Peter Beinart, senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at CFR and editor at large for the New Republic, discuss the election results and foreign policy priorities facing President-elect Obama as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call Series.

Journalist Bruce Stokes looks at foreign policy challenges facing President-elect Barack Obama, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and an American public that has "turned sharply against international engagement on a range of issues that American voters once supported and on which foreign publics expect action."

The handoff of foreign policy responsibility from one U.S. presidential administration to another has proven risky in many cases. The next transition occurs at a time of extraordinary global challenges.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain gave this speech In Arizona on November 4, 2008 on the night of Obama's presidential win.

President-Elect Barack Obama gave this speech in Chicago, Illinois after winning the presidential election on the night of November 4, 2008.

A guide to CFR resources examining U.S. foreign policy priorities and the presidential race.

A league of democracies would not secure cooperation among democracies and would expose the limits of the West's power and legitimacy. The next president should not embrace this disastrous idea.

Watch Kenneth M. Duberstein, former chief of staff to President Reagan, discuss his six years in the Reagan White House.

Listen to Kenneth M. Duberstein, former chief of staff to President Reagan, discuss his six years in the Reagan White House.

Leslie H. Gelb discusses the impact the U.S. president has on shaping the world.

James M. Lindsay, an expert on U.S. foreign policy, and a former director of studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, discusses the first presidential debate between Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama.

Listen to Theodore C. Sorensen, speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy, discuss his recent autobiography.

Watch Theodore C. Sorensen, speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy, discuss his recent autobiography.

Sebastian Mallaby writes that John McCain has caved to his party's anti-tax fanatics. Under a McCain administration, Americans would not have to sacrifice a dime more of their money to a cause larger than themselves.

Michael Gerson writes that John McCain failed to offer creative, interesting or bold policy in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention.

Michael Gerson writes that John McCain must challenge the Republican party in his convention speech.

Listen to experts discuss the various foreign policy challenges the next U.S. administration will face as part of a three-day symposium during the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, cosponsored with the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.

This symposium was underwritten by Chevron Corporation, The Coca-Cola Company, the Stanford Financial Group, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.