October 15, 2013
Fossil FuelsOverview In the past, conventional militaries were plagued by wartime oil shortages that severely undermined their battlefield effectiveness. But could oil shortages threaten military effectivenes…
October 15, 2013
ChinaThree years ago, convinced that U.S. thinking about energy security was stuck in the past, my colleagues and I launched a new CFR effort on energy and national security. Today, forty years after the …
October 15, 2013
ChinaThe news last week that China has passed the United States as the world’s largest net oil importer points to a number of significant geopolitical shifts that have been long in the making, including C…
July 3, 2024
InequalityWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers June 29 to July 3.
December 30, 2019
GlobalAs 2019 comes to a close, here are ten influential U.S. foreign policy figures who passed away this year.
March 1, 2023
United StatesMany of the supposedly unprecedented features of contemporary politics have familiar echoes in earlier American history, and so the best mirror in which to see our present moment clearly could be our…