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Arthur Ross Book Award: "Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology"

Gideon Rose celebrates the winners of this year’s Arthur Ross Book Award: Chris Miller, Susan L. Shirk, and Daniel Treisman. The program includes an award ceremony with each winner, and a discussion with Chris Miller on how critical technology is shaping the global balance of power.

Virtual Event with Chris Miller, Susan L. Shirk, Daniel Treisman, Gideon Rose and Michael Froman January 29, 2024 Renewing America

Afghanistan War

Arthur Ross Book Award: "The American War in Afghanistan: A History"

Gideon Rose celebrates the winners of this year’s Arthur Ross Book Award: Carter Malkasian, Mary Elise Sarotte, and Nicole Perlroth. The program will include an award ceremony and conversation with Malkasian on the twenty-year American war in Afghanistan.

Virtual Event with Carter Malkasian, Mary Elise Sarotte, Nicole Perlroth and Gideon Rose December 7, 2022 CFR Arthur Ross Book Award

Economics

Arthur Ross Book Award: “The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes”

Gideon Rose celebrates the winners of this year’s Arthur Ross Book Award: Zachary D. Carter, Peter Baker and Susan B. Glasser, and Robert D. Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett.

Virtual Event with Zachary D. Carter, Peter Baker, Susan B. Glasser, Robert D. Putnam, Shaylyn Romney Garrett and Gideon Rose December 7, 2021 U.S. Foreign Policy Program

Ireland

Arthur Ross Book Award: “Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland”

Gideon Rose celebrates the winners of this year’s Arthur Ross Book Award: Patrick Radden Keefe, George Packer, and William Dalrymple. The program will include an award ceremony and a conversation with Keefe on the Northern Ireland conflict.

Webinar with Patrick Radden Keefe, George Packer and William Dalrymple December 9, 2020 CFR Arthur Ross Book Award

United States

Arthur Ross Book Award: Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929–1941

In celebration of the winners of this year’s Arthur Ross Book Award: Stephen Kotkin, Michael J. Green, and Masha Gessen, Gideon Rose hosts a conversation with gold medalist Stephen Kotkin on his book, Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929–1941.

Event with Stephen Kotkin December 4, 2018 CFR Arthur Ross Book Award

Global

2012 Arthur Ross Book Award: George F. Kennan: An American Life

Honoring: Gold Medalist: John Lewis Gaddis for George F. Kennan: An American Life Silver Medalist: Jason Stearns for Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa Honorable Mention: Daniel Yergin for The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World For more information about the Arthur Ross Book Award, please click here.

Event with John Lewis Gaddis and Gideon Rose January 23, 2013 CFR Arthur Ross Book Award

Political History and Theory

2010 Arthur Ross Book Award Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World

Honoring: Gold Medalist: Liaquat Ahamed for Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World Silver Medalist: Seth G. Jones for In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan Honorable Mention: Gerard Prunier for Africa's World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental Catastrophe For more information about the Arthur Ross Book Award, click here.

Event with Liaquat Ahamed and James F. Hoge Jr. June 23, 2010 CFR Arthur Ross Book Award

Political Movements

2009 Arthur Ross Book Award: Out of Mao’s Shadow

Watch Philip Pan discuss his book Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China, recipient of the 2009 Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations.

Event June 26, 2009 CFR Arthur Ross Book Award

United States

Arthur Ross Book Award - Another Problem From Hell: American Foreign Policy in an Age of Terror

Event June 23, 2003 CFR Arthur Ross Book Award