By James M. Lindsay
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![<p><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW258910548 BCX0">Photograph of </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW258910548 BCX0">President Woodrow Wilson address</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW258910548 BCX0">ing</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW258910548 BCX0"> a joint session of Congress</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW258910548 BCX0"> by </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW258910548 BCX0">Harris & Ewing</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW258910548 BCX0">.</span></p>]()
![<p><span class="TextRun SCXW239570326 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW239570326 BCX0">The White House on October 31, 2004.</span></span></p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p><span class="TextRun SCXW170245311 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW170245311 BCX0">An 1898 illustration </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW170245311 BCX0">of the U.S.S. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW170245311 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW170245311 BCX0">Maine</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW170245311 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW170245311 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW170245311 BCX0">exploding </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW170245311 BCX0">in </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW170245311 BCX0">Havana </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW170245311 BCX0">harbor.</span></span></p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>View of Mount Rushmore Memorial Park in 2016. From left to right: Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW231188048 BCX0">First page of Enri</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW231188048 BCX0">q</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW231188048 BCX0">ue Dupuy de </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW231188048 BCX0">Lôme’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW231188048 BCX0"> letter to Don José </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW231188048 BCX0">Canelejas</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW231188048 BCX0">, the Foreign Minister of Spain, February 1898.</span></p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW190164940 BCX0">“</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW190164940 BCX0">Washington and Lafayette at the Battle of Brandywine</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW190164940 BCX0">” by John Vanderlyn in </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW190164940 BCX0">the early 19th century</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW190164940 BCX0">. </span></p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![10Best10Worst_2026_OpenGraph_1200x628_v5]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>The United Nations flag flies outside UN Headquarters in New York City; U.S. soldiers conduct a search and clear operation near Nui Ba Den, Vietnam, August 21, 1970. </p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI) speaking at the Senate on June 9, 1948.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>Rep. Louis Ludlow appealed for approval of a constitutional amendment requiring a referendum on participation in a foreign war.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>The final count of the Senate vote on S.J. Resolution 98 under the War Powers Act on January 8, 2026.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>The first draft of the Declaration of Independence is presented to the Second Continental Congress.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>A soldier from the U.S. Army 3d Infantry Regiment plants a flag in front of a headstone in advance of Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery on May 22, 2025. </p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![The People's Republic of China flag and the U.S. Stars and Stripes fly along Pennsylvania Avenue near the U.S. Capitol in Washington]()
By CFR Editors![<p>A view of the White House on July 3, 2024. </p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![James M. Lindsay hosting The President's Inbox. Council on Foreign Relations.]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>Emir of Kano, Muhammad Lamido Sanusi II, rides on a dressed horse after attending prayers marking the Eid al-Adha celebration at an open field in Kofar Mata district in Nigeria’s northern city of Kano on September 1, 2017.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>Nigeria’s former president Olusegun Obasanjo speaks during the official opening of peace talks between the Congolese government and the eastern Congolese rebel group of General Laurent Nkunda at the U.N. headquarters in Nairob in 2008.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>Then Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace sits at his desk in 1937.</p>]()
By Michelle Kurilla![<p>Chinese leader Xi Jinping attends the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on October 16, 2022.</p>]()
By Yanzhong Huang![BennSteil_TheWorldThatWasnt_Book]()
The World That Wasn't
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