The Council has announced the sixth annual Arthur Ross Book Award shortlist nominees for the best book published in the last two years on international affairs. Kwame Anthony Appiah for Cosmopolit…

As the war in Ukraine nears its one-year anniversary, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) offers background and analysis and Foreign Affairs has curated a special package on the continuing conflic…

“The iron rule of regime change in the Middle East seems to be that its costs will be higher than expected, unintended consequences will emerge, and results will leave much to be desired.” So warns P…

As the United States confronts a volatile Middle East, Saudi Arabia is "a central player—sometimes in accord with U.S. policy, sometimes not—in Arab-Israeli peace negotiations, in the quest for stabi…

Due to the evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is operating remotely as of Monday, March 16, and has suspended all in-person events through at least Frida…