Watch William J. Perry, former U.S. secretary of defense, reflect on the challenges he faced in the post-Cold War era as part of the Council's HBO History Makers Series.

The Home Box Office History Makers Series focuses particular attention on the contributions made by a prominent individual at a critical juncture in international relations. Recent speakers in the se…

Elizabeth Perry discusses China, its role in the world, and how emerging great power competition could shape the 21st century. This meeting is the seventh session in CFR’s centennial speaker serie…

Joseph Nye discusses U.S. primacy on the global stage since World War II, crucial challenges the country has faced, the changing nature of American hard and soft power today, and whether China's rise…

The alliance between the United States and South Korea has endured through seven decades of shifting regional and geopolitical security contexts. In The United States–South Korea Alliance: Why It May…

President Obama has called for the eventual global abolition of nuclear weapons, but they will remain a fundamental element of U.S. national security in the near term. The CFR Task Force report makes…