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Introduction
Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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April 2, 2019
U.S. Foreign Policy
The Road Not Taken
In chronicling the adventurous life of legendary CIA operative Edward Lansdale, The Road Not Taken definitively reframes our understanding of the Vietnam War.
January 1, 2013
Wars and Conflict
Invisible Armies
A complete global history of guerrilla uprisings through the ages.
January 24, 2017
Laos
A Great Place to Have a War
The definitive account of the secret war in the tiny Southeast Asian nation of Laos, which lasted almost two decades and forever changed the CIA’s controversial role in foreign policy.
January 1, 1998
Conflict Prevention
Cases and Strategies for Preventive Action
Read an excerpt of Cases and Strategies for Preventive Action. In 1996, there were violent intrastate conflicts in ninety countries around the world. Governments, international organizations, nong…
January 2, 2018
U.S. Foreign Policy
A World in Disarray
CFR President Richard N. Haass argues for an updated global operating system to address challenges from terrorism and the spread of nuclear weapons to climate change and cyberspace.
