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June 9, 2008

Congresses and Parliaments
A Conversation with Jim Webb

JEFF GREENFIELD: Hi, there. Today -- good afternoon. Welcome. Very impressive turnout, considering the weather. In fact, even not considering the weather. We are now amending Noel Coward's famous so…

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April 3, 2009

Budget, Debt, and Deficits
A Conversation with Senator Jim Webb

  A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and highly-decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, Senator Jim Webb served as secretary of the Navy under President Reagan and was elected by Virginians to the U…

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March 29, 2024

United States
Joseph Lieberman, R.I.P.

The late Sen. Joseph Lieberman was a model of how public life should be conducted, and an important figure in American Jewish history.

March 27, 2024

Space
UFOs: Close Encounters of the National Security Kind

On this episode of Why It Matters, experts discuss the national security concerns around UFOs and the real search for extraterrestrial life.

Podcast Sign for UFO "self parking" against a blue sky.

November 7, 2022

United States
Leslie H. Gelb Memorial Event: Common Sense and Strategy in Foreign Policy

This special event is being held to honor the memory of Leslie H. Gelb, CFR’s president from 1993 to 2003 and a dedicated member for forty-six years, who died on August 31, 2019. Gelb modernized the …

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July 14, 2022

United States
Webb Is a Reminder of America’s Technical Prowess in Future Global Competition and Cooperation

This major space success will attract the talent the U.S. needs to maintain technical preeminence, shows the difficulty others may have in kicking America out of first place, and demonstrates the ben…

The first full-color image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope