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July 16, 2023

United States
How Today Is Like the 1890s

The most popular historical analogy for current American troubles is the Civil War era. The second most popular is the Gilded Age. But where the 1850s do not meaningfully resemble today, the 1890s ce…

The U.S. flag flies near the Statue of Freedom atop the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.

May 16, 2023

United States
Why Today Is Not Like the 1850s

American politics turned hyper toxic several years ago, and ever since commentators have raised the specter of a second civil war. No other historical parallel, it seems, captures so viscerally today…

Supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump stand near Confederate and U.S. flags in Wellington, Ohio on June 26, 2021.

May 3, 2019

Politics and Government
A Conversation with Rose E. Gottemoeller

This is the keynote event of the 2019 International Affairs Fellowship (IAF) Conference.

Play The keynote event of the 2019 International Affairs Fellowship (IAF) Conference.

July 19, 2018

Donald Trump
The Fallout From the Trump-Putin Summit With Jim Goldgeier and Charlie Kupchan

CFR senior fellows Jim Goldgeier and Charlie Kupchan join James M. Lindsay to discuss the continued fallout from the Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki, Finland.     

Podcast U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at White House about his summit with Russia's president Vladimir Putin, July 17, 2018.

June 12, 2019

Israel
Israel's Coming Up Roses

The country can’t form a government, its peace process is permanently stalled—and things have never been better.

Jewish youth wave Israeli flags as they participate in a march marking "Jerusalem Day", near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City June 2, 2019.