December 29, 2016
CybersecurityMove over Comment Panda and Putter Panda, make way for Fancy Bear and Cozy Bear. 2016 was the year Russian hackers pushed their Chinese counterparts out of the limelight, becoming a major focus of th…
December 19, 2016
Technology and InnovationThis fall, I created and taught a course at Georgetown University called “Clean Energy Innovation." The course, offered to undergraduates studying Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA…
December 13, 2016
Technology and InnovationDemocrats and Republicans are girding for battle over energy policy. The two parties are far apart on most issues, like the future of the Clean Power Plan and federal restrictions on oil and gas dril…
July 1, 2016
IsraelThe Middle East Quartet has just issued its first report on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and peace efforts, and briefed the Security Council yesterday. The UN’s report on the report begins this w…
September 17, 2018
Defense and SecurityThe Paul C. Warnke Lecture on International Security was established in 2002 and is endowed by a number of Council members and the family and friends of Paul C. Warnke.
September 22, 2016
United StatesModern vice presidents can trace much of their political influence to the broad reforms that Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale made to the second-highest elected office in the late 1970s.
November 12, 2013
EducationWhile it is easy to despair at the many failings of the U.S. political process, it is important sometimes to celebrate the amazing resilience of American society. My cause today is the latest annual …
June 11, 2014
Just days after the fall of Mosul, chaos is spreading in Iraq. The New York Times reports that: Sunni militants extended their control over parts of northern and western Iraq on Wednesday as Iraqi g…
January 23, 2018
RussiaCoauthors Joe Biden and Michael Carpenter discuss the article, “How to Stand Up to the Kremlin: Defending Democracy Against Its Enemies,” which appears in the January/February issue of Foreign Affairs. Topics include Ukraine, NATO, and election interference.
May 1, 2010
IraqTeaching Notes on War of Necessity, War of Choice by CFR President Richard N. Haass.
