April 2, 2019
U.S. Foreign PolicyIn chronicling the adventurous life of legendary CIA operative Edward Lansdale, The Road Not Taken definitively reframes our understanding of the Vietnam War.
March 1, 2019
Arab SpringA sweeping narrative account of the last five years in the Middle East and a timely argument of how and why the Arab uprisings failed.
February 15, 2019
International LawThe extradition process enables governments to bring fugitives abroad to justice, but it can be fraught with political tension, even when a treaty is in place.
February 7, 2019
International OrganizationsSince its founding in 1944, the World Bank has evolved from a lender focused on European reconstruction to the preeminent international institution for economic development and poverty reduction.
February 6, 2019
IranPanelists analyze Iran's foreign policy strategy, including their regional ambitions and interventions in Syria and Yemen, and offer recommendations on ways the United States should proceed after wit…
February 6, 2019
International OrganizationsPresident Trump has nominated David Malpass to be the next World Bank president. A more transparent process is needed in selecting the institution's head.
February 6, 2019
EconomicsThe World Economic Update highlights the quarter’s most important and emerging trends. Discussions cover changes in the global marketplace with special emphasis on current economic events and their i…
February 4, 2019
VenezuelaShannon K. O'Neil, vice president, deputy director of studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller senior fellow for Latin America Studies at CFR, discusses the situation in Venezuela, and what the futu…
January 24, 2019
MexicoViolence continues to rage in Mexico more than a decade after former President Felipe Calderon launched a crackdown on drug cartels.
January 18, 2019
MediaJoan Donovan, director of the technology and social change research project at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center; Amy S. Mitchell, director of journalism research at the Pew Research Ce…