Teaching Notes for Realism and Democracy, written by CFR Senior Fellow Elliott Abrams, on U.S. foreign policy that combines practical policies and idealism in supporting those struggling for democracy and human rights in the Arab world.

Getting Russia Right offers a practitioner’s account of why the great post-Cold War hopes for an enduring U.S.-Russian strategic partnership grounded in free markets and democratic values gave way to…

In The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens, CFR President Richard Haass offers a provocative guide to how we must reenvision citizenship if American democracy is to survive.

In Beijing's Global Media Offensive: China’s Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World, CFR's Joshua Kurlantzick analyzes China's attempts to become a media, information, and influence superpow…

Teaching Notes for False Dawn, written by Steven A. Cook, in which he examines why Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Turkey did not transition to democracy and explains how and why Middle East uprisings didn't succeed.

An insider’s perspective on why U.S. policymakers repeatedly underestimate the costs and consequences of intervention to both the United States and the people of the Middle East.