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.

Teaching Notes on Power and Purpose: U.S. Policy Towards Russia After the Cold War by CFR Senior Fellow James M. Goldgeier and former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael A. McFaul.

Teaching Notes on Friendly Fire: Losing Friends and Making Enemies in the Anti-American Century by CFR Senior Fellow Julia E. Sweig.

Teaching Notes on Two Nations Indivisible: Mexico, the United States, and the Road Ahead by CFR Senior Fellow Shannon K. O’Neil.

Teaching Notes on Power, Terror, Peace, and War by CFR Senior Fellow Walter Russell Mead.