June 12, 2020
United StatesEach year CFR.org editor Bob McMahon and I record a special episode of The World Next Week on our summer reading recommendations. Being sticklers for tradition, we did so again this year. We thought,…
December 2, 2010
Defense and SecurityThe Monroe Doctrine was first announced on this day in 1823. While most Americans have heard of this most famous of foreign policy doctrines, few know that it was born as a bluff based on shrewd dip…
December 6, 2010
United StatesLast week marked the anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine. Today marks the anniversary of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. Although presented at the time as an extension of what Monroe…
January 23, 2019
United StatesPresident Donald Trump says he will deliver his second State of the Union address next Tuesday night as planned. The question is, where will he deliver it? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last week cit…
March 4, 2020
Elections and VotingPresented by the Council on Foreign Relations and Florida International University Watch an in-depth, nonpartisan conversation on critical foreign policy challenges facing the winner of the 2020 p…
January 13, 2020
United StatesPresider Gideon Rose celebrates the winners of this year’s Arthur Ross Book Award: Jill Lepore, Andrew Roberts, and Max Hastings. Gold medalist Jill Lepore discusses why the United States needs a nat…
February 27, 2018
VenezuelaVenezuela’s refugee crisis is metastasizing. According to the United Nations, 5,000 Venezuelans have fled to Curacao, 20,000 to Aruba, 30,000 to Brazil, 40,000 to Trinidad and Tobago, and more than 6…
January 26, 2018
United StatesPresident Donald Trump is set to deliver his first official State of the Union address Tuesday night at 9 p.m. The White House has not revealed the details of the speech yet, but it will likely hit m…
September 18, 2017
United StatesThe United States Air Force (USAF) turns 70 years-old today. On September 18, 1947, Chief Justice Fred Vinson swore in Stuart Symington as the first secretary of the air force, officially founding a …
February 20, 2017
Elections and VotingToday is Presidents’ Day. It is a TWE tradition to recognize the forty-four men—and they have all been men—who have been president on Presidents’ Day with the following essay. If you are lucky enough…
