The connection between the rise of social media and the decline of American politics and society seems obvious. But what if what everybody knows is wrong? 

In 2018, CFR once again hosted high-level discussions of global affairs, from U.S. election security to the Iran-Saudi Arabia rivalry to the artificial intelligence race.

Once a country loses its sense of national identity, a national unraveling is often not far behind.

Rather than preserving the post office of the twentieth century in amber or doing away with it all together, there is a third approach: Modernize it to meet the needs of the twenty-first century.