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October 15, 2013

Fossil Fuels
Oil Security and Conventional War

Overview In the past, conventional militaries were plagued by wartime oil shortages that severely undermined their battlefield effectiveness. But could oil shortages threaten military effectivenes…

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March 1, 2023

United States
How Today Is Like the 1790s

Many of the supposedly unprecedented features of contemporary politics have familiar echoes in earlier American history, and so the best mirror in which to see our present moment clearly could be our…

An audience member holds up a phone with a case reading "Keep Calm and Defend the Constitution" during a "Get Out to Caucus" rally with U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Cedar Rapids

December 30, 2019

Global
Ten American Foreign Policy Notables Who Died in 2019

As 2019 comes to a close, here are ten influential U.S. foreign policy figures who passed away this year. 

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October 15, 2013

China
Oil Security, China, and Taiwan

The news last week that China has passed the United States as the world’s largest net oil importer points to a number of significant geopolitical shifts that have been long in the making, including C…

A soldier stands guard next to a Z-9WZ military helicopter designed and manufactured by China during a media visit at the military base of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Army Aviation 4th Helicopter Regiment, on the outskirts of Beijing, July 24, 2012. (Jason Lee/Courtesy Reuters)

October 15, 2013

China
Two New Looks at Energy and Security

Three years ago, convinced that U.S. thinking about energy security was stuck in the past, my colleagues and I launched a new CFR effort on energy and national security. Today, forty years after the …