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 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.

Teaching Notes for the VICE Special Report from HBO based on the book A World in Disarray written by CFR President Richard Haass.

Teaching Notes for The Hacked World Order by Adam Segal.

Teaching Notes on Paradise Beneath Her Feet by CFR Senior Fellow Isobel Coleman.

Three experts join CFR President Richard N. Haass to outline the courses of action available to the United States and debate whether U.S. intervention in Syria would be desirable or effective in this…

Teaching Notes on Russian Foreign Policy by CFR Fellow Jeffrey Mankoff.

Teaching Notes for CFR's Interactive on The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.