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Meetings, podcasts, videos, and conversations on the Council on Foreign Relation’s Best and Worst U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions Survey of SHAFR Historians.

Young Professionals Briefing Series: The Best and Worst Decisions in U.S. Foreign Policy
March 2, 2026
Kathryn David, Historian at the Office of the Historian of the United States State Department, and James M. Lindsay, Mary and David Boies Distinguished Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy, sit down with Kelebogile Zvbogo, Mansfield Associate Professor of Government and Director of the International Justice Lab at College of William and Mary to discuss the results of the CFR survey of historians on the best and worst foreign policy decisions in U.S. history with the Young Professionals Briefing Series.

Assessing 250 years of U.S. foreign policy
February 20, 2026
KERA, National Public Radio

The 10 Best and Worst US Foreign Policy Decisions in 250 Years
January 26, 2026
Andreas Kluth, Bloomberg

The President’s Inbox: The Best and Worst U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions, With Mary Dudziak and Christopher Nichols
January 21, 2026
Mary Dudziak, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law at Emory University, and Christopher Nichols, Wayne Woodrow Hayes Chair in National Security Studies and Professor of History at the Ohio State University, sit down with James M. Lindsay to unpack a new CFR survey of historians on the best and worst foreign policy decisions in U.S. history.

A Conversation About the Best and Worst U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions
January 14, 2026
Mary Dudziak, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law at Emory University, Christopher McKnight Nichols, Wayne Woodrow Hayes Chair in National Security Studies and Professor of History at The Ohio State University, and James M. Lindsay, Mary and David Boies Distinguished Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy, sit down with David Rubenstein, chairman of the Council, for a panel discussion at the Council’s offices in New York on the results of the survey.