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Deputy Editor
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E-mail: rmcmahon@cfr.org
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Washington, DC
Robert McMahon has covered foreign affairs since 1990 for the Associated Press, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and now CFR.org. Based in Washington, he helps shape editorial content for CFR.org, and contributes analysis and background reporting, with an emphasis on U.S. foreign policy. His “Capital Interview” series features conversations with leading foreign policy figures in Washington. As chief political editor of CFR.org, McMahon manages coverage on CFR’s special Campaign 2008 web site, focusing on the foreign policy aspects of the U.S. presidential campaign. A former UN correspondent for RFE/RL, McMahon has expertise in international organizations and has written extensively on UN peacekeeping, human rights, and post-conflict reconstruction.
McMahon has a masters degree in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He has written for publications including the Foreign Service Journal, the Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, the Weekly Standard, MSNBC.com, Transitions Online, and the Economist.com’s “Democracy in America” blog. He has been interviewed by the BBC, CNN International, NPR, Voice of America, and many other broadcasters and publications.
September 26, 2008
Daily Analysis
A financial crisis in the final stages of the U.S. presidential race, rather than sidelining foreign policy, could demonstrate how it intersects with U.S. domestic concerns.
See more in United States, Business & Foreign Policy, International Finance
September 17, 2008
Podcast
CFR's Edward Alden says a flawed U.S. approach to tightening its borders after the 9/11 terrorist attacks has harmed the country's once-admired immigration image.
See more in United States, Homeland Security, Immigration
September 9, 2008
Podcast
Georgian Vice Prime Minister Georgi Baramidze says Western support is vital for sustaining his country's economy and democracy after the loss of two separatist areas in a war with Russia.
See more in Georgia, Russian Fed., Democracy and Human Rights
September 5, 2008
Interview
A senior economic adviser to Sen. John McCain calls free trade an essential element in reviving U.S. economic fortunes.
See more in United States, Trade, Energy, U.S. Election 2008
Updated: September 4, 2008
Daily Analysis
A more aggressive domestic energy policy has emerged as a Republican Party priority, setting the stage for heightened debate with Democrats in the presidential race this fall.
See more in United States, Poland, Energy, Natural Resources Management, U.S. Election 2008
August 28, 2008
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and The Economist.
August 25, 2008
Daily Analysis
Both parties will use presidential conventions to boost their candidate's credentials on the economy and national security, at a time when both issues overlap.
See more in United States, National Security and Defense, Geoeconomics, U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2008
August 19, 2008
Daily Analysis
Russia's invasion of Georgia has rubbed raw relations with the West, complicating cooperation in several crucial areas.
See more in United States, Russian Fed., NATO, NATO
August 14, 2008
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and The Economist.
See more in Pakistan, Georgia, U.S. Election 2008
Updated: August 13, 2008
Daily Analysis
Russia's offensive in Georgia, traced in part to bitterness over Kosovo's independence, stirs new concern over a chasm between Moscow and the West.
See more in Georgia, Russian Fed., Wars and Warfare
August 8, 2008
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and The Economist.
See more in Southern Africa, China, Iran, Energy
July 31, 2008
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and The Economist.
See more in China, Turkey, Israel, Palestinian Authority
July 25, 2008
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and The Economist.
See more in United States, Pakistan
Updated: July 24, 2008
Backgrounder
The United Nations has frequently cited East Timor as a model nation-building project. But new unrest in the tiny Asian state indicates that the international community has again failed to show the stamina to guide a nation toward genuine stability.
See more in East Timor, Nation Building, Peacekeeping
July 23, 2008
Daily Analysis
Despite the sputtering U.S. economy, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to dominate debate on the presidential campaign trail.
See more in United States, Afghanistan, Iraq, National Security and Defense, U.S. Election 2008
July 10, 2008
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and The Economist.
See more in Economics, Weapons of Mass Destruction, U.S. Election 2008
June 12, 2008
Podcast
The authors of a new book says it was the fall of the Berlin Wall, not the 9/11 attacks, that ushered in the biggest changes confronting U.S. foreign policymakers.
See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics, Foreign Policy History, Grand Strategy
Updated: June 4, 2008
Daily Analysis
The presidential primary season ends with the economy uppermost in voters' minds, but national security issues are never far away.
See more in United States, Defense/Homeland Security, National Security and Defense, U.S. Election 2008
June 2, 2008
Backgrounder
Whether to engage heads of rogue states, a perennial foreign policy dilemma, has emerged in the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign.
See more in United States, Iran, Diplomacy
May 16, 2008
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and The Economist.
See more in China, Burma/Myanmar, Russian Fed., U.S. Election 2008
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