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July 10, 2024

United States
CFR Welcomes Steven Levitsky as a Senior Fellow for Democracy

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is pleased to welcome Steven Levitsky as a senior fellow for democracy. At CFR, Levitsky will write for the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Demo…

June 4, 2024

Middle East and North Africa
U.S. Policy in the Middle East, With Steven A. Cook

Steven A. Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the United States’ past, present, and future policy in the Mi…

Podcast Members of the U.S. military retire its ceremonial flags signifying the end of their presence in Iraq at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center on December 15, 2011.

June 12, 2024

Middle East and North Africa
CFR Fellows’ Book Launch Series: The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East by Steven Cook

In The End of Ambition, Steven A. Cook boldly claims that despite setbacks and moral costs, the United States has had a record of success in the Middle East. Yet, beginning in the 1990s, those achiev…

Play Steven Cook speaks on CFR stage.

June 3, 2024

U.S. Foreign Policy
It Is Time to Renew America’s Purpose in the Middle East, Writes Steven A. Cook in New Book

As the Israel-Hamas war continues and U.S. policymakers seek to contain the conflict and deter Iran, Steven A. Cook of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) writes in a timely and important new book…

April 2, 2024

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The War in Gaza, With Steven A. Cook

Steven A. Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the state of the conflict in the Gaza Strip, the prospects fo…

Podcast Palestinians inspect damage at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, on April 1, 2024, after Israeli troops withdrew.

April 16, 2024

Iran
Iran’s Attack on Israel, With Steven Cook and Ray Takeyh

Steven Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at CFR, and Ray Takeyh, the Hasib J. Sabbagh senior fellow for Middle East studies at CFR, sit down with James M. L…

Podcast An Israeli missile defense system in Ashkelon, Israel, fires at incoming Iranian missiles and drones on April 14, 2024.

June 17, 2024

United States
World Economic Update

The World Economic Update highlights the quarter’s most important and emerging trends. Discussions cover changes in the global marketplace with special emphasis on current economic events and their i…

Play A man uses a smart phone in front of an electronic stock quotation board outside a brokerage.

March 21, 2024

United States
CFR Welcomes Steven Bennett as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) welcomes Steven Bennett as executive vice president and chief administrative officer, where he will work on strategic, financial, and management issues. Bennett…

December 5, 2023

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Renewed Fighting in Gaza, With Steven Cook

Steven Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the collapse of the temporary ceasefire in Gaza and the future o…

Podcast Israeli soldiers stand amid rubble in the northern Gaza Strip on November 8, 2023.

October 10, 2023

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Israel-Hamas War, With Elliott Abrams and Steven Cook

Elliott Abrams, a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at CFR, and Steven Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at CFR, sit down with James M. Lindsay to di…

Podcast Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip on October 9, 2023.