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August 15, 2013
The World Next Week: Egyptian Military Crushes Protests, Japan and Russia Discuss Kuril Islands Dispute, and Al-Jazeera America Debuts
The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed Egypt’s continuing turmoil, the territorial dispute between Japan and Russia, and the debut of al-Jazeera America. [audio: http://www.c…
November 22, 2013
Defense and Security
You Might Have Missed: Afghanistan, Threat Deflation, and Signature Strikes
“The Uses of Force,” Economist, November 23, 2013. “It’s too easy to use force,” says Admiral Mike Mullen, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “It’s almost the first choice.” “Securit…
December 15, 2016
Climate Change
Under Trump, Private Sector May Lead U.S. Climate Action
This post is authored by Shayle Kann, the head of GTM Research and Senior Vice President at Greentech Media: a Wood Mackenzie Business. As the inauguration of President Donald Trump approaches, th…
April 5, 2006
Political History and Theory
Thicker Than Oil: America’s Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia
Council Senior Fellow and Director for Middle East and Gulf Studies Rachel Bronson reveals why the U.S.-Saudi partnership became so intimate and how the countries’ shared interests sowed the seeds of…
October 14, 2011
Fossil Fuels
Can Rick Perry Create 1.2 Million Energy Jobs?
Perry waves as he addresses a summit in Washington (Jonathan Ernst/Courtesy Reuters). The centerpiece of Rick Perry’s economic plan, released this morning, is a pledge to create 1.2 million energy j…
