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January 6, 2012

Defense and Security
U.S. Defense Should Follow “All-in or Stay Out” Policy, Writes Richard Betts in New Book on American Force

This collection of essays by Richard K. Betts, a leading international politics scholar, investigates the use of American force since the end of the Cold War, suggesting guidelines for making it more…

October 5, 2023

Israel
The October 1973 Yom Kippur War: Fifty Years Later

Fifty years ago, on Yom Kippur, October 6, 1973, Egypt and Syria launched surprise attacks on Israel. The resulting conflict sparked an Arab oil embargo, a superpower confrontation, a global recessio…

Yom Kippur War

April 1, 2004

United States
Foreign Affairs Launches Bestseller List; Richard Clarke’s Against All Enemies Leads First Monthly Sales Rankings

Foreign Affairs is introducing a monthly bestseller list that will report the rankings of the 15 top-selling books on American foreign policy and international affairs. The magazine’s rankings will b…

February 20, 2002

Politics and Government
Testimony of Richard K. Betts Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs - February 7, 2002

Statement for the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, Hearings, February 7, 2002 On S. 1867, to Establish a National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States …

October 19, 2006

Monetary Policy
Richard McGregor helps to solve the mystery of China’s slow q3 reserve growth.

The increase in China’s q3 reserves was about $30b below my expectations.  China’s current account surplus is usually about $15b per quarter larger than its trade surplus, and net FDI inflows have be…

June 5, 2003

United States
Richard Haass, Director of Policy Planning at the State Department, Selected Next President of the Council on Foreign Relations

  Board of Directors Makes Leslie Gelb President Emeritus   June 5, 2003 - Ambassador Richard N. Haass, a principal foreign policy adviser to Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, will becom…