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Robert A. Belfer International Affairs Fellowship in European Security

This fellowship for European Security was established in 2023 with a gift from the Robert A. Belfer family.

September 26, 2013

Politics and Government
Why Did South Africa’s Jacob Zuma Cave to Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe?

Simukai Tinhu in Think Africa Press provides a credible answer as to why South African President Jacob Zuma seemingly abandoned his democratic principles and his African leadership role in the face o…

Africa - Mugabe and Zuma Walking

May 12, 2013

Robert Gates on Benghazi, Syria, and America’s Biggest Threat

Former secretary of defense Robert Gates is a self-described foreign policy “realist”—in his last major policy address in office, given at the American Enterprise Institute, he noted, “As I am fond o…

May 17, 2024

Election 2024
Election 2024: Biden Raises Tariffs on China

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: President Joe Biden imposed new tariffs on Chinese imports, raising tensions with Beijing and slowi…

Biden as viewed standing at a podium in a navy suit.

May 1, 2002

United States
Robert Skidelsky Wins Council’s First Arthur Ross Book Award

Contact: Lisa Shields, Director of Communications, 212-434-9888 NEW YORK, May 1, 2002 – Robert Skidelsky, author of John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom 1937-1946 (Viking) has won the Cou…

May 10, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Where the Presidential Race Stands With Six Months to Go

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Joe Biden and Donald Trump remain locked in a tight contest where third-party candidates could deci…

An election ballot box as viewed on a folding table.