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July 30, 2019

Elections and Voting
2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates Answer CFR’s Foreign Policy Questions

July 30, 2019—The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) invited the Democratic candidates to articulate their positions on twelve critical foreign policy issues before the second se…

April 27, 2011

Middle East and North Africa
How to Understand Our Policy in Syria

The last few days have produced a series of important quotations regarding Obama foreign policy. The final line in Ryan Lizza’s New Yorker article on Obama is tops: “One of his advisers described th…

March 1, 2017

United States
The President’s Economic Agenda: the Fight Begins

President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress last night highlighted the central economic themes that animated his campaign: a tougher policy on immigration and trade, a focus on infrastru…

January 18, 2011

Politics and Government
TWE Quick Takes: GOP Presidential Hopefuls

U.S. Senator John Thune (R-SD) walks to his office after meeting with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, December 21, 2010. (Jonathan Ernst/ courtesy Reuters) Thank g…

TWE Quick Takes: GOP Presidential Hopefuls

May 18, 2011

Development
Fragile States Do Not Automatically Threaten U.S., Argues Stewart Patrick in New Book

In his new book, Weak Links: Fragile States, Global Threats, and International Security, Stewart Patrick argues that most fragile states are not a threat to the United States.