Can God swing an examination in favor of a supplicant, regardless of her level of preparedness? Can an unarmed individual ...

Quantum computing, once the realm of science fiction, could bring massive economic gains. But it also threatens to upend ...

Prime Minister Mia Mottley spoke at the Council on Foreign Relations on Wednesday, September 25, about the need to support developing countries in addressing climate change, including global ...

A seaman uses binoculars while standing aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tyra M. Campbell/U.S. Navy The risk of a military ...

Contingency Planning Memoranda identify plausible scenarios that could have serious consequences for U.S. interests and propose measures to both prevent and mitigate them. Director, Program on ...

These charts draw on data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Both data sets include spending on overseas ...

Senior Adviser, European Policy Centre, Adjunct Professor, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin This essay examines the state of the European Union post-eurozone crisis, and assesses the European ...

In May 2018, the Council on Foreign Relations’ Southeast Asia program convened a workshop to examine the direction of the U.S.-Southeast Asia relationship from the present to 2030. The workshop ...

Testimony by CFR fellows and experts before Congress. In his testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, CFR President Richard N. Haass discussed the “slow motion crisis” that ...

The United States has a poor record at both anticipating foreign crises and planning for them. To improve U.S. readiness for crises that are both plausible in the short- to medium-term and likely ...

Over the last two decades, developments in the Middle East have helped transform the Kurds’ struggle for greater recognition and even self-determination from a country-specific issue to a ...

The annual Arthur Ross Book Award recognizes books that make an outstanding contribution to the understanding of foreign policy or international relations. The prize, endowed by the late Arthur ...