The United States should respond to the COVID-19 reordering moment and stop deterioration in the balance of power with China, bolster relations with India and Europe, and reform the way it deals with allies and partners.
Council Special Report by Robert D. Blackwill and Thomas Wright May 28, 2020
Higher Education Webinar: The Triumph and Peril of America’s AlliancesMira Rapp-Hooper, CFR's Stephen A. Schwarzman senior fellow for Asia Studies and senior fellow at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center, discusses the U.S. system of alliances and its importance for national security.
Conference Call with Mira Rapp-Hooper Jun 18, 2020
Oil Companies, Biden Policies, and Democracy in VenezuelaThe activities of U.S. and European oil companies in Venezuela are helping the Maduro regime crush democracy there, and the Biden administration should now fully reimpose U.S. sanctions.
Blog Post by Elliott Abrams September 7, 2024 Pressure Points "The Houthis Have Defeated the U.S. Navy," or, What is a Navy For?The mission of the U.S. Navy has for centuries been to keep the sea lines of communication open, but the United States is abandoning that task in the Middle East today.
Blog Post by Elliott Abrams August 31, 2024 Pressure Points The Changing Role of Foreign Policy at the U.S. National ConventionsThe quadrennial U.S. presidential nominating conventions often focus on domestic themes. But they have at times been flavored by global economic concerns and national security threats, offering competing Democratic and Republican visions about the United States’ role in the world. In the 2024 race, Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump, and his challenger, Vice President Kamala Harris, are projecting starkly different worldviews.
Timeline by Jonathan Masters , Kevin Lizarazo and Jeremy Sherlick August 26, 2024
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Carrots Need Sticks: The Biden Administration and the Case of VenezuelaThe Biden administration appears to be offering Venezuelan dictator Maduro amnesty if he will leave power, but sticks as well as carrots will be needed to persuade him.
Blog Post by Elliott Abrams August 13, 2024 Pressure Points Is the “Two-State Solution” Still Viable?Is the longstanding proposal to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the “two-state solution,” still viable? A recent debate took on all the issues, and I argued for “no.”
Blog Post by Elliott Abrams August 6, 2024 Pressure Points Can Maduro Be Negotiated Out of Venezuela?The United States should try to find out if an offer of amnesty will persuade Venezuela's dictator to permit and respect the results of a free election on July 28.
Blog Post by Elliott Abrams July 19, 2024 Pressure Points U.S. Diplomacy in the Middle East: "Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?"U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East seems unaware of how U.S. power should be deployed to decrease the chances of war and to support U.S. allies.
Blog Post by Elliott Abrams July 9, 2024 Pressure Points The United States and the Venezuelan ElectionEvery sign suggests that Venezuela's presidential election on July 28 will be stolen. Will the Biden administration then acknowledge that its policy toward Venezuela has failed--and change it?
Blog Post by Elliott Abrams July 6, 2024 Pressure PointsAt the Community of Democracies Meeting, the Biden Administration Downgraded Its Support for Democracy
By sending an acting deputy assistant secretary of state to represent the United States at the recent Community of Democracies meeting that the United States chaired, the Biden administration showed a lack of commitment to democracy.
Blog Post by Elliott Abrams June 15, 2024 Pressure PointsCFR Fellows’ Book Launch Series: The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East by Steven Cook
In The End of Ambition, Steven A. Cook boldly claims that despite setbacks and moral costs, the United States has had a record of success in the Middle East. Yet, beginning in the 1990s, those achievements bred ambitious policies to remake the region that ended in failure and regional instability. While making the case that retrenchment is not the answer to America’s problems in the Middle East, Cook highlights how America’s interests in the region have begun to change and examines alternative approaches to U.S.-Middle East policy. The John B. Hurford Memorial Lecture was inaugurated in 2002 in memory of CFR member John B. Hurford, and features individuals who represent critical new thinking in international affairs and foreign policy.
