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March 8, 2024

Colombia
From Peril to Partnership

Paul J. Angelo provides the first headlining case studies of Plan Colombia and the Mérida Initiative.

March 6, 2012

Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Paul C. Warnke Lecture on International Security: Defense Strategy and Budget Priorities for the 21st Century

Related readings: A Leaner and Meaner Defense by Gordon Adams and Matthew Leatherman Pentagon Fires at Budget Target that Can't be Hit by Peter R. Orszag A Defense Budget at the Crossroads By Jona…

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August 13, 2005

Economics
Paul Krugman summarizes the US economy in a single sentence

"these days, Americans make a living selling each other houses, paid for with money borrowed from the Chinese." I have a soft spot for a well turned phrase. Krugman also picks up on something that …

May 12, 2008

Global
Paul Collier’s Bottom Billion Wins CFR’s 2008 Arthur Ross Book Award

The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It (Oxford University Press), by Paul Collier, professor of economics and director of the Center for the Study of …

September 27, 2023

Diplomacy and International Institutions
A Dispiriting UNGA

Leaders devalue democracy under the guise of standing up to the West.

Guinea's President Mamadi Doumbouya addresses the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, on September 21, 2023.

November 7, 2007

Conflict Prevention
Paul Stares Joins Council as Senior Fellow and Director of Center for Preventive Action

November 8, 2007 – The Council on Foreign Relations is pleased to announce that Paul B. Stares is the new General John W. Vessey senior fellow for conflict prevention and director of the Center for P…