In the last few weeks, two key U.S. Allies in a vital area of the world have faced different but equally profound challenges to their stability. In Saudi Arabia, the death of King Abdullah removed a strong conservative voice...

Free societies thrive when citizens feel secure in their privacy, feeling themselves free to think and act as they see fit within the limits of the law, and also protected from outside threats to their security. Yet those two...

In his new book, Ambassador Stephen Sestanovich examines American foreign policy since the end of WWII, capturing not only its extraordinary achievements but the diplomatic missteps, intellectual confusion, and political discord from which they usually emerge. Sestanovich makes clear that...

Russia’s Far East (RFE), northeast Asia’s geographic and strategic heartland, is crucial to an understanding of Asia-Pacific power games, and is a potential focal point of geopolitical competition. A region two-thirds the size of the United States, the RFE possesses...

A retired lieutenant colonel of the US Army and a Rhodes Scholar, John Nagl was an early convert to the view that America’s greatest future threats would come from asymmetric warfare—guerrillas, terrorists, and insurgents. But it would take the events of 9/11...

The Foreign Policy Round Table for Rising Philadelphians Sponsored by BNY Mellon Wealth Management Two experienced professionals in the diplomatic, intelligence and national security communities will discuss the tools you will need to take your place in the world...

Presentation of the 10th Annual Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Service General Hayden has devoted his life to public service, serving as Director of the CIA (2006-09), Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (2005-06), and Director of the NSA...

General Hayden has devoted his life to public service, serving as Director of the CIA (2006-09), Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (2005-06), and Director of the NSA (1999-2005). He retired from the US Air Force as a four-star...

Alan H. Luxenberg is President of the Foreign Policy Research Institute.  These remarks were delivered as his Presidential Address at FPRI’s 2014 Annual Dinner....

Join Host Ron Granieri as he “interrogates” Richard Immerman on the subject of his new book, The Hidden Hand: A Brief History of the CIA (Wiley 2014). The Hidden Hand is a succinct accessible and up-to-date survey of the Central Intelligence Agency’s history...