On the Record

On the Best and Worst Decisions in U.S. Foreign Policy

On the Record

Show Notes

In this episode, panelists discuss the best and worst decisions in U.S. foreign policy as a part of the CFR Young Professionals Briefing Series.

Host: Kelebogile Zvobgo, Mansfield Associate Professor of Government and Director, International Justice Lab, College of William and Mary; CFR Term Member

Guests: Kathryn E. David, Historian, Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State; CFR Term Member

James M. Lindsay, Mary and David Boies Distinguished Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations

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