On the Record

Politics

A curated selection of thought-provoking events from the Council on Foreign Relations, featuring expert panels, keynote conversations, and global policy discussions.

Episodes

On American Energy Strategy Post-Hormuz

On Combating Human Trafficking

A Conversation With President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana

A Conversation With Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre of Norway and President Alexander Stubb of Finland

A Conversation With President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi of Somaliland

Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados on the Challenges Facing Climate-Vulnerable and Developing Countries

On Africa Policy With Tony Elumelu

On France’s UN Security Council Presidency Priorities

Eyewitness to History: Reflections on September 11

On Financing the “Missing Middle” to Scale Energy Breakthroughs

On the Lessons of the 1929 Wall Street Crash

On AI Policy: Global Stakes, Local Governance

On Pope Leo XIV and Human Dignity in the Age of AI

Yechiel Leiter on the U.S.-brokered Israel-Lebanon Agreement

On the State of U.S.-Cuba Relations

On the Hormuz Crisis and the Global Energy Landscape

A Conversation With Lindsey Graham

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

On the Gulf After the Iran War

From the Archives: Alan Greenspan on the U.S. Economy in 2015