https://www.cfr.org Books published by the Council on Foreign Relations. en-us Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:59:03 GMT https://www.cfr.org/books/women-in-power https://www.cfr.org/books/women-in-power Linda Robinson—an award-winning journalist and foreign policy expert—tells the powerful stories of the women on the frontlines of the battle between democracy and authoritarianism. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/the-realist https://www.cfr.org/books/the-realist The first biography of Hans Morgenthau, the pioneering political philosopher who escaped Nazi Germany and pioneered the approach to international relations—realism—that guided the United States through the Cold War and explains today’s world “International politics, like all politics, is a struggle for power.” Hans Morgenthau wrote those words at the dawn of the Cold War, […] Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/the-infinity-machine https://www.cfr.org/books/the-infinity-machine From one of our leading chroniclers of the intersection of innovation and capitalism, a landmark reckoning—based on unprecedented access—with one of the world’s most brilliant and driven tech visionaries, and his game-changing company Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/age-change https://www.cfr.org/books/age-change An approachable guide to the political, social, and demographic changes happening in Africa and why they matter for the rest of the world. Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/un-charter https://www.cfr.org/books/un-charter David J. Scheffer and Mark S. Ellis provide an introduction to the UN Charter and make the case that it is the most important secular document in the world. Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/eastward-westward https://www.cfr.org/books/eastward-westward Few Americans have done more than Jerome A. Cohen to advance the rule of law in East Asia. The founder of the study of Chinese law in the United States and a tireless advocate for human rights, Cohen has been a scholar, teacher, lawyer, and activist for more than sixty years. Moving among the United […] Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/when-world-closed-its-doors https://www.cfr.org/books/when-world-closed-its-doors A detailed exploration of the most sweeping government border closures in human history during the COVID-19 pandemic and the implications for the future of global mobility. Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/topographies-african-spirituality https://www.cfr.org/books/topographies-african-spirituality This book explores African spirituality inside and outside of religion, investigating African traditions and perceptions in the study of spirituality across Africa and the African diaspora. It provides an interdisciplinary reflection on key issues in the field and sheds light on everyday experiences. In particular, the volume celebrates the work and mentorship of Professor Jacob […] Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/if-you-will-it https://www.cfr.org/books/if-you-will-it Hundreds of thousands of young Jews have drifted away from the American Jewish community and many more may follow. This book explains to Jewish parents, donors, and organizations how Jewish education, Jewish summer camping, and time spent in Israel can revive and strengthen Jewish identity. Tue, 08 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/reagan https://www.cfr.org/books/reagan Son of the Midwest, movie star, and mesmerizing politician—America’s fortieth president comes to three-dimensional life in this gripping and profoundly revisionist biography. Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/lost-decade https://www.cfr.org/books/lost-decade Robert D. Blackwill and Richard Fontaine evaluate the limitations of the Pivot to Asia and offer a compelling vision for the future of U.S. foreign policy in the Indo-Pacific. Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/end-ambition https://www.cfr.org/books/end-ambition A clear-headed vision for the United States’ role in the Middle East that highlights the changing nature of U.S. national interests and the challenges of grand strategizing at a time of profound change in the international order. Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/peril-partnership https://www.cfr.org/books/peril-partnership Paul J. Angelo provides the first headlining case studies of Plan Colombia and the Mérida Initiative. Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/world-wasnt https://www.cfr.org/books/world-wasnt A dramatic and powerful new perspective on the political career of Henry Wallace—a perspective that will forever change how we view the making of U.S. and Soviet foreign policy at the dawn of the Cold War. Tue, 09 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/god-guns-and-sedition https://www.cfr.org/books/god-guns-and-sedition A riveting exploration of the current state of far-right terrorism in the United States—and recommendations to stop its rise. Tue, 02 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/united-states-south-korea-alliance https://www.cfr.org/books/united-states-south-korea-alliance The alliance between the United States and South Korea has endured through seven decades of shifting regional and geopolitical security contexts. Yet it now faces challenges from within. Domestic political turmoil, including deepening political polarization and rising nationalism in both countries, has cast doubt on the alliance’s viability—with critical implications for the balance of power […] Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/lumumba-plot https://www.cfr.org/books/lumumba-plot A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller—about the U.S.-sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader of the newly independent Congo. Tue, 17 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/getting-russia-right https://www.cfr.org/books/getting-russia-right Thomas Graham offers a practical vision of U.S.-Russia relations. Tue, 03 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/sparks https://www.cfr.org/books/sparks A sweeping portrait from the 1940s to the 2020s of one of humanity’s great battles of memory against forgetting, including some of China’s best-known public intellectuals. Tue, 26 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/identity-trap https://www.cfr.org/books/identity-trap One of our leading public intellectuals traces the origin of a set of ideas about identity and social justice that is rapidly transforming America—and explains why it will fail to accomplish its noble goals. Tue, 26 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/sovereign-funds https://www.cfr.org/books/sovereign-funds The first in-depth account of the sudden growth of China’s sovereign wealth funds and their transformative impact on global markets, domestic and multinational businesses, and international politics. Fri, 23 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/bill-obligations https://www.cfr.org/books/bill-obligations A provocative guide to how we must reenvision citizenship if American democracy is to survive. Tue, 24 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/north-koreas-foreign-policy https://www.cfr.org/books/north-koreas-foreign-policy A robust examination of North Korean foreign policy under Kim Jong-un, including its domestic drivers, summitry diplomacy, and nuclear program. Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT Book https://www.cfr.org/books/beijings-global-media-offensive https://www.cfr.org/books/beijings-global-media-offensive Joshua Kurlantzick analyzes China’s attempts to become a media, information, and influence superpower, seeking for the first time to shape the domestic politics, local media, and information environments of the United States, East Asia, parts of Europe, and the broader world. Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT Book