On April 18, the Transition to Governing Project held a panel discussion that addressed the relationship between the incoming and outgoing administrations, the structuring and staffing of foreign policy institutions, relations with allies and adversaries during a transition, and the foreign policy challenges facing the new administration.

President Barack Obama has made outreach to the Islamic Republic of Iran a foreign policy centerpiece of his administration.

The story of two men involved in the Iraq war shows why the United States must reach out to the pro-Western religious element in Iraq.

A new book on former president Ronald Reagan is methodologically disappointing, and it ignores Reagan's classical liberal philosophy.