Wilson’s Fourteen Points
From Civics In A Year by The Center for American Civics
April 27, 2026 · 22 min · Season 1 · Episode 199
About this episode
The episode discusses Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points and their impact on U.S. foreign policy post-World War I.
The peace after World War I was supposed to close the book on global conflict. Instead, it opened a fight that still shapes U.S. foreign policy today: do we try to organize the world to prevent war, or do we protect our independence by refusing binding commitments abroad? We sit down with Dr. Sean Beienburg to unpack Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points and the political reality behind them. We walk through the pressures that dragged the United States into World War I, then map Wilson’s attempt ...
People in this episode
Host: The Center for American Civics
Guest: Dr. Sean Beienburg
Topics covered
- U.S. foreign policy
- Woodrow Wilson
- World War I
- global conflict
- political reality
Keywords
- Wilson's Fourteen Points
- U.S. foreign policy
- World War I
- global conflict
- political pressures
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Center for American Civics
Books & works: Wilson’s Fourteen Points
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