2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/180778I review the recent progress in our understanding of nuclear forces in terms of an effective field theory (EFT) for low-energy QCD and put this progress into historical perspective. This is followed by an assessment of the current status of EFT based nuclear potentials. In concluding, I will summarize some unresolved issues.7 pages, 2 figures; plenary talk at 18th International Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics (FB18), Santos, SP, Brazil, August 2006Nuclear TheoryNuclear Experimenttext