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March 18, 2009
Interview
Pavel Felgenhauer, an independent defense analyst in Moscow, is pessimistic about a Russia-U.S. rapprochement in part because of enduring concerns about U.S. missile defense system plans.
See more in Russian Fed., Missile Defense
March 16, 2009
Interview
Leslie H. Gelb, CFR's president emeritus, says the United States should focus on "attainable objectives" in talks with Iran and plan a "power extrication strategy" for Afghanistan.
See more in Afghanistan, Iran, U.S. Strategy and Politics
March 9, 2009
Interview
Julia E. Sweig, CFR's director of Latin American studies, says ties between Washington and Havana may change, but the United States has been downplaying expectations of a breakthrough.
See more in Cuba, United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics
March 6, 2009
Interview
Robert J. Barnett, a leading expert on Tibet, says the Chinese government, which had hoped for a honeymoon period with the new Obama administration, is nervous as the fiftieth anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan revolt approaches.
March 6, 2009
Interview
Elliott Abrams, former chief Middle East adviser on the National Security Council, says the Obama administration's move to send diplomats to Damascus for talks marks "a real policy change" but he is doubtful it will amount to much.
See more in Israel, Syria, International Peace and Security
March 2, 2009
Interview
Stephen Biddle, a senior defense and counterterrorism analyst, says that President Obama's schedule for reducing and then ending the U.S. deployment in Iraq "is a reasonable compromise between several conflicting demands."
See more in Afghanistan, Iraq, U.S. Strategy and Politics
February 26, 2009
Interview
F. Stephen Larrabee, a specialist on European security issues, says NATO's troubled expedition in Afghanistan shadows its 60th birthday summit in April, while prospects exist for easing tensions with Russia over missile defense in Europe.
See more in Europe/Russia, NATO
February 25, 2009
Audio
Listen to CFR expert Elliott Abrams discuss U.S. policy in the Middle East, in advance of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's trip to the region.
See more in Middle East
February 25, 2009
Transcript
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's second trip abroad approaches, this time to the Middle East, CFR Senior Fellow Elliot Abrams discusses American priorities in the region, and what to expect on the diplomatic front.
See more in Middle East, Diplomacy
February 20, 2009
Interview
Gerald Steinberg, an adviser to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, says many in Israel, himself included, would prefer that Benjamin Netanyahu, the head of the Likud Party, form a "a broad, centrist-based coalition" with Tzipi Livni of Kadima and Ehud Barak of Labor, but that a right-wing coalition may be easier to obtain.
See more in Israel
February 20, 2009
Interview
David Albright, a longtime expert on Iran's nuclear program, says Iran will probably accumulate enough low-enriched uranium this year to create one nuclear bomb.
See more in Iran, Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament, Weapons of Mass Destruction
February 17, 2009
Interview
Allan Brewer-Carias, a former Venezuelan legislator and opponent of President Hugo Chavez, says the referendum that overturned term limits on Chavez will strengthen the country's authoritarian strain but also signaled disapproval of Chavez's government.
See more in Venezuela, Elections
February 12, 2009
Interview
S. Frederick Starr, a longtime expert on the Caucasus and Central Asia, says Russia is using a "carrot and stick" approach to attempt to force the United States out of a crucial air base in Kyrgyzstan, showing its determination to reclaim its traditional influence in the so-called near abroad.
See more in Central Asia, Russian Fed.
February 11, 2009
Interview
Daniel C. Kurtzer, a former top U.S. diplomat in the Mideast and a recent adviser to Barack Obama, says divisions in the Israeli electorate will paralyze the political process and could lead to an extended "hiatus" in peace-making.
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority, Elections, Peacemaking
January 28, 2009
Interview
Bruce O. Riedel, an expert on South Asia, who has worked for the CIA, Pentagon, and National Security Council, says getting Pakistan to close down sanctuaries for Taliban militants poses the toughest test for the region's new special representative, Richard Holbrooke.
See more in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Democracy Promotion
February 4, 2009
Interview
Sam Parker, an expert on Iraq, says the initial results from the provincial elections indicate Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has been strengthened and Sunnis in restive Mosul may play a more positive role now that they appear to have defeated Kurds at the polls.
February 4, 2009
Interview
Hillary Mann Leverett,who helped negotiated a cooperation deal with Iran over Afghanistan from 2001 to 2003, says she now believes Washington must seek a far wider accord with Tehran to prevent serious threats to security in the region.
See more in United States, Iran, International Peace and Security, Diplomacy
February 3, 2009
Interview
Award-winning historian Walter Russell Mead says, "The key political question of the twenty-first century is, 'How does the U.S.-China relationship develop?'"
See more in United States, China, Financial Crises, Industrial Policy, International Organizations
January 26, 2009
Interview
Aaron David Miller, a former top U.S. Mideast negotiator, says that naming George J. Mitchell as the new special envoy for Arab-Israeli issue shows the Obama administration is substituting "process for substance."
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority, U.S. Strategy and Politics
January 23, 2009
Interview
Charles A. Kupchan, CFR senior fellow for Europe studies, says Obama's "popularity and the departure of President Bush" create a "window of opportunity to improve relations between the United States and Russia and between the United States and the European Union."
See more in United States, Defense Strategy, NATO, Missile Defense, U.S. Strategy and Politics
Explore the international finance regime with a new interactive from CFR's program on International Institutions and Global Governance.
Identifying international threats and acting on them may be the most difficult job for U.S. policymakers. This report
provides an actionable road map for managing international threats before they erupt into crises and makes a strong case that preventive action is not a luxury but a necessity.
For more than a decade, the United States has mostly watched from the sidelines as Asian countries organize themselves into an alphabet soup of new multilateral groups. In this report, the authors review the relationship between pan-Asian and trans-Pacific institutions and suggest policy guidelines for a new U.S. approach to this new Asian landscape.
Complete list of Council Special Reports
Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.
In Forces of Fortune, Vali Nasr presents a paradigm-changing revelation that will transform the understanding of the Muslim world at large. He reveals that there is a vital but unseen rising force in the Islamic world—a new business-minded middle class—that is building a vibrant new Muslim world economy and that holds the key to winning the cold war against Iran and extremists.
In Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Julia E. Sweig presents a remarkably accessible portrait of Cuba's unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years, including its internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.
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