Gideon Rose discusses President Nixon and Henry Kissinger's attempt to extricate the United States from the Vietnam War even as the local combatants continued to struggle -- and says President Obama should try to do the same in Afghanistan.

CFR Senior Fellow Steven Cook and Foundation for Defense Democracies Research Fellow Tony Badran discuss the increasing violence and political change sweeping the region with Foreign Affairs Editor Gideon Rose. Cook and Badran have authored articles in the recently released eBook New Arab Revolt, published by CFR and Foreign Affairs.

CFR Senior Fellow Steven Cook and Foundation for Defense Democracies Research Fellow Tony Badran discuss the increasing violence and political change sweeping the region with Foreign Affairs Editor Gideon Rose. Cook and Badran have authored articles in the recently released eBook New Arab Revolt, published by CFR and Foreign Affairs.

CFR President Richard N. Haass and Foreign Affairs Editor Gideon Rose discuss what this development means for the war in Afghanistan and how it will affect the United States' relations with the region, and its implications for homeland security.

Gideon Rose says that in Libya, the Obama administration may prove once again that American presidents are better at starting wars than ending them.

College and graduate students engage with CFR fellows and other experts for an interactive discussion on Pakistan during the unveiling of CFR's Crisis Guide: Pakistan, as part of the first annual Back-to-School Event.

College and graduate students engage with CFR fellows and other experts for an interactive discussion on Pakistan during the unveiling of CFR's Crisis Guide: Pakistan, as part of the first annual Back-to-School Event.

A penetrating look at American wars over the last century.

CFR Senior Fellow Stephen Biddle and Foreign Affairs Managing Editor Gideon Rose discuss the way forward in Afghanistan.

Listen to CFR Senior Fellow Stephen Biddle and Foreign Affairs Managing Editor Gideon Rose discuss the way forward in Afghanistan.

Listen to CFR expert Robert Danin discuss Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting with President Obama and the implications for the U.S.-Israeli relationship.

Gideon Rose, Managing Editor of Foreign Affairs discusses with Robert Danin, CFR fellow for Middle East and Africa studies, points of interest in the upcoming meeting betwen President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Robert Kaplan discusses the topic of his article in the May/June 2010 isse of Foreign Affairs, the geography of China and the rise of its navy.

Listen to Robert Kaplan discuss China's expanding influence on land and at sea.

In light of recent controversy surrounding the expansion of Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem, international fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy Ehud Yaari, and Managing Editor of Foreign Affairs Gideon Rose discuss the future of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

CFR's Stephen Biddle talks about the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan.

Listen to CFR Senior Fellow for Defense Policy Stephen Biddle, who just returned from a month-long trip to Afghanistan, discuss U.S. Strategy there.

Gideo Rose writes that "great powers need to be careful lest their dependents embroil them in unnecessary conflicts."

A symposium discussing Iran and policy options for the next administration, focusing on the nuclear dimension and Iranian foreign policy.

Watch experts discuss various U.S. policy approaches to the Iranian nuclear program.