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September 1, 2009
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Hugh Pope reports on how Turkey and Armenia's promise to establish diplomatic relations on August 31 could restore Turkey's "prestige" as a regional peace-maker and place the nation one step closer to European Union membership.
Updated: August 11, 2009
Backgrounder
Taiwan, whose leaders continue to talk about independence, remains a focal point of Chinese military modernization.
See more in China, Taiwan, Democracy Promotion
Updated: January 13, 2009
Daily Analysis
Pakistan poses one of the most serious, and complicated, foreign policy challenges for the forty-fourth U.S. president.
See more in United States, Pakistan, Terrorism
September 26, 2008
Transcript
In a meeting with the Council on Foreign Relations, the UK's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, David Miliband, shares his views on Western opportunity, and rising world powers.
See more in United States, U.K., International Organizations
September 26, 2008
Video
Watch British Foreign Minister David Miliband discuss Transatlantic relations, developments in the Middle East, and other foreign policy issues of mutual concern to Britain and the United States.
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September 24, 2008
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Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Russian Federation, discusses Russian geoeconomic relations in a CFR meeting.
See more in United States, Georgia, Russian Fed., NATO, Sanctions, International Organizations, Conflict Assessment, Arms Control and Disarmament, Missile Defense
September 23, 2008
Transcript
A Council on Foreign Relations Meeting with President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine.
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September 11, 2008
Daily Analysis
The recent violence and revived calls for independence in Indian-administered Kashmir serve as reminders of an unresolved conflict in an increasingly dangerous neighborhood.
See more in India, Kashmir, Pakistan, Ethnicity and National Identity
August 21, 2008
Must Read
This video report gives a look into the breakaway province of Abkhazia.
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August 11, 2008
Transcript
A CFR conference call on the Russia/Georgia conflict.
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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.
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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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