This Center for Preventive Action report emerged from a workshop that gathered scholars and practitioners to examine the issue of early warning and conflict prevention.

Amid Kyrgyzstan's domestic upheaval, the status of an important U.S. military base could become shakier, says expert Alexander Cooley of Columbia University.

After a spasm of violent protests that caused Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to flee the capital, the international community must push the new transitional government to set the country back on a democratic path, says CFR Central Asia expert Evan Feigenbaum.

This Council-sponsored, independent Task Force points out that nation-building is not just a humanitarian concern, but a critical national security priority that should be on par with war-fighting and urges the United States to equalize the importance of the two. The report argues that the United States must acknowledge that “war-fighting has two important dimensions: winning the war and winning the peace.”

Session II of a Council on Foreign Relations Center for Preventive Action Symposium on Assessing Critical Regions.

Session I of a Council on Foreign Relations Center for Preventive Action Symposium.

A transcript of the CFR session three symposium on the future of conflict prevention.

A Transcript of the Council on Foreign Relations symposium on the future of conflict prevention, session two.

A transcript of the CFR Conflict Prevention Symposium, Session 1.

Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan discusses current events shaping U.S.-Pakistan relations, including Kashmir, the tribal provinces, and extremism.