Listen to experts discuss the role of NATO in the international system as part of the Council on Foreign Relations "NATO at 60" Symposium.

Watch experts provide their insights on topics such as EU and NATO political and military cooperation, France's role in NATO, EU defense policy, and others as part of the Council on Foreign Relations "NATO at 60" Symposium.

International relations experts Charles Kupchan, Steven Walt, and Ole Waever discuss the role of NATO in the international system as part of the Council on Foreign Relations' NATO at 60 Symposium.

A transcription of the opening remarks made by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski at the Council on Foreign Relations "Nato At 60" Symposium

As the United States adopts a new approach to the war in Afghanistan, NATO's value as a war-fighting partner is being questioned.

The NATO Secretary General discusses his outlook on current world affairs while speaking at the Munich Security Conference

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.

A discussion on recent economic, political, and social developments in the Russian Federation.

Robert E. Hunter, who was U.S. ambassador to NATO during the Clinton administration, says he does not expect NATO foreign ministers to enlarge the alliance to include Georgia or Ukraine at the next meeting in December.

As Washington embarks on a strategic review of the mission in Afghanistan, a new Saudi diplomatic initiative has raised the once unthinkable prospect of talks with the Taliban. Meanwhile, pessimism and frustration test the patience of NATO allies.

Middle East Regional Editor Christopher Dickey, Contributing Editor John Barry, and Moscow Bureau Chief Owen Matthews report that Russia is weaker than it looks. Most NATO leaders insist the world is too interdependent to allow another cold war. Russia is not the Soviet Union. And Western powers don't want to be drawn into a game of bluff that will only inflate Vladimir Putin's prestige.

Steven Pifer, an expert on Russian affairs and former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, says U.S.-Russia relations have "deteriorated significantly" since their high point just after 9/11. The next U.S. administration should return to negotiations on limiting strategic arms and other areas of mutual interest, he says.

Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Russian Federation, discusses Russian geoeconomic relations in a CFR meeting.

A Council on Foreign Relations Meeting with President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine.

Brian Klein writes that “a rich emboldened Russia thinks it no longer needs the West and can act against neighboring countries with minimal consequences.”

Michelle Smith and Charles D. Ferguson write on the U.S. role in the conflict between Russia and Georgia.

Robert E. Hunter, a former U.S. Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, says Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili miscalculated by sending troops into South Ossetia in mid-August, but in the end, "Russia is the loser here."

Experts discuss the various foreign policy challenges the next U.S. administration will face as part of a three-day symposium during the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, cosponsored with the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.

This symposium was underwritten by Chevron Corporation, The Coca-Cola Company, the Stanford Financial Group, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.