Experts discuss the role of the UN Millennium Development Goals as a framework for new government development policy, the importance of increasing aid funding transparency with developing nations, and the impact of the financial crisis on the developing world.

Experts discuss the role of the UN Millennium Development Goals as a framework for new government development policy, the importance of increasing aid funding transparency with developing nations, and the impact of the financial crisis on the developing world.

An interactive map of the Horn of Africa.

Through compelling analysis and rich historical examples that span the globe and range from the thirteenth century through the present, How Enemies Become Friends explores how adversaries can transform enmity into amity, and exposes prevalent myths about the causes of peace.

President Obama, a newly minted Nobel Peace Prize winner, now faces the daunting task of delivering on a range of challenges, especially nuclear nonproliferation and climate change, says CFR's Michael Levi.

Presentation Speech for the Nobel Peace Prize of Barack Obama, by Thorbjørn Jagland, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, in Oslo.

In his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance, President Obama, while arguing the need for peace, made a supremely realistic statement about the limitations of international institutions, the need to talk to tyrants, and the unavoidability of war, says CFR's Richard Haass.

Ambassador Susan Rice, United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations,
gave these remarks in New York on June 15, 2009.

Are U.N. peacekeepers failing in their mission to protect the world?

Middle East expert Richard W. Murphy says the United States runs the risk of delaying the Israeli-Palestinian peace process by blackballing Hamas. Though opening relations with the group may be necessary, he says he does not expect it to come quickly.

Alex de Waal asserts that success in international peace engagement requires three components: a normative agreement, improvement in human security, and an elite bargain.

The United Nations has frequently cited East Timor as a model nation-building project. But new unrest in the tiny Asian state indicates that the international community has again failed to show the stamina to guide a nation toward genuine stability.

U.S. efforts to negotiate a long-term security agreement with Iraq are dividing Iraqi political parties and raising questions about the future of U.S. operations.

diyaCFR military expert Stephen Biddle sees improvements in Iraqi security forces but worries about an erosion in stability if the U.S. military presence is sharply reduced.