This Policy Innovation Memorandum recommends the United States redefine "peacemaking" for Darfur in order to better achieve its objectives there.

Micah Zenko and Rebecca R. Friedman argue that rather than create a comprehensive early warning system for preventing conflict, the UN can focus on other reforms to improve its ability to analyze and absorb existing early warning information.

Religious leaders from Sudan discuss the upcoming referendum, as well as ways that the international community can strengthen human rights in Southern Sudan.

Senator Joseph I. Lieberman discusses the U.S. role in the Middle East, touching on Iran, the peace process, and the balance of power in the region.

Elliott Abrams criticizes the Obama administration for making settlement construction the central issue in Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.

Despite a spiral of violence in Afghanistan, the United States must reorient its security-first strategy and consider immediate talks with Taliban and other militant fighters, says independent analyst Matt Waldman.

This report of the Secretary-General on peacebuilding in the immediate aftermath of conflict was released on July 16, 2010.

Listen to CFR's Charles A. Kupchan discuss his new book, How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace, with students as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.

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Thomas Friedman argues that it is time for the Obama administration to take a "radically new approach" towards Israel and Palestine by halting the peace process altogether.

CFR's John Campbell says the new, more comprehensive policy for Sudan is "a positive development," and disagrees with those who say the approach offers engagement without requiring that the Sudanese government meet existing benchmarks.

Johnnie Carson, the top State department official on Africa, says new policy on Sudan stresses the need for progress on Darfur, the North-South peace agreement and anti-terror efforts.

John Prendergast explains why increased U.S. leadership is needed for an independence referendum in southern Sudan to succeed.