Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gave these remarks at the Opera House in Damascus on January 6, 2013.These are

The National Assembly of Pakistan passed the resolution on April 12, 2012 and revised it on December 2012. The guidelines include policy on Pakistani airspace and territory and unmanned aerial vehicle (drones).

Leslie H. Gelb discusses the potential consequences of an upcoming UN vote on Palestinian statehood.

Afghan security forces will start taking over some areas from NATO in July, but questions persist about the competence of those forces. Analysts say an effective transition requires emphasis on political reforms and anti-corruption measures.

Jerome A. Cohen and Jon M. Van Dyke argue that China must clarify the ambiguities over military activities in its seas.

Jerome A. Cohen and Jon M. Van Dyke discuss China's claim to the South China Sea.

New tensions in the South China Sea are a growing test to China's relations with the United States and China's Southeast Asian neighbors, writes CFR's Joshua Kurlantzick.

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.

Taiwan, whose leaders continue to talk about independence, remains a focal point of Chinese military modernization.

Pakistan poses one of the most serious, and complicated, foreign policy challenges for the forty-fourth U.S. president.

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.

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.

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.

The recent violence and revived calls for independence in Indian-administered Kashmir serve as reminders of an unresolved conflict in an increasingly dangerous neighborhood.

This video report gives a look into the breakaway province of Abkhazia.

A CFR conference call on the Russia/Georgia conflict.

This paper examines China's foreign policy toward Taiwan. Chong-Pin Lin writes that China has softened its stance over Taiwan's sovereignty and that the US government should try to better understand China’s complex domestic factors that affect its approach to Taiwan.

David Makovsky, an expert on Israeli politics, says there is concern a forced resignation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert could unravel his efforts on Palestinian peace.

Michael Young, a political analyst in Lebanon, says the recent "Doha compromise" is not necessarily a cave-in to Hezbollah, but rather a "classic Levantine compromise."