Leslie H. Gelb interviews U.S. vice president Joe Biden.

Richard N. Haass assesses the lessons of the Iraq war, concluding that wars of choice will in the future be harder to wage.

As the U.S. military formally ends operations in Iraq, four top expert voices in the debate on the war differ over whether it merited the cost in blood, treasure, and U.S. credibility.

This meeting was presented by the Women and Foreign Policy Program.

Ed Husain says if the United States can't count on Iraq by now, it won't be able to hold sway with other nations in the region.

CFR's Stephen Biddle discusses the increasing emphasis on non-military ties between the United States and Iraq.

President Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki gave this joint press conference on December 12, 2011.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon examines what Hamid Karzai's request for international aid until 2030—well past the 2014 date on which U.S. troops are scheduled to exit—means for Afghan women.

Vice President Joe Biden gave these remarks in Baghdad, Iraq on December 1, 2012.

Stephen M. Walt views America's decline as a global power as an opportunity to rebalance international burdens and focus on domestic concerns.

Linda Robinson outlines six steps for Afghanistan to take charge of its own war.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon says Afghan women share Americans' desire to end the longest U.S. war, but a peace that leaves women out will not last.

This meeting was presented by the International Institutions and Global Governance Program and the Women and Foreign Policy Program.

This six-part series from the Army Times looks at U.S. military operations in the Horn of Africa after the September 11, 2001, attacks.

Max Boot argues that U.S. troops can win in Afghanistan, but the major battleground is in Washington.

This meeting was presented by the International Institutions and Global Governance Program and the Women and Foreign Policy Program.

This meeting was presented by the International Institutions and Global Governance Program and the Women and Foreign Policy Program.

This meeting was presented by the International Institutions and Global Governance Program and the Women and Foreign Policy Program.

Rich Morin examines the challenges faced by U.S. veterans who have been injured while serving in the military, based off survey results from 1,835 male and female veterans.

As regional players meet in Istanbul to pledge support for building a stable Afghanistan, analysts caution against overstating a regional solution given the conflicting interests of Kabul's neighbors.