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The fall of the Berlin Wall twenty years ago marked a triumph of the U.S. strategy of containment. But CFR's James Goldgeier writes that policymakers since then have struggled to establish new strategies for confronting the world's complex challenges. Read more
Special Edition Podcast: Bernard Gwertzman and Serge Schmemann recall their role in reporting the fall of the Berlin Wall for the New York Times
Foreign Affairs: "Suicide of the East? 1989 and the Fall of Communism" by Philip Zelikow
Book: America Between the Wars - From 11/9 to 9/11 by James Goldgeier and Derek Chollet
Foreign Affairs: "What to Read on Communism" by Stephen Kotkin
Book: Russian Foreign Policy -The Return of Great Power Politics by Jeffrey Mankoff
Foreign Affairs: "Russia Reborn - Reimagining Moscow's Foreign Policy" by Dmitri Trenin
CFR experts on Europe/Russia
Ahead of President Obama's Asia trip, CFR's Sheila Smith, Joshua Kurlantzick, Elizabeth Economy, and Scott Snyder headline the security and economic issues that will dominate his agenda. Read more
Council Special Report: The United States in the New Asia by Evan Feigenbaum and Robert Manning
CFR Meeting Summary: "China 2025 Conference" directed by Elizabeth Economy
Geographics Blog: "China's Dollar Addiction" by CFR's Center for Geoeconomic Studies
Foreign Affairs: "Tokyo's Trials - Can the DPJ Change Japan?" by Yoichi Funibashi
Chart Book: Quarterly update on the foreign exchange reserves in Brazil, Russia, India, and China by the Center for Geoeconomic Studies
CFR experts on China, Northeast Asia
Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad says the Obama administration must determine how to use its leverage to help shape a competent government in Kabul. Read more
Transcript: CFR-Politico online chat on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan with Max Boot
Op-ed: "Pull the Plug on the Afghan Surge" by Steven Simon and Charles Kupchan (Financial Times)
Interview with U.S. Commanding General in Afghanistan Richard Formica on troop levels in Afghanistan
Media Conference Call Audio, Transcript: Max Boot and Daniel Markey discuss their recent trips to the AfPak Region, U.S. strategy there
Op-ed: "Is There a Middle Way?" by Stephen Biddle (The New Republic)
Foreign Affairs: "Our Man in Kabul - What Hamid Karzai's Rise to Power Means for How He Will Govern Now" by James Dobbins
Op-ed: "Give McChrystal a Fighting Chance" by Max Boot (Weekly Standard)
CFR experts on Afghanistan, Defense Strategy
This week at CFR's New York headquarters, IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei stressed the need for additional dialogue with Iran and expressed hope for a breakthrough on the country's nuclear program. Read more
Op-ed: "Iran's Nuclear Diversion" by Ray Takeyh (Washington Post)
Interactive: Global Governance Monitor on nuclear nonproliferation
Book: Guardians of the Revolution - Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs by Ray Takeyh
Independent Task Force Report: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy by Charles Ferguson, William Perry, and Brent Scowcroft
Interactive: Timeline on U.S.-Iran relations
Backgrounder: Iran's nuclear program
CFR experts on Iran
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Nigeria (11/4): John Campbell writes that under the presidency of Umaru Yar'adu, Nigeria is moving away from its corrupt system, on the Huffington Post.
Israel (11/3): Amity Shlaes says that the Israeli military has played a role in Israel's record of innovation, on Bloomberg.com.
Afghanistan (11/2): Walter Russell Mead says it is no surprise the U.S. has made deals with warlords, on the Daily Beast.
Conflict Assessment (11/2): Leslie Gelb on stalled U.S. efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran, on the Daily Beast.
Terrorism (11/2): Max Boot argues that success in Afghanistan depends on a cohesive counterinsurgency--rather than a counterterrorism--strategy, in Commentary.
Pakistan (11/2): Walter Russell Mead says there’s no doubt that Pakistan is the most dangerous problem in U.S. foreign policy, in the American Interest.
Wars (11/2): Max Boot says the war effort is succeeding in parts of Afghanistan--with time and troops the gains can be consolidated, in the Weekly Standard.
U.S. Strategy (10/30): Micah Zenko says "don't rush the Afghan debate," in the Christian Science Monitor.
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