Council on Foreign Relations

Following massive protests over Iran's presidential election results, Karim Sadjadpour, an Iran expert, says Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have to sacrifice President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to save himself. Read more

Book: Guardians of the Revolution-Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs, by Ray Takeyh

Op-ed: "Five Ways Obama Could Promote Freedom in Iran," by Daniel Senor and Christian Whiton (Wall Street Journal)

Backgrounder on presidential power in Iran
Foreign Affairs: "Tehran's Take," by Mohsen Milani

Gwertzman Interview: with Gary Sick on how the United States should react to Iran's "stolen election"

Interview with Mohsen Milani on Iranian presidents' role in policymaking

Gwertzman Interview with Arang Keshavarzian on the "crisis of legitimacy" in Iran

Interactive: U.S.-Iran relations timeline

CFR experts on Iran

Washington has reassured Seoul of continued U.S. support for South Korean security, but CFR's Scott Snyder says some aspects of South Korean policy toward North Korea and the United States could become divisive in South Korean domestic politics. Read more

Op-ed: "A New Chapter for U.S.-South Korea Alliance," by Jack Pritchard, John Tilelli, and Scott Snyder (Baltimore Sun)

Testimony: Scott Snyder testifies before Congress on North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests and the Six-Party talks

Expert Brief with Sheila Smith on regional diplomacy in northeast Asia

Conference Call Transcript, Audio: Sheila Smith, Scott Snyder, and Paul Stares discuss the North Korean nuclear crisis

Interactive: Crisis Guide on the Korean conflict

CFR experts on North Korea, South Korea, Northeast Asia

How does the current economic and financial downturn match up to past contractions? A new analysis by Paul Swartz provides some answers by plotting current indicators against the average of all post–World War II recessions on a series of graphs. Read more

Chart Book: Foreign exchange reserves in Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC countries) by Brad Setser and Arpana Pandey

Meeting Transcript, Audio, Video: "Reflections on Economic Policy in a Time of Crisis," with Lawrence Summers and Carla Hills

Council Special Report: Lessons of the Financial Crisis, by Benn Steil

Meeting Transcript, Audio: "Global Financial Crisis and the Road to Recovery," with Angel Gurria, Secretary-General, OECD, and Jessica Einhorn

Working Paper: "China’s $1.5 Trillion Bet: Understanding China’s External Portfolio," by  Brad Setser and Arpana Pandey

Interactive: Global economy in crisis

Meeting Transcript, Audio, Video: "Reforming Global Finance: The Squam Lake Papers," with Sebastian Mallaby, Matthew Slaughter, Kenneth French, and Martin Baily

Squam Lake Working Group Papers on regulating financial markets, regulatory hybrid securities, reforming capital requirements, and information infrastructure for financial markets

CFR experts on Geoeconomics, Financial Crises