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CFR Korea expert Scott Snyder says the visit to Pyongyang by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, which won pardons for two U.S. journalists, provided a rare opportunity to gauge North Korea's views as nuclear talks remain stalled. Read more
Council Special Report: Preparing for Sudden Change in North Korea, by Paul Stares and Joel Wit
Interactive: Crisis Guide - The Korean Peninsula
Interview: Four experts, Charles Ferguson, Paul Stares, David Kang, and Charles Pritchard offer policy options for the United States in North Korea
Op-ed: "Bird in Hand," by Kara McDonald (ForeignPolicy.com)
Interview with Roberta Cohen on raising human rights concerns with North Korea
Op-ed: "Clinton to Pyongyang - Criteria for Success," by Scott Snyder (GlobalSecurity.org)
CFR experts on North Korea, Proliferation
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's seven-nation trip to Africa will highlight U.S. security concerns from Somalia to Nigeria and expand on efforts to engage leading African states on governance and trade issues, says CFR’s Princeton Lyman. Read more
CFR Meeting Transcript, Audio, Video: "Zimbabwe's Present and Future - A Conversation with Morgan Tsvangirai"
Interactive: Map of Africa's volatile horn
Council Special Report: Avoiding Conflict in the Horn of Africa - U.S. Policy Toward Ethiopia and Eritrea, by Terrence Lyons
Backgrounder: The African Growth and Opportunity Act
Foreign Affairs: "Africa's Capitalist Revolution," by Ethan Kapstein
Backgrounder on Al-Shabaab and its insurgency against Somalia's transitional government
CFR experts on Africa
With the reelection of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad now formalized, Iranian expert Farideh Farhi says there is now "the possibility of increased radicalism among the population." Read more
Independent Task Force Report: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy, by William Perry, Brent Scowcroft, and Charles Ferguson
Backgrounder: Iran's presidential power
Interactive: History of U.S.-Iran relations
Book: Guardians of the Revolution - Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs, by Ray Takeyh
Foreign Affairs Live: "Iran in Crisis" with Suzanne Maloney, Mohsen Milani, and Gideon Rose
Interactive: Global Governance Monitor on nonproliferation
CFR experts on Iran, Proliferation
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U.S. Strategy (11/18): Marisa Porges considers the "unorthodox" solution of rehabilitation for Guantanamo detainees, in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Law (11/17): Steven Simon writes in favor of trying Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in New York federal courts, in the New York Times.
Israel (11/16): Steven Cook asks if Palestinian leadership is going to use violence against Israel to strengthen domestic support, in The New Republic.Terrorism (11/15): Thomas Lippman reviews book written by Osama bin Laden’s first wife and son, in the Washington Post.Japan (11/12): Sheila Smith writes on Obama's trip to Asia, in the Washington Post.Nigeria (11/12): John Campbell considers efforts to reform Nigeria's oil and gas industry, on the GlobalPost.
History (11/12): Ray Takeyh considers Vietnam’s lesson in Afghanistan, in the Boston Globe.
Pakistan (11/12): Daniel Markey assesses Pakistani partnerships with the U.S., in the National Bureau of Asian Research.
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