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September 9, 2009
Academic Module
This module features teaching notes by CFR Senior Fellow and Director of CFR's Center for Preventative Action Paul B. Stares, coauthor of Preparing for Sudden Change in North Korea, along with other resources to supplement the text. This Council Special Report addresses the foreign policy challenge of how the United States and its allies can prepare for the possibility of sudden and destabilizing change in North Korea.
See more in North Korea, International Peace and Security
October 25, 2009
Article
Parade
Leslie Gelb spends a day with Secretary of State Hilary Clinton as she goes through her "grueling and inspirational" regular duties.
See more in Diplomacy, U.S. Strategy and Politics, Organization of Government
August 2009
Article
Journal of Strategic Studies
Micah Zenko discusses President Bush's deferred attack on Khurmal, Iraq, before the 2003 war.
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, U.S. Strategy and Politics
September 23, 2007
Article
New York Times
See more in United States, Israel, Congress, U.S. Election 2008
Spring 2005
Article
National Interest
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare
October 19, 2005
Audio
See more in Trade, International Crime
March 2009
Book
In this book, inspired by Machiavelli’s classic The Prince, Leslie H. Gelb offers illuminating guidelines on how American power actually works and should be wielded in today’s tumultuous world, writing with the perspective of four decades of extraordinary access and influence in government, think tanks, and journalism.
See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics
December 1999
Book
This report assesses the potential for conflict in Central Asia through the prism of one of its most volatile areas, the Ferghana Valley.
January 1998
Book
To investigate Nigeria and consider various strategies to meet iproblems the country is currently facing, the Council on Foreign Relations’ Center for Preventive Action (CPA) established a working group on Nigeria.
See more in Sub-Saharan Africa, Conflict Prevention
June 1998
Book
This conference volume is the second book in CPA's series of Preventive Action Reports. It uses CPA's case studies to examine the effectiveness of the tools of preventive action, and draws on comparative studies to guide the analysis of the case studies.
See more in Conflict Prevention
June 1995
Book
This report, the first in a series on conflict prevention by the Center for Preventive Action (CPA) at the Council on Foreign Relations, presents recommendations to avert the spread of the ex-Yugoslav conflict into the South Balkans and to create a more enduring framework for peace and security in the region.
See more in Balkans, Southeastern Europe, Conflict Prevention
October 2009
Council Special Report No. 48
Council Special Report
The United States can ill afford the burden of additional foreign policy challenges, making it imperative that the U.S. government find ways to identify, delay, and avert international crises that could harm U.S. interests or even lead to military engagement. In this report, the authors provide an actionable road map for how the U.S. government should revamp its existing U.S. prevention architecture to make it more effective in dealing with potential crises abroad.
See more in United States, Conflict Prevention
January 2009
Council Special Report No. 42
Council Special Report
North Korea has long been a serious concern to Washington. Now, with President Kim Jong-Il reportedly in bad health and possibly naming a successor, the United States must consider possible outcomes should the situation deteriorate and the current North Korean government collapse. This report examines the challenges that these scenarios would pose—ranging from securing Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal to providing humanitarian assistance—in the context of the interests of the United States and others in its valuable recommendations.
See more in North Korea, International Peace and Security
January 2009
Council Special Report No. 41
Council Special Report
This report comprehensively analyzes Ukraine's difficulties, related to both domestic conditions and foreign policy, and recommends ways for the United States to encourage Ukraine on a path of stability and integration with the West.
See more in Ukraine, Conflict Prevention
October 2008
Council Special Report No. 40
Council Special Report
This report lays out a thoughtful agenda for U.S. policy toward the Democratic Republic of Congo, arguing that what happens there should matter to the United States—for humanitarian reasons as well as economic and strategic ones.
See more in Democratic Rep. of Congo, International Peace and Security
July/August 2008
Council Special Report No. 36
Council Special Report
This report outlines the nature of the challenges in Pakistan's tribal areas, formulates strategies for addressing those challenges, and distills the strategies into realistic policy proposals worthy of consideration by the incoming administration.
See more in Pakistan, International Peace and Security
June 2008
Council Special Report No. 33
Council Special Report
In this Council Special Report, Mona Yacoubian and Scott Lasensky make a strong case that the Bush administration’s policy of diplomatic isolation of Syria is not serving U.S. interests, and offer informed history and thoughtful analysis of the country and its external behavior. This report is also available in Italian.
October 2007
Council Special Report No. 31
Council Special Report
Since 2000, President Robert Mugabe’s refusal to tolerate challenges to his power has led him to systematically dismantle the workings of Zimbabwe’s economic and political systems, replacing them with structures of corruption, intimidation, and repression. Michelle D. Gavin surveys the current situation in Zimbabwe, identifying current structural and legal impediments to economic and political recovery.
See more in Zimbabwe, Civil Reconstruction
April 2007
Council Special Report No. 27
Council Special Report
This report describes what steps might be taken by Nigerians and the international community to avoid a breakdown of democracy, and possibly stability, in the wake of Nigeria’s April 2007 electoral contest and to tackle Nigeria’s fundamental challenges of governance, security, and development in the longer term.
See more in Nigeria, Nation Building
February 2007
Council Special Report No. 24
Council Special Report
This report encourages the U.S. government to redirect its policy toward Bolivia from “wait and see” to one with an emphasis on conflict prevention and preserving the democratic process in order to address the nation’s many challenges. This report is also available in Spanish.
See more in Bolivia, Public Diplomacy
This CSR, authored by Steven Pifer and sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, comprehensively analyzes Ukraine's difficulties, related to both domestic conditions and foreign policy, and recommends ways for the United States to encourage Ukraine on a path of stability and integration with the West.
This report, coauthored by Paul Stares and Joel Wit and sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, examines the possible outcomes the United States must consider should the situation in North Korea deteriorate and the current North Korean government collapse.
For more information on the CPA, contact:
Paul Stares
General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention
and Director, Center for Preventive Action
+1.202.509.8461
pstares@cfr.org
Micah Zenko
Fellow for Conflict Prevention
+1.212.434.9845
mzenko@cfr.org
Elise Vaughan
Research Associate
+1.202.509.8463
evaughan@cfr.org
Stephen Wittels
Research Associate
+1.202.509.8524
swittels@cfr.org
Rebecca Friedman
Research Associate
+1.212.434.9744
rfriedman@cfr.org
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