“The underreported story of the Cold War is that the United States succeeded in achieving many of its objectives in the Middle East,” argue Ray Takeyh, senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the…

The U.S.-Saudi relationship has become strained by increasing mistrust and misunderstanding—most recently over Egypt and Bahrain—and gone are the old foundations of the informal alliance: the Cold Wa…

For immediate access to the full text of these articles, please go to http://www.foreignaffairs.org/previews/5129/ In the January/February 2003 Issue of Foreign Affairs..... THE IRAQ DEBATE:…

Says U.S. Support for Democracy in the Arab World Marks Historic Change and Represents Unique ChallengeJune 9, 2005—A Council-sponsored Task Force, In Support of Arab Democracy: Why and How, says tha…

Contact: CFR Communications, 212-434-9888, [email protected]’s attempt to isolate and undermine the Assad regime has largely failed, concludes a new Council Special Report. The Bush ad…