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October 9, 2024

Ukraine
Why the U.S. Presidential Election Matters for Ukraine

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump offer sharply different approaches on U.S. policy toward Ukraine’s war with Russia, reflecting broader disagreement toward NATO and U.S…

Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds a folded up U.S. flag in a case while he walks through a crowd of people congratulating him, clapping, and taking his photo after he gave remarks at the U.S. Capitol.

September 19, 2024

United Nations
Security Challenges Cloud UN’s Summit of the Future

This year’s UN summit offers a rare chance for reform of the world’s leading peace and security body but is bedeviled by major power tensions over intractable wars.

People sit in rows of chairs around a C-shaped desk in a large conference room hall.

December 19, 2012

Syria
Preventing Chemical Weapons Use in Syria

Reducing the risk that chemical weapons will be used in Syria, considered a nightmare scenario, requires a comprehensive prevention strategy from the international community, writes CFR’s Paul Stares…

April 7, 2014

Genocide and Mass Atrocities
Atrocity Prevention Since the Rwandan Genocide

Has the world progressed since 1994 in stopping mass atrocities? Concerted efforts by states, institutions, and NGOs make them less likely, write CFR’s Paul Stares and Anna Feuer.

August 15, 2011

Conflict Prevention
How New Atrocity-Prevention Steps Can Work

New efforts by the Obama administration to prioritize the prevention of atrocities can only make a difference if authorities are able to surmount challenges ranging from bureaucratic inertia to fickl…

September 22, 2017

Armenia
A Simmering Crisis Over Nagorno-Karabakh

Talks later this year between President Serzh Sargsyan and President Ilham Aliyev can reduce the likelihood of renewed armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

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