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December 20, 2011

Iran
Mr. Panetta’s New Hard Line

What does Secretary of Defense Panetta think about the Iranian nuclear weapons program? A couple of weeks ago he moaned to a Brookings audience about the risks any military strike would bring, and cl…

July 10, 2013

Wars and Conflict
New From CFR: Jim Sanders on Climate Change and Conflict

In a guest post on John Campbell’s blog last week, Jim Sanders, a retired West Africa watcher for various U.S. federal agencies, discusses how climate change fuels conflict. As he explains: Recent p…

A burning palm oil plantation in Indonesia, June 2013 (Beawiharta/Courtesy Reuters).

May 2, 2024

China
The President’s Inbox Recap: A Second China Shock

A surge in Chinese manufacturing exports is threatening jobs in many countries, not just the United States.

Three electric vehicles as viewed on a lift in a port.

March 12, 2010

China
Why is U.S.-China Strategic Coordination So Hard?

Photo Courtesy of REUTERS/Jim Young Richard Holbrooke, the president’s special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, says that Washington and Beijing are “talking about common strategic symmetry.” “W…

Why is U.S.-China Strategic Coordination So Hard?

March 28, 2024

Nuclear Weapons
The President’s Inbox Recap: Confronting the Nuclear Threat

The world has entered a new and dangerous nuclear age.

Members of the UN Security Council as viewed sitting in a half circle.

June 9, 2016

Diplomacy and International Institutions
Multilateralism is Hard to Do

The following is a guest post by Naomi Egel, research associate in the International Institutions and Global Governance program. From the lack of any substantial outcome at the World Humanitarian Su…

U.S. President Barack Obama addresses attendees during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York