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June 12, 2014

United States
This Week: Iraq’s Crisis, Syria’s Gloating, and Israeli-Palestinian Prayers

Significant Developments Iraq. Prime minister Nouri al-Maliki called on parliament today to impose a state of emergency in Iraq, but then failed to convene a quorum needed to approve it. Maliki’s mo…

A burnt vehicle belonging to Iraqi security forces is pictured at a checkpoint in east Mosul, one day after radical Sunni Muslim insurgents seized control of the city, June 11, 2014 (Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters

February 15, 2013

United States
Syrian Dilemmas: Neither Freedom Nor Stability

There has been a lot of Syria news in the last week or so.  Elements of Syria’s armed opposition took over al Jarrah airbase in the Aleppo province and rebels and government forces are engaged in a p…

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

January 4, 2013

Politics and Government
The World Next Week: Global Economic Risks After the Fiscal Cliff, Hugo Chavez’s Inauguration, and U.S.-Russian Talks on Syria

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed global economic risks, Hugo Chavez’s presidential inauguration in Venezuela, and upcoming U.S.-Russian talks on Syria with UN and Arab L…

A man walks past a mural depicting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Caracas (Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

November 21, 2012

China
China’s Role in Syria: How Beijing Can Help End the Violence

Will Piekos is a Research Associate for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. The Chinese Foreign Ministry recently announced a “new” four-point peace initiative to solve the crisis in S…

U.N.-Arab League peace envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi before their meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on October 31, 2012.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

May 27, 2014

United States
Time to Rethink Syria

Julie Anderson is an intern in the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. After three years of recurring conflict, an estimated 162,000 people killed (10,000 in the last t…

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Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action