November 8, 2017
Saudi ArabiaWith a bold modernization project, Saudi Arabia is embarking on reforms U.S. policymakers have been urging for decades. The crown prince’s recent crackdown could undermine this crucial effort.
August 22, 2017
AfghanistanPresident Trump’s much-anticipated Afghan policy rightly avoids troop withdrawal timelines but offers little prospect for progress against the durable Taliban.
May 15, 2017
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia’s stability is not under immediate threat, but questions about the Kingdom's fate in longer-term will persist.
January 13, 2016
NigeriaThe spotlight is on Nigeria’s new president as he tries to tackle a vicious insurgency and steep economic problems but the crucial actors in trying to stabilize Africa’s most populous country are at …
October 13, 2016
ThailandThe long-reigning Thai king’s tacit support of military coups over the last decade undercuts his past image as a force for stability.
August 9, 2012
IntelligenceThe NYPD’s new "Domain Awareness System" raises familiar questions about privacy and transparency that are likely to spark a debate at multiple levels of government, writes CFR’s Matthew Waxman.
March 28, 2011
LibyaAs President Obama prepares to present his case for the Libya intervention, congressional members are squaring off over it. The president is on solid legal ground, but it could erode if Libyan operat…
November 22, 2010
Terrorism and CounterterrorismThe Ghailani verdict focuses renewed attention on the debate over how to detain and prosecute terrorism suspects, which will persist until the Obama administration comes up with a firm policy, says C…
December 5, 2011
Terrorism and CounterterrorismDetainee policy that would mandate military custody for al-Qaeda suspects captured in the United States could have a detrimental impact on U.S. counterterrorism operations, say CFR legal experts Matt…
August 5, 2015
AsiaThe seventieth anniversary of the end of World War II is being marked in Northeast Asia by efforts to refresh—and revise—understandings of the brutal twentieth century war that laid the foundations o…