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April 26, 2006

Syria
Landis: Syria Eagerly Seeking to Improve Relations with Iraqi Leaders

Joshua M. Landis, a Syria expert who recently returned to the United States from Damascus, says that Syrian leaders are seeking to establish good relations with Iraq. He says the new prime minister o…

Interview by Bernard Gwertzman and Joshua Landis

June 15, 2020

European Economic Recovery: A Conversation With EU Ambassadors

Please join our speakers as they discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the European economy and the European Commission's proposed recovery plan.

Play European Union flags in front of the European Commission building in Brussels.
Virtual Event by Philippe Étienne, Emily Haber, Stavros Lambrinidis, and Serge Schmemann

May 3, 2016

Asia
How Could the Philippines’ Money Laundering Woes Affect Overseas Workers?

Rachel Brown is a research associate in Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. In February, $81 million stolen from the central bank of Bangladesh’s account at the Federal Reserve Bank of…

PhilRem Money Laundering Philippines Remittances Investigation
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

October 3, 2012

Politics and Government
Georgia’s Election Brings New Hope for Democracy

More than two decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Republic of Georgia passed an important democratic milestone this week when the opposition party won the  parliamentary elections and…

Supporters of the opposition Georgian Dream coalition celebrate exit poll results in Tbilisi. (David Mdzinarishvili/ courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

November 16, 2009

United States
Cold War Reflections and Today’s Realities

Watch experts recall how the the United States envisioned its role in a post-Soviet world two decades ago when the Berlin Wall fell and whether expectations of 1989 square with the challenges of 2009.

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