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December 6, 2024

Syria
What Role Is Turkey Playing in Syria’s Civil War?

Turkey opposes the Assad regime, but the fall of the government could disrupt Ankara’s aims to reverse refugee flows and defeat Kurdish forces in Syria’s north.

Anti-government fighters ride in the back of a truck in Suran, between Aleppo and Hama, Syria, on December 3, 2024.

December 3, 2024

Lebanon
What’s Happening in Lebanon? A Guide to the War-Torn Democracy

An array of domestic and foreign powers are vying for influence in Lebanon, including the Lebanese Armed Forces, Hezbollah, Israel, Iran, Syria, and the United States.

A boy stands inside his damaged house in Tyre, Lebanon, in November 2024.

December 5, 2024

Syria
What Syria’s Revived Civil War Means for the Region

The surprise rebel offensive that has seized Aleppo and threatens other regime-held territories could mark a further weakening of Iran's regional sway but also spur a new cycle of violence and instab…

Armed men walk in the shade inside a courtyard of a white brick building dotted with patches of grass and rotundas.

December 3, 2024

Israel
Assessing a Year of War in the Middle East

A year after Hamas’s devastating October 7 attack, Israel faces a seven-front war and deepening divisions between its military and Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis …

A Palestinian man looks out of his heavily damaged house at neighbouring houses which witnesses said were destroyed during the Israeli offensive, in the east of the Gaza strip.

November 20, 2024

Ukraine
Virtual Media Briefing: Update on the Russia-Ukraine War—Will U.S. Long-Range Missiles Change the Equation?

CFR experts discuss the implications of President Joe Biden authorizing Ukraine to use U.S. long-range missiles against targets inside of Russia, and the prospects for the Ukraine-Russia war under Pr…

Play  member of U.S. Navy operates onboard aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, in the Adriatic Sea in 2022.

November 18, 2024

Ukraine
Ukraine’s ATACMS: What Will the U.S. Missiles Mean for the War?

President Joe Biden has given the green light for Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied missile systems to strike deep inside Russian territory. What could it mean for the course of the war?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits soldiers on the frontline in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region in November 2024.

October 25, 2024

North Korea
North Korean Troops in Russia: A Dangerous New Phase in the Ukraine War

The deployment of North Korean troops to aid Russia marks an ominous new level of cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang. The alliance could further escalate and globalize the conflict.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un attend an official welcoming ceremony in Pyongyang, North Korea, June 19, 2024.

November 13, 2024

Technology and Innovation
The New Tech World Order

For most of our history, the realm of international relations was dominated by nation-states. They waged wars and signed treaties through the framework of governance. But today, more so than ever bef…

Podcast Local residents in Ukraine stand around a satellite using the internet from the Starlink network.

November 14, 2024

Election 2024
Why the World Next Week Matters

Why It Matters sits down with the hosts of The World Next Week to talk about what the United States–and a closely watching world–should expect in the weeks and months to come as incoming President Tr…

Podcast U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with President-Elect Donald Trump while seated in the Oval Office at the White House.

November 14, 2024

Election 2024
TWNW Special: Why the World Next Week Matters

Why It Matters sits down with the hosts of The World Next Week to talk about what the United States–and a closely watching world–should expect in the weeks and months to come as incoming President Tr…

Podcast U.S. President Joe Biden meets with President-Elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, on November 13, 2024. Reuters