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September 11, 2013

Syria
Syria’s Crisis and the Global Response

An end to Syria’s conflict seems unlikely in the near term, as a number of obstacles on and off the battlefield have stymied international diplomatic efforts, explains this Backgrounder.

Backgrounder by Zachary Laub and Jonathan Masters

February 16, 2010

Global
CFR Interactive Monitors Oceans, Nonproliferation, Finance, Other Global Governance Issues

To identify the challenges to multilateral cooperation, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has launched the Global Governance Monitor, a comprehensive online guide that illustrates how the intern…

News Releases

February 3, 2005

Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN: Security

This publication is now archived. How can security in Afghanistan be improved?There are many options. Among them: dramatically expanding and strengthening the new Afghan national army; broadening the…

Backgrounder by Sharon Otterman

September 23, 2011

Defense and Security
You Might Have Missed: Drones, Drones, Drones

Lt. Col. Geoffrey Barnes, Detachment 1 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Attack Squadron commander, performs a pre-flight inspection of an MQ-1B Predator unmanned drone aircraft on September 3, 2008 …

Lt. Col. Geoffrey Barnes, Detachment 1 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Attack Squadron commander, performs a pre-flight inspection of an MQ-1B Predator unmanned drone aircraft on September 3, 2008 (Christopher Griffin/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action