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March 29, 2012

DEBORAH AMOS: (In progress) -- council meeting, so whatever you all say will be on the record.I'm going to introduce our panel. I'll do it shortly; otherwise, we can spend all day with their accompl…

Event by Isobel Coleman, Ed Husain, Michael Willis, and Deborah Amos

February 21, 2012

United States

Charting a Course for the United States Toward Syria

Syria continues to heat up both domestically and internationally. Anti-government demonstrations finally reached the heart of Damascus Saturday as thousands of protesters marched through the Mezze di…

U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov look up during a signing ceremony at the State Department in Washington on July 13, 2011 (Kevin Lamarque/Courtesy Reuters).

Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters

July 16, 2014

Middle East and North Africa

New CFR InfoGuide Explores Islam’s Sunni-Shia Divide

As sectarian tensions convulse Syria and Iraq, the Council on Foreign Relations has released a new interactive guide examining the roots and consequences of the divide between Sunni and Shia Muslims.

News Releases

August 2, 2017

Pakistan

Is There Any Way to Help Pakistan Improve Governance?

Last Friday, under a narrow and never-before-utilized clause of the Pakistani constitution, one focused on moral probity, Pakistan’s Supreme Court deemed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ineligible to be …

A man reads a newspaper with news about the disqualification of Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif by the Supreme Court, at a news stand in Peshawar, Pakistan July 29, 2017.

Blog Post by Alyssa Ayres Asia Unbound

August 24, 2011

United States

First Libya, Now Syria?

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad welcomes Libya's leader Muammar Qaddafi at the opening of the two-day Arab Summit in Damascus on March 29, 2008 (Jamal Saidi/Courtesy Reuters). “As Libya Falls, Syri…

Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action