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March 25, 2015

Pakistan
Pervez Musharraf

Former President Musharraf will address the challenges facing Pakistan and the region, and their impact on U.S.-Pakistan relations. Related readings: Washington Post: Double Trouble in Afghanistan …

Podcast

May 26, 2009

United States
Philip Pan’s "Out of Mao’s Shadow" Wins CFR’s 2009 Arthur Ross Book Award

Out of Mao’s Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China by Philip Pan, current Moscow bureau chief and former Beijing bureau chief for the Washington Post, has won the Council on Foreign Relati…

October 23, 2014

United States
This Week: Turkey’s Acquiescence and Iran Sanctions

Significant Developments ISIS-Turkey. Turkey announced on Monday that it would allow Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces to cross its border to come to Kobani’s defense, five weeks after the start of ISI…

A Kurdish peshmerga fighter launches mortar shells (Jadallah/Courtesy Reuters).

September 28, 2011

Egypt
The New Corrective Revolution?

  A trader reacts at the Egyptian Stock Exchange in Cairo (Amr Dalsh/Courtesy Reuters) Outside official circles in Washington these days there is a lot of talk about the Egyptian economy.  This is …

The New Corrective Revolution?

March 2, 2006

Pakistan
Pakistan’s Security Situation

As President Bush heads to Pakistan, security in the Islamic nation is a primary issue. Under President Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan has made strides to curb extremism and reform Islamic education. But…