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Iran's ambitions as a regional power, its links to groups considered terrorist organizations, and tensions within the Iranian regime pose a range of challenges to its neighbors and the world.
Tensions over U.S. attacks in Pakistan's tribal areas, and concerns about stability after recent floods, highlight Pakistan's importance to U.S. policy in the region.
For decades, the effects of the Israel-Palestinian conflict have reverberated throughout the Middle East and the world. Understanding the origins of this dispute requires understanding its complex and often contested history.
Crisis Guide: The Global Economy is the fifth in a series of guides produced by MediaStorm and CFR that look at major international issues.
To foster better understanding of global challenges the Global Governance Monitor is an online multimedia tool that maps and evaluates efforts to tackle the most pressing problems facing the world.
Fashioning an appropriate response to the Earth's changing climate may be the most difficult challenge facing world policymakers in the early twenty-first century.
The Nuclear Energy Guide explores the past, present and future of nuclear power, focusing on its unique benefits and risks.
The conflict raging in Sudan's Darfur region since 2003 has claimed over 200,000 lives.
Crisis Guide: The Korean Peninsula provides comprehensive background information on the Korean crisis and is driven by in-depth reporting via CFR experts. It is the first in a series of interactive guides to the most complex crises, issues and conflicts on the planet.