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The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent and nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher all rolled into one. It dedicates itself to clarifying 1) contemporary global political dynamics, and 2) the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other states. The CFR's Expert Briefs provide expert analysis and commentary on a variety of international issues.

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Publications: How the Trump Administration Can Help Combat Kleptocracy in Africa
What US Policymakers Can Learn From Brazil´s Anticorruption Gains
Better a Stalemate than Defeat in Afghanistan
Abe and Obama: Reconciliation and the Rebalance
How to Support Democracy in the Arab World
South Korea´s Leadership Crisis
Health and US Foreign Policy in the Age of Miracles
What to Watch at the Climate Conference in Marrakech
The Mixed Legacy of King Bhumibol Adulyadej
North Korea´s Testing Decade
The Zika Threat Moves North
Overcoming the Legacy of White Supremacy in South Africa
Russia’s 2016 Parliamentary Elections: A Putin Scorecard
Will China Change its North Korea Policy?
Far from Finished, Five Years after Fukushima
Iranian Election Myths
Why India's Economy Is at the Head of the Pack
TPP Tobacco Exception Proves the New Rule in Trade
How the SDGs Will Transform Global Health Governance
Nigeria's Future Hinges on Its States
The World Economy in 2016: Watch China
Five Things to Watch at Paris Climate Summit
Is China Serious About Pollution Controls?
India Warms Up to Climate Action
Understanding Iran's Mideast Role
US Climate Policies Get a Papal Nod
Tackling the Illicit African Wildlife Trade
Borderline Chaos: The EU's New Challenge
South Korea, Japan, and Wartime Shadows
Economics of Influence: China and India in South Asia
Rethinking Asia's Postwar Settlement
A Security Message for the South China Sea
The Risks and Rewards of SCO Expansion
High Stakes in Greece
The New Saudi Foreign Policy
Chinese Pharma: A Global Health Game Changer
The Year of the Flu
Can Nigeria Endure Falling Oil Prices?
The Downside of Securitizing the Ebola Virus
How Washington Can Bolster Iraq
Fighting for Civil Society's Space
Indonesia’s Election: Democracy at Risk?
How to Save Electronic Cigarettes
Syria: Humanitarian Disaster and Security Threat
Egypt’s Fateful Verdict
Russia after Sochi
Does Washington Have a Stake in the Sahel?
How Mandela Changed South Africa
The Threat to Myanmar’s Awakening
The High Stakes in Regional Trade Talks
Reforming the Muslim Brotherhood
Civil Diplomacy's Role in the East China Sea
A First for Georgia: Replacing the President by the Ballot Box
Politics and Indo-Pakistani Normalization
The Tobacco Problem in US Trade
The African Union and Security
Obama's Modest Inroads in Africa
Obama's Overdue Trip to Africa
A Coast Guard for the Emerging Arctic
Why a Saudi Virus Is Spreading Alarm
Escaping Nigeria's Cycle of Violence
What if Pakistan's 'Old Lion' Returns to Govern?
Cybersecurity and Internet Governance
Myanmar's Alarming Civil Unrest
Probing for Chemical Attacks in Syria
Democracy's Decline and the Case of Kenya
Big Data, Better Global Health
The Long Road of US Fiscal Reform
Boko Haram and Nigeria's Pervasive Violence
Preventing Chemical Weapons Use in Syria
South Korea's Presidential Stakes
Japan's New Legislature Balance
A Transitional Climate Summit in Doha
Confronting the Fiscal Cliff
Confronting the Fiscal Cliff
South Africa’s Eroding ‘Grand Bargain’
Japan, China, and the Tide of Nationalism
Eye of the Storm for US-Pakistan Relations
NYPD's Powers of Threat Perception
Addressing an Imploding Mali
South China Sea: From Bad to Worse
Reinventing the World Health Organization
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