Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Just back from Afghanistan, Major General John Toolan will discuss recent developments in Helmand province, the handover of responsibilities to Afghan forces, and prospects for a successful security transition.
Nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group are scheduled for April 13 and 14 in Istanbul. Is it possible for the United States to successfully engage Iran, or are negotiations with Tehran an exercise in futility?
As the United States prepares to withdraw combat troops from Afghanistan by 2014, many questions about the state of the U.S relationship with Afghanistan and Pakistan remain unanswered.
Contrary to initial assessments that characterized the March 2011 accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station as an unavoidable disaster, the accident was foreseeable and preventable.
Almost one year after a massive tsunami triggered a nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, the plant itself may finally be under control, but the accident’s consequences are likely to be profound and long lasting.
The nuclear order is under pressure as the distance between nonaligned states and nuclear weapon states grows.
While it has been known since early 2004 that the illicit proliferation network headed by A.Q. Khan of Pakistan supplied the nuclear programs of Iran, North Korea, and Libya, certain questions have not yet been resolved.
The Nuclear Suppliers Group, which is responsible for establishing guidelines that govern the transfer of nuclear-related materials, equipment, and technology, faces a number of serious challenges.
Former president Pervez Musharraf addressed the history of U.S.–Pakistan relations, recent tensions between the two countries, and his vision of the way forward.
Except for brief durations and on rare occasions, U.S. perceptions about Pakistan have been distorted and inaccurate for the past 60 years. To a lesser extent, the same applies to Pakistani perceptions of the United States.
