Angelina Jolie's Film Bears Witness to Rape in War

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Op-Ed

Angelina Jolie's Film Bears Witness to Rape in War

Author: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
January 4, 2012 cnn.com

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon states, "Now that attention is turning to what women endure during war, it is time to ensure they get a say in the peace."

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Article

Getting the Troops Out of Iraq: Lessons from the Balkans

Author: Stephen Biddle
August 2, 2010 New York Times

Stephen Biddle argues that troop withdrawal from Iraq should be slow and gradual.

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Analysis Brief

After Kosovo's Secession

Author: Lee Hudson Teslik
Updated: February 19, 2008

Political land mines loom beyond Kosovos declaration of independence from Serbia.

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Interview

U.S. Will Press Broad NATO Offensive in Afghanistan

Kurt Volker interviewed by Robert McMahon January 22, 2007

A top U.S. State Department official says Washington wants the alliance to beat back the Talibans resurgence.

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Analysis Brief

Mladic Still Stalks Serbia

May 4, 2006

The European Union scolds Serbia for its inabilitysome would say refusalto hand over Ratko Mladic, the disgraced Bosnian Serb military leader and indicted war criminal who has eluded capture for over a decade.

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Analysis Brief

Milosevic Haunts Justice System

updated: March 14, 2006

The death of Slobodan Milosevic ends a trial some had hoped would usher in a new era of international justice.

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Must Read

CRS Report: Kosovo Future Status and U.S. Policy

January 9, 2006

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Foreign Affairs Article

Independence for Kosovo

Author: Charles A. Kupchan
November/December 2005

Given the atrocities they have suffered in the past and the autonomy they are enjoying now, Kosovo's Albanians will never accept continued Serbian sovereignty. The time has come to give them what they want -- independence.

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Backgrounder

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: A Decade After Srebrenica

Author: Lionel Beehner
July 7, 2005

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News Release

Council Special Report Calls for Rapid Resolution of Kosovo Status Argues that U.S. Must Stay the Course in the Balkans

June 30, 2005

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Council Special Report No. 8

Forgotten Intervention?

Authors: Major General William L. Nash and Amelia Branczik
June 2005

This report identifies the principal steps that the United States can take to secure the investment it has made in the western Balkans and facilitate the region's progress toward its rightful destiny within the EU. In doing so, Forgotten Intervention? lays out a straightforward and doable strategy for the United States that will pay dividends.

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Backgrounder

RUSSIA: U.S.-Russia Relations

Author: Lionel Beehner
May 6, 2005

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Audio

Bosnian Women Reclaiming the Peace (audio)

Speaker: Swanee Hunt
Presider: Samantha Power
April 14, 2005

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Foreign Affairs Article

Back to the Balkans

Author: Edward Joseph
January/February 2005

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Op-Ed

Without U.S., Balkan Threat May Explode

Author: David L. Phillips
March 26, 2004 Los Angeles Times

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Transcript

The Balkans: A Trip Report and Update

Speaker: Richard C. Holbrooke
November 6, 2003

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Transcript

Dealing with the Past in the Former Yugoslavia

October 9, 2003

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Testimony

The Balkans: Assessing the Progress and Looking to the Future

April 10, 20! 03

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News Release

Without Sustained EU-U.S. Action, Balkans Face Serious Social, Economic Instability, Warns New CFR Task Force, Balkans 2010

December 9, 2002

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Other Report

Balkans 2010 (A Center for Preventive Action Report)

December 2002

Despite years of involvement by the United States and its allies, the Balkans region is suffering from economic stagnation and high unemployment; hundreds of thousands of refugees still await resettlement; prominent war criminals remain at large; and political and legal reform is impeded by endemic corruption, organized crime, and in some cases, a lack of political will. Yet after a decade of extensive involvement and peacemaking in the Balkans, the United States and its allies are winding down their commitment to the region. At this critical juncture, warns this independent Task Force report, if the problems besieging the Balkan states are left unresolved, they will lead to serious soci! al and ec! onomic instability for southeastern Europe.

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CFR Experts Guide

The Council on Foreign Relations' David Rockefeller Studies ProgramCFR's "think tank"is home to more than seventy full-time, adjunct, and visiting scholars and practitioners (called "fellows"). Their expertise covers the world's major regions as well as the critical issues shaping today's global agenda. Download the printable CFR Experts Guide.

New Council Special Report

  • Countering Criminal Violence in Central America CSR cover image Countering Criminal Violence in Central America by Michael Shifter

    The author assesses the causes and consequences of the violence faced by several Central American countries and examines the national, regional, and international efforts intended to curb its worst effects.

Complete list of Council Special Reports

New Books

  • No One's World Cover No One's World by Charles A. Kupchan

    A renowned scholar maps out the twenty-first-century world, providing a detailed strategy for reconciling the West with the "rise of the rest." More

  • US-South Korea Alliance cover The US-South Korea Alliance edited by Scott A. Snyder

    A new volume explores the possibilities for enhanced U.S.-South Korea cooperation in both traditional and nontraditional spheres. More

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