Afghan Finance Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Ahadi says security and development could lead to a boom in his country’s natural resource sector.

An interim nuclear accord between Iran and world powers is still within reach despite lingering disagreements over details, says expert Barbara Slavin.

David Albright, a longtime expert on Iran’s nuclear program, says Iran will probably accumulate enough low-enriched uranium this year to create one nuclear bomb.  

CFR Fellow Michael Levi, back from a visit to Iran, talks to Bernard Gwertzman about Iran’s nuclear program and the prospects for a negotiated solution.

The mass protests in Russia challenging the parliamentary vote reflect increasing hostility to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and have the potential to change Russian politics in a fundamental way, sa…