An Iranian woman holding a poster depicting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei walks under a large flag during the forty-seventh anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, on February 11, 2026. (Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency via Reuters)
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The death of Iran’s supreme leader and the ongoing U.S.-Iran-Israel conflict open a serious set of questions about the future for Iran’s people and U.S. engagement with Iran. Suzanne Maloney, vice president and director of the Brookings Institution’s Foreign Policy program, lays out the United States’ options. Read the full report
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CFR International Affairs Fellow in National Security Roxanna Vigil argues that the United States should engage early with Colombia’s next administration to signal support for full implementation of the 2016 Peace Accords and provide targeted assistance to prevent the resurgence of conflict. Her analysis comes as Colombia faces worsening violence, incomplete accords implementation, and a growing risk of regional instability, which threaten a key U.S. partnership. Read more
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A drone view of the aftermath of a U.S. strike on the Ras Isa fuel port in Yemen on April 18, 2025. (Al-Masirah TV/Reuters) |
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Members of the U.S. military carry out a transfer of the remains of a U.S. Marine Corps lance corporal who died in Saudi Arabia, at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, on March 4, 2026. (Ken Cedeno/Reuters) |
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The United States targeted Venezuela on January 3 with special forces in a law enforcement operation that culminated in the extraction of the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores. CFR’s “Global Conflict Tracker” is tracking developments in Venezuela and its region. Follow the situation
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A firefighter gestures near a destroyed antiaircraft unit at La Carlota military air base after U.S. strikes in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 3, 2026. (Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters) |
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About The Center for Preventive Action |
The Center for Preventive Action (CPA) aims to help policymakers devise timely and practical strategies to prevent and mitigate armed conflict around the world, especially in places where U.S. interests are most at risk. Geopolitical friction among the major powers is intensifying, creating serious risks of armed conflict, while the effects of climate change and other threats to international peace and security are evolving in new and destabilizing ways. CPA’s work is focused on trying to anticipate how and where those challenges could arise, and which are more deserving of attention than others, so that policymakers can prioritize and craft sensible preventive measures.
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Paul B. Stares
General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Wachenheim Center for Peace and Security |
Natalie Caloca Assistant Director, Wachenheim Center for Peace and Security |
| Molly Carlough Program Coordinator, Wachenheim Center for Peace and Security |
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