Mr. Abrams, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, handled Middle East affairs at the National Security Council from 2001 to 2009.

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After convening on Monday morning, Afghanistan's Council of Ministers called on the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs to start negotiating a "status of forces" agreement with international forces -- which include U.S. and NATO troops.

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Government representatives from the Ministry of Commerce, the State Council, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and various Chambers of Commerce were all bullish on the opportunities for Chinese enterprises to go out and succeed.

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An impressive new survey of American attitudes to international affairs by the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations shows precisely the opposite.

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The debate was held following a summit on 8 December 2009 in Brussels by the EU's Foreign Affairs Council during which ministers adopted a resolution calling for an "urgent resumption" of peace talks in the Middle East.

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Afghanistan's Council of Ministers called on the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs to start negotiating a "status of forces" agreement with international forces, which include U.S. and NATO troops.

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Ms. Leddy, a Council on Foreign Relations-Hitachi Ltd. international affairs fellow at the National Institute for Defense Studies in Japan, was director for counterproliferation strategy at the U.S. National Security Council from 2006 to 2007.

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