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September 26, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
After the nationalization of Fannie, Freddie, and AIG, it is too late to worry about the government owning chunks of the financial system, says Sebastian Mallaby. Paulson must use the $700 billion fund to tackle the problem directly by recapitalizing the banking system.
See more in United States, Financial Crises
September 22, 2008
Audio
Listen to CFR fellows discuss topics such as U.S. relations with Asia, Russia, and Europe, as well as the financial crisis, nuclear terrorism, and climate change, as they relate to the presidential foreign policy debate.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2008
September 22, 2008
Transcript
Perspective on the Presidential Foreign Policy Debate.
See more in United States, Congress, Foreign Policy History, Public Diplomacy
September 21, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Sebastian Mallaby says, the Treasury plan outlined Friday (9/26) involves vast risks, huge complexity and no guarantee of success. There are better ways forward, such as ordering banks to raise capital or buying equity stakes in them.
See more in North America, Financial Crises
September 18, 2008
Audio
Listen to CFR experts discuss the financial crisis and its global implications.
See more in Business & Foreign Policy, Financial Crises, Geoeconomics
September 16, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Sebastian Mallaby writes that in refusing to bail out Lehman, Paulson gambled that he could let the institution fail without sowing market pandemonium. If he is right, Paulson's move may limit the damage to U.S.-style financial globalization.
See more in Economics, Financial Crises
September 15, 2008
Transcript
A discussion on the financial turmoil that has hit America and what the consequences will be.
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September 9, 2008
Interview
Four CFR experts discuss the U.S. Treasury's takeover of mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, what the move means for financial markets, and what risks remain.
See more in United States, Financial Crises, International Finance
September 8, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Sebastian Mallaby writes that John McCain has caved to his party's anti-tax fanatics. Under a McCain administration, Americans would not have to sacrifice a dime more of their money to a cause larger than themselves.
See more in Presidency, U.S. Election 2008
August 11, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Sebastian Mallaby urges the presidential candidates to consider a bolder response to the economic crisis than what's been seen so far. A second fiscal stimulus is required combined with a medium-term plan to fix entitlements so as not to bust the budget.
See more in Financial Crises, Presidency
July 21, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
In response to the failure of Bear Stearns, the near-failure of Lehman Brothers, and now the crisis at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the SEC has begun clamping down on short-selling. However, in this Washington Post op-ed, Sebastian Mallaby says that short-sellers serve as useful market watchdogs and are the wrong villain in this crisis.
See more in Financial Crises
July 14, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Nationalizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two monster housing-finance companies, may be risky, but it is healthier than other options. In this Washington Post op-ed, Sebastian Mallaby argues that the US government should nationalize and then dismantle these institutions, creating maximum space in the mortgage market for smaller private players.
See more in Economics
July 3, 2008
Transcript
A CFR confrence call on climate change and the upcoming G-8 Summit.
See more in Canada, United States, Japan, Europe/Russia, EU, Economics, Energy/Environment, Climate Change
July 3, 2008
Audio
Listen to CFR senior fellows Michael A. Levi and Sebastian Mallaby discuss prospects for progress on climate change at the G8 summit.
See more in Climate Change, Global Governance
June 30, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Politicians have blamed the sky-rocketing price of oil on energy speculators and proposed policies to regulate the markets. In this Washington Post op-ed, Sebastian Mallaby argues that clamping down on the market would be a repeat of Richard Nixon’s disastrous price controls in the 70’s.
See more in Industrial Policy
June 19, 2008
Audio
Listen to C. Fred Bersten, director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, discuss the latest round of U.S.-China economic talks and his upcoming Foreign Affairs article.
June 19, 2008
Transcript
Dr. Fred Bergsten, the director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, discusses his new article in Foreign Affairs, "A Partnership of Equals: How Washington Should Respond to China's Economic Challenge."
See more in China, Economics, Business & Foreign Policy
June 16, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
For many decades, banking giants such as JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and others, enjoyed the reputation that came with their economic clout, political influence and sheer wealth. However, recent events at Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns have called into question this polished image, says Sebastian Mallaby.
See more in Economics
June 2, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
John McCain likes to say he is for economic growth, offering the Republican narrative that they are for lower taxes, less regulation and freer trade. In this Washington Post op-ed, Sebastian Mallaby says that the real litmus tests on growth lie in policies toward education, basic science, skilled immigration, infrastructure and the grotesque tort system. And on these issues, the real pro-growth candidate looks to be Barack Obama.
See more in Economics
May 19, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
We are now several months into the global food crisis. Food prices have almost doubled in three years, threatening to push 100 million people into absolute poverty, undoing much of the development progress of the past few years. The new hunger has triggered riots from Haiti to Egypt to Ethiopia, threatening political stability; it has conjured up a raft of protectionist policies, threatening globalization. Yet, Sebastian Mallaby argues that the response to this crisis from governments the world over has been lackadaisical or worse.
See more in Trade, Natural Resources Management, Global Health, Foreign Aid
Explore the international finance regime with a new interactive from CFR's program on International Institutions and Global Governance.
Identifying international threats and acting on them may be the most difficult job for U.S. policymakers. This report
provides an actionable road map for managing international threats before they erupt into crises and makes a strong case that preventive action is not a luxury but a necessity.
For more than a decade, the United States has mostly watched from the sidelines as Asian countries organize themselves into an alphabet soup of new multilateral groups. In this report, the authors review the relationship between pan-Asian and trans-Pacific institutions and suggest policy guidelines for a new U.S. approach to this new Asian landscape.
Complete list of Council Special Reports
Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.
In Forces of Fortune, Vali Nasr presents a paradigm-changing revelation that will transform the understanding of the Muslim world at large. He reveals that there is a vital but unseen rising force in the Islamic world—a new business-minded middle class—that is building a vibrant new Muslim world economy and that holds the key to winning the cold war against Iran and extremists.
In Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Julia E. Sweig presents a remarkably accessible portrait of Cuba's unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years, including its internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.
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