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Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy
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Phone: +1-212-434-9771
E-mail: icoleman@cfr.org
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New York, NY
June 24, 2009
Interview
Following the 2009 disputed Iran presidential election, CFR's Isobel Coleman, a leading expert on women's issues, says that if Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's victory stands, "you'll see a much more restricted Iran." This will "fall heavily on women, but it won't stop them," she says.
See more in Iran, Elections, Women
April 8, 2009
Podcast
A senior USAID official and CFR's Isobel Coleman discuss aid priorities in Pakistan and how development programs can be made more effective.
See more in Pakistan, Foreign Aid
March 12, 2009
Audio
Listen to Isobel Coleman, senior fellow at CFR, and Tamara Cofman Wittes, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, discuss economic and political development in the Middle East as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.
See more in Middle East, Religion
April 17, 2008
Other Report
In February, Tamara Cofman Wittes and Isobel Coleman met with business leaders, academics, journalists, and civic activists in Riyadh and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Among Wittes and Coleman's key findings are that many Saudis welcomed the emergence of a more open atmosphere, pointing to King Abdullah's ascension to the throne, dynamism in neighboring Gulf states, and a new "post-post-9/11" environment as key catalysts for the change. Yet, there was frustration at the unpredictability and arbitrariness of the newly expanded social and political space. The next U.S. administration may have a new, but narrow, window of opportunity to reintroduce itself to Saudi Arabia. Many Saudis argued for the creation of a deeper, multi-dimensional relationship between both countries that engages civil society, not just the government and business sectors.
See more in Middle East, Economic Development, Society and Culture, U.S. Strategy and Politics
June 30, 2006
Podcast
CFR senior fellow Isobel Coleman talks to CFR.org's Esther Pan about the impact of women voting in Kuwait for the first time.
May 10, 2006
Transcript
Karen Hughes discusses her role as chief U.S. public diplomat and explains her strategy based on three strategic objectives and six key areas.
See more in United States, Public Diplomacy
May 10, 2006
Video
Watch U.S. Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes discuss the challenges for U.S. diplomacy and the Bush administration's strategies.
See more in United States, Public Diplomacy
April 24, 2006
Op-Ed
Christian Science Monitor
See more in Afghanistan, Women
February 23, 2006
Transcript
Hauwa Ibrahim, a human rights lawyer, discussed the constitutionality of Shariah in Nigeria and her experiences defending Nigerian women in Shariah courts in the country.
February 5, 2006
Op-Ed
Dallas Morning News
See more in Middle East, Economic Development
January/February 2006
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
See more in Iraq, Religion, Women
October 14, 2005
Op-Ed
Christian Science Monitor
See more in Iraq, Human Rights, Women
October 11, 2005
Transcript
See more in Iraq, Human Rights, Women
June 27, 2005
Transcript
March 7, 2005
Transcript
See more in North Africa, Society and Culture
December 19, 2004
Op-Ed
The Star-Ledger
See more in Middle East, Economic Development
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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