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August 25, 2008
Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
Eastern Europe’s defense spending has slowed in recent years, a trend that leaves it vulnerable to Russian aggression, writes Max Boot. While countries like the U.S. can help if needed, countries like Georgia and Hungary must bolster their own security and deter any Russian aggression by spending more of their GDP on defense and increasing the standing numbers of their militaries.
See more in Central/Eastern Europe, Defense Policy & Budget
August 14, 2008
Op-Ed
New York Post
Max Boot urges the United States to react decisively to the Russian invasion of Georgia.
See more in Caucasus, Russian Fed., U.S. Strategy and Politics
July 23, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Max Boot writes that Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki’s ambiguous statements about a timetable for troop withdrawal from Iraq are an attempt at political posturing before the upcoming presidential elections.
See more in Iraq, Conflict Assessment
July/August 2008
Op-Ed
Commentary
There are many reasons to be optimistic about the United States’ progress on the Iraq front in the war on terror, writes Max Boot.
See more in Terrorism
June 16, 2008
Op-Ed
New York Times
Eevry chief-of-staff of the Air Force for the past quarter century was first a fighter jet pilot. Last week, however, there was a changing of the guard as Gen. Norton A. Schwartz took over the position. Max Boot discusses the implications of having a Chief that does not come from a fighter jet background and the effect this will have on the appropriation of the Air Force budget.
See more in Organization of Government
June 11, 2008
Op-Ed
Los Angeles Times
“For every two steps forward in Iraq, there is also a step backward,” says Max Boot, referring to the faltering negotiations between the U.S. and Iraqi governments over the conditions of the United States’ continued presence in Iraq. Sticking points include whether U.S. soldiers and private security contractors will maintain immunity from Iraqi prosecution, and whether the U.S. will continue to have the freedom to detain terrorist suspects without Iraqi approval.
See more in Iraq, Conflict Assessment, Diplomacy
May 13, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
“Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan,” writes Max Boot as he analyzes the habit of U.S. generals passing the buck when it comes to the failures in Iraq.
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Organization of Government
Updated: May 9, 2008
Online Debate
Two CFR experts on the war, Max Boot, senior fellow for national security studies, and Steven Simon, senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies, debate whether the surge has put Iraq on the path to success.
See more in Iraq, Defense/Homeland Security, Wars and Warfare
May 3, 2008
Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
April was still one of the lighter-casualty months during the long war in Iraq. It could be a sign that tough combat is under way that will lead to the enemy’s defeat and the creation of a more peaceful environment in the future, says Max Boot.
See more in United States, Iraq, U.S. Strategy and Politics
April 8, 2008
Op-Ed
Los Angeles Times
As Petraeus and Crocker know, the U.S. can win if troops remain, argues Max Boot.
See more in United States, Iraq, U.S. Strategy and Politics
April 4, 2008
Op-Ed
New York Post
Max Boot argues that “by retreating from the streets of Basra, the British allowed the situation to spin out of control. That is a mistake we should not repeat in the rest of the country.”
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Democracy Promotion, Nation Building
March 31, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Max Boot writes that, “ironically, considering the importance that Brzezinski places on restoring American standing in the world, nothing would be more calculated to aggravate other countries than a precipitous pullout [from Iraq].”
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare
March 12, 2008
Op-Ed
Los Angeles Times
The departing head of Central Command was wrong about the surge, argues Max Boot.
See more in United States, Defense/Homeland Security
February 12, 2008
Op-Ed
Los Angeles Times
Max Boot looks at which presidential candidate “an Ahmadinejad, Assad or Kim would fear the most.”
See more in North Korea, Middle East, State Sponsors of Terrorism, U.S. Election 2008
February 4, 2008
Op-Ed
Commentary
Max Boot argues that a set troop withdrawel “is likely to retard rather than to advance the kind of political progress that Clinton and Obama claim to want.”
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, U.S. Election 2008
![The Impact of Foreign Policy in the 2008 Election [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service]](/content/publications/images/flag.jpg)
January 31, 2008
Transcript
See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2008
January 31, 2008
Audio
Listen to experts discuss the role of foreign policy in the 2008 presidential campaign.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2008
January 28, 2008
News Briefing
CFR experts offer their analysis of President George W. Bush's final State of the Union address.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, Presidency
January 28, 2008
Op-Ed
Weekly Standard
America has a chance at a historic victory in Iraq, but only if we don't pull out too many forces too soon, argues Max Boot.
See more in United States, Iraq
January 28, 2008
Op-Ed
Los Angeles Times
Max Boot and Bing West argue that Bush may have to withdraw his support for Nouri Maliki if the prime minister continues to slow progress.
See more in Iraq
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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