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June 9, 2008
| Speaker: | Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va) |
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Transcript
See more in United States, U.S. Election 2008
Updated: May 12, 2008
| Authors: | Stephanie Hanson, News Editor Eben Kaplan, Associate Editor |
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Backgrounder
Though international observers had hoped Somalia's transitional federal government would bring stability to the war-torn nation after sixteen years of “failed state” status, by mid-2008 experts said it was fraught by internal divisions.
See more in Somalia
April 8, 2008
| Author: | John F. Murphy |
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Must Read
The Suffolk Transnational Law Review examines the Medellin decision and its implications for the United States and the rule of law in international affairs.
See more in United States, International Law, Treaties
March 19, 2008
| Speaker: | Noah Feldman, Law Professor, Harvard University |
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Transcript
See more in Middle East, Religion
March 6, 2008
| Author: | Jayshree Bajoria, Staff Writer |
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Backgrounder
Pakistan’s constitution continues to be the focus of political struggle, with the nation’s prime minister, president, regional governments, and army vying for advantage.
See more in Pakistan, Democracy and Human Rights, Elections
December 11, 2007
| Author: | Jerome A. Cohen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies |
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Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
Jerome A. Cohen calls for legal reform in China.
See more in China, Democracy Promotion
December 5, 2007
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson writes that, “by one estimate, 27,000 women and girls were raped in eastern Congo in 2006. The hospital has seen victims as young as 3.”
See more in Democratic Rep. of Congo, International Law
May 24, 2007
Timothy J. Colton, Director, Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Timothy J. Colton, a leading expert on Russia, says even though Vladimir Putin will step down as president in 2008 he is likely to maintain a major role in Russia’s leadership.
See more in Russian Fed., Elections
May 22, 2007
| Author: | Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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Op-Ed
New York Times
See more in Iraq
05/21/2007, Volume 012, Issue 34
| Author: | Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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Article
Weekly Standard
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare
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Latin America (7/3): Julia Sweig looks at why Colombia is a lucrative part of John McCain’s foreign policy, in the Washington Independent.
U.S. Foreign Policy (7/2): James Goldgeier and Derek Chollet look at the schism among Republicans about the future direction of U.S. foreign policy, in National Interest.
Trade (7/2): Jagdish Bhagwati argues that Free Trade Agreements must be placed on moratorium, in the New York Sun.
Diplomacy (6/30): Walter Russell Mead argues that closer ties between Australia and Canada would bring substantial benefits to both, in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Economics (6/30): Sebastian Mallaby discusses oil futures and the folly of price controls, in the Washington Post.
U.S. Politics and Religion (6/27): Michael Gerson argues that the issue of abortion is Obama’s greatest obstacle to securing support from evangelicals, in the Washington Post.
After two decades of liberalization, many countries around the world are adopting new restrictions on foreign direct investment (FDI) that could retard continued progress. The authors make recommendations for correcting this protectionist drift by proposing guidelines for how countries can better regulate FDI yet still reap its economic benefits.
In this Council Special Report, the authors make a strong case that the Bush administration’s policy of diplomatic isolation of Syria is not serving U.S. interests, and offer informed history and thoughtful analysis of the country and its external behavior.
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In Termites in the Trading System, Jagdish Bhagwati reveals how the rapid spread of preferential trade agreements endangers the world trading system.
America Between the Wars explores how the decisions and debates of the years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Twin Towers shaped the events, arguments, and politics of the world we live in today.
In The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, Noah Feldman tells the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the sharia—the law of the traditional Islamic state—in the modern Muslim world.
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