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April 10, 2008
| Speaker: | Sebastian Mallaby, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Deputy Director of the David Rockefeller Studies Program, Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow in International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations |
Audio
Listen to Sebastian Mallaby, director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at CFR, discuss the state of the U.S. economy and its implications for the rest of the world with students as part of the CFR Academic Conference Call Series.
See more in Geoeconomics, Trade
April 4, 2008
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and The Economist.
See more in Zimbabwe, Russian Fed.
July 2008
| Author: | Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Senior Fellow for International Economics |
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Book
In this book, Jagdish Bhagwati reveals how preferential trade agreements have recreated the unhappy situation of the protectionist 1930s, when world trade was undermined by discriminatory practices, and argues that the world trading system is definitely at risk again.
See more in Economics
March 25, 2008
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Daily Analysis
With credit markets all but frozen, policymakers at the U.S. Federal Reserve attempt to rescue a highly complex financial system.
See more in Economics
March 6, 2008
| Speaker: | Timothy F. Geithner, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
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| Welcoming Remarks: | Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations |
| Presider: | Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner, Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP |
Transcript
Panels discuss the current financial challenges.
See more in Economics, Business & Foreign Policy
February 27, 2008
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Daily Analysis
Some economists say the chance of a deep U.S. recession—while limited—is growing. Inflation and home prices top their concerns.
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February 2008
Article
McKinsey Quarterly
Richard Haass says that businesses have much to learn from government as they compete in an increasingly complex global landscape.
See more in Business & Foreign Policy, Geoeconomics
February 16, 2008
| Author: | Brad W. Setser, Fellow for Geoeconomics |
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Op-Ed
The Boston Globe
In this Boston Globe op-ed, Brad Sester argues that global policy makers should start to think seriously about the best way to exit from a system where a number of countries around the world, in very different economic circumstances than the United States, are importing the consequences of the weak dollar.
See more in United States, Geoeconomics
February 12, 2008
| Speakers: | Stuart E. Eizenstat, Partner and Head of International Trade Practice, Covington and Burling LLP, Former Deputy Secretary Of The Treasury Mohamed El-Erian, Cochief Executive Officer and Cochief Investment Officer, Pimco Simon Johnson, Economic Counselor and Director of the Research Department, International Monetary Fund Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center |
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| Presider: | Alan Murray, Executive Editor, Online, Wall Street Journal |
Video
Watch financial experts discuss the geopolitical implications of international sovereign wealth funds buying stakes in companies in the United States and elsewhere.
See more in Geoeconomics
February 12, 2008
| Speakers: | Stuart E. Eizenstat, Partner and Head of International Trade Practice, Covington and Burling LLP; Former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury Mohamed El-Erian, Cochief Executive Officer and Cochief Investment Officer, PIMCO Simon Johnson, Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department, International Monetary Fund Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center |
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| Presider: | Alan Murray, Executive Editor, Online, Wall Street Journal |
Video
Watch financial experts discuss the geopolitical implications of international sovereign wealth funds buying stakes in companies in the United States and elsewhere.
See more in Geoeconomics
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Iraq (5/8): Mohamad Bazzi urges the U.S. and Iraqi governments not to exclude Muqtada al-Sadr from the political process, in The National.
Campaign 2008 (5/5): It would be a travesty if Obama’s campaign gets knocked off course because of his former preacher, writes Sebastian Mallaby in the Washington Post.
Iraq War (5/3): Max Boot argues that the increase in casualties could be a sign that tough combat is under way that will lead to the enemy’s defeat, in the Wall Street Journal.
U.S. Economy (5/2): Amity Shlaes criticizes Hillary Clinton’s plan to implement a windfall oil tax, on Bloomberg.com.
Food Crisis (5/1): Gene Sperling warns that one of the casualties of the food crisis will be the schooling of the world’s poorest children, on Bloomberg.com.
Three-Front War (4/30): Michael Gerson argues that a decent outcome in Iraq would be considerably devalued if counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan stall, in the Washington Post.
Climate change poses threats to national security in a number of ways. In this report, sponsored by the Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Joshua W. Busby offers specific recommendations for confronting this important issue, including a list of "no-regrets" policies.
This report, by International Affairs Fellow Michelle D. Gavin and sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, surveys the current situation in Zimbabwe and proposes steps that can increase the likelihood that regime change, when it comes, will bring constructive reform instead of conflict and state collapse.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
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.
In Regional Monetary Integration, Peter B. Kenen poses an important question: Should various country groups follow the lead of the European Monetary Union and form similar full-fledged monetary unions?
Walter Russell Mead recounts the story of the centuries-long rivalry between the English- speaking peoples and their enemies in God and Gold.
Complete list of CFR Books.
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