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May 15, 2008
| Author: | Jason Riley |
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In an op-ed, Jason Riley of the Wall Street Journal speculates that the issue of illegal immigration has faded from prominence in the 2008 presidential campaign because voters are generally "pro-immigrant but ambivalent about it." Riley says American culture is under assault not from immigrants, but from "liberal elites who reject the concept of assimilation."
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January 27, 1998
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Act
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Updated: May 12, 2008
| Author: | Toni Johnson, Staff Writer |
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Backgrounder
Through the U.S. presidential nominating process, voters have offered a muddled view on foreign policy issues but they continue to generate heat on the campaign trail.
See more in United States, Defense/Homeland Security, Business & Foreign Policy, Society and Culture, Immigration, U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2008
May 12, 2008
| Author: | Owen Matthews |
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Must Read
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to Newsweek's Owen Matthews about Islam, modernity and Turkey's role in Israel-Syria communications
March 2008
Essential Documents
Statistics
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May 7, 2008
| Author: | Mohamad Bazzi, Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow |
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Op-Ed
The National
Mohammad Bazzi explains why Washington and the Maliki government should should change the draft election law and keep relations with Muqtada al-Sadr.
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Society and Culture
May 7, 2008
Mitt Romney interviewed by Jayshree Bajoria, Staff Writer
Interview
Mitt Romney, president and CEO of the organizing committee for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002, says China should take “symbolic action” to let the world know it is willing to listen to their concerns about its human rights record.
See more in China, Democracy and Human Rights, Human Rights
May 7, 2008
Essential Documents
Declaration
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May 1, 2008
| Author: | Gene B. Sperling, Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and Director of the Center for Universal Education |
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Op-Ed
Bloomberg.com
Gene B. Sperling explains why “we need to provide more food aid and we need to make sure it is delivered in a way that continues to strengthen school-feeding programs.”
See more in International Organizations, Refugees and the Displaced, Society and Culture
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Responsibility to Protect (5/15): Stewart Patrick urges the U.S., Britain, and France to submit a U.N. resolution insisting on immediate humanitarian access in Burma, in the Baltimore Sun.
Global Health (5/14): Michael Gerson urges the Senate to reauthorize PEPFAR, in the Washington Post.
Iraq War (5/13): Max Boot analyzes the habit of U.S. generals passing the buck when it comes to the failures in Iraq, in the Washington Post.
Burma (5/13): Ivo Daalder and Paul Stares argue that the United Nations must invoke its “responsibility to protect” clause and intervene in Burma, in the Boston Globe.
Mideast (5/13): Mohamad Bazzi urges the U.S. to focus its efforts on restoring Israeli-Syrian negotiations, in Newsweek.
U.S. Presidential Election (5/9): Michael Gerson looks at the sticking points of the “Obama narrative,” in the Washington Post.
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.
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 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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