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April 7, 2008
| Author: | Melinda Liu |
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Must Read
Beijing Bureau Chief Melinda Liu reports that in recent weeks China has been acting less like a budding superpower than a tin-pot dictatorship-petulant, preachy, defiant.
See more in China, East Asia, Democracy and Human Rights
March 2008
| Author: | James Fallows |
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Must Read
As the countdown to the Beijing Olympics nears four months, James Fallows explains the intricacies of China's internet censorship tools and how the Chinese government will allow foreign visitors access an unfettered web. Chinese citizens are often blocked from information, such as reports on crack downs in Tibet, that the government prefers to cover up. This article reveals the government’s motives behind the censorship and how the “Great Firewall of China” works.
See more in China, Health, Science, and Technology
March 18, 2008
| Authors: | Carin Zissis Preeti Bhattacharji |
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Backgrounder
Beijing has pursued increasing media regulations under President Hu Jintao. But as a flourishing China expands its international influence, many of its citizens hunger for a free flow of information.
See more in China, Technology and Foreign Policy
Updated: February 22, 2008
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Daily Analysis
Confronted by accusations of a disregard for human rights at home and abroad, Beijing finds the Olympic Games have exposed it to extraordinary international pressure.
See more in China, Human Rights
January 31, 2008
| Speakers: | Jeff Jarvis, Author, Buzzmachine; Director, New Media Program, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism John Palfrey, Clinical Professor of Law and Executive Director, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School |
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| Presider: | Michael Moran, Executive Editor, CFR.Org |
Transcript
Panels discuss the states that filter internet content to stop citizens from accessing certain websites.
See more in Technology and Foreign Policy, Health, Science, and Technology
November 9, 2007
| Author: | Lee Hudson Teslik, Assistant Editor |
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Backgrounder
Countries increasingly employ public relations firms and the techniques of brand marketing to build cohesive images for their nation.
See more in United States, Media and Foreign Policy, Public Diplomacy
August 28, 2007
Karen P. Hughes, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs interviewed by Robert McMahon, Deputy Editor
Interview
The official in charge of running U.S.public diplomacy, Karen Hughes, says her insights as a roving ambassador increasingly help shape Bush administration policy.
See more in Middle East, Democracy Promotion, Technology and Foreign Policy
Updated: August 29, 2007
Daily Analysis
Two years after Hurricane Katrina, U.S. cities still struggle to safeguard themselves against such natural disasters.
See more in United States, Defense/Homeland Security, Climate Change
July 6, 2007
| Authors: | Todd Masse Siobhan O'Neil John Rollins |
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Must Read
A report on the fusion centers established all over the country following 9/11 and what Congress should do next.
See more in United States, Defense/Homeland Security, Intelligence
Updated June 8, 2007
Daily Analysis
Pakistan’s growing independent media finds itself under threat for its coverage of the crisis stemming from the president’s dismissal of the chief justice.
See more in Pakistan, Nation Building, Media and Foreign Policy
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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.
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