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November 2, 2009
Op-Ed
The Daily Beast
Les Gelb points to stalled U.S. efforts in countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and others as evidence that "Barack Obama has arrived at a terrible moment of truth in foreign policy."
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October 9, 2009
Podcast
CFR's Walter Russell Mead says the Nobel Peace Prize is a welcome sign of international recognition for U.S. President Barack Obama, but he says the president faces great global challenges ahead.
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September 8, 2009
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Elliot Abrams counteracts arguments that portray life among the Palestinians as unbearable and getting worse.
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July 6, 2009
Op-Ed
Time Magazine
Peter Beinart discusses Franklin D. Roosevelt's foreign policy legacy.
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July 6, 2009
Op-Ed
Time Magazine
Amity Shlaes argues, "FDR's tenacity did not suffice to get the economy back to where it had been before the Great Depression began."
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June 12, 2009
Op-Ed
Foreign Policy
Lydia Khalil writes that Obama cannot truly influence politics in the Middle East if "citizens have no meaningful way to participate in their governments."
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June 3, 2009
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael J. Gerson asks, "In Cairo, will [President Obama] have anything to say to those fighting for human rights?"
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June 1, 2009
Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
Richard N. Haass discusses President Obama's speech in Cairo.
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June 1, 2009
Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
Elliott Abrams suggests that President Obama's speech in Cairo should focus on "freedom and the future."
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May 7, 2009
Audio
Listen to experts for a discussion of foreign policy during President Obama's first 100 days.
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Nigeria (11/4): John Campbell writes that under the presidency of Umaru Yar'adu, Nigeria is moving away from its corrupt system, on the Huffington Post.
Israel (11/3): Amity Shlaes says that the Israeli military has played a role in Israel's record of innovation, on Bloomberg.com.
Afghanistan (11/2): Walter Russell Mead says it is no surprise the U.S. has made deals with warlords, on the Daily Beast.
Conflict Assessment (11/2): Leslie Gelb on stalled U.S. efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran, on the Daily Beast.
Terrorism (11/2): Max Boot argues that success in Afghanistan depends on a cohesive counterinsurgency--rather than a counterterrorism--strategy, in Commentary.
Pakistan (11/2): Walter Russell Mead says there’s no doubt that Pakistan is the most dangerous problem in U.S. foreign policy, in the American Interest.
Wars (11/2): Max Boot says the war effort is succeeding in parts of Afghanistan--with time and troops the gains can be consolidated, in the Weekly Standard.
U.S. Strategy (10/30): Micah Zenko says "don't rush the Afghan debate," in the Christian Science Monitor.
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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.
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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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