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April 30, 2008
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Daily Analysis
Oil and the status of Kirkuk continue to divide Iraq's central government and the Kurdish region, but signs of political progress are emerging.
See more in Iraq, Minorities, Diversity and Foreign Policy, Nation Building
April 8, 2008
| Author: | Scott G. Borgerson, International Affairs Fellow |
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Testimony
Scott G. Borgerson testifies before the U.S. Senate on a current and evolving policy framework for managing Canada's fisheries and oceans.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics
March 28, 2008
| Speakers: | Leon S. Fuerth, Shapiro Professor of International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs Paul J. Kern, Senior Counselor, the Cohen Group David G. Victor, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations; Director, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stanford University; Professor of Law, Stanford Law School |
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| Presider: | Paul Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director, Center for Preventive Action |
Transcript
Concerns are increasing about the consequences of global climate change, rising consumption rates, and population growth on the availability of natural resources, including water, land, forests, oil, gas, and a variety of minerals. In the face of scarcity, are we likely to see a rise in violent conflict over valuable resources? Or is the probability of 'resource wars' much less than feared? Speakers discuss these issues at a meeting cosponsored with the Council’s Center for Preventive Action.
See more in Energy/Environment
March 27, 2008
Podcast
Daniel Gustafson of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization says the next president should place agricultural policy high on the development agenda.
See more in Trade, Foreign Aid
March 18, 2008
| Author: | Michael Moran, Executive Editor, CFR.org |
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Op-Ed
msnbc.com
Michael Moran looks at oil, Iraq, and a price tag some estimate to exceed $2 trillion.
See more in United States, Iraq, Wars and Warfare
March 10, 2008
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Daily Analysis
A pillar of China’s communist economic model, land collectivization, faces mounting pressure from farmers for reform, pitting rural forces against the tide of development.
See more in China, Economic Development, Geoeconomics
Updated: February 22, 2008
| Authors: | Lionel Beehner Greg Bruno, Staff Writer |
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Backgrounder
The division of Iraq’s oil wealth is an important obstacle to a power-sharing deal. At issue is whether revenues should be regionally or centrally controlled.
January 31, 2008
| Author: | David G. Victor, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Science and Technology |
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Op-Ed
Newsweek
Last week brought fresh evidence that the U.S. economy is slowing and may have slipped into recession. The news has not only dimmed expectations for world economic growth, but it has also hammered oil prices, which lost $15 from the $100 high just a month earlier. The question on policymakers' lips is whether a worldwide slowdown will bring an end to the boom in demand for oil and drive prices significantly lower. In this article for Newsweek, David Victor argues that although oil prices will eventually drop as new sources come online and biofuels and other alternatives take hold, crude prices are likely to remain high and volatile for a while.
See more in Energy
January 2008
| Author: | Carlos Pascual |
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Must Read
Carlos Pascual examines the impact of energy dependency and what efforts ensuring future sustainability, prosperity, and security will involve.
See more in Energy, Energy Security
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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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