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May 13, 2008
| Authors: | Ivo H. Daalder Paul Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action |
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Op-Ed
The Boston Globe
In response to the devastating typhoon that has ravaged Burma, Ivo Daalder and Paul Stares argue that the UN must invoke its “responsibility to protect” clause and intervene.
See more in Burma/Myanmar, International Organizations, Humanitarian Intervention
May 5, 2008
| Author: | Christopher Dickey |
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Must Read
Paris Bureau Chief Christopher Dickey reports on the success of small and highly professional French combat units that have coordinated with military forces from different countries in varying alliances-the kind of fighting Western armies are called on to do more and more. The French do it well and it is key to their growing-perhaps pivotal-role in NATO that has changed dramatically since the end of the cold war.
See more in France, International Organizations
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
Updated: April 29, 2008
| Author: | Stephanie Hanson, News Editor |
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Backgrounder
The African Union succeeded the old Organization for African Unity (OAU) in 2002. Since then, the new institution has struggled to reform governing bodies inherited from the OAU while shouldering challenging new peacekeeping missions.
See more in Africa, International Peace and Security
April 21, 2008
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Daily Analysis
A mounting food crisis threatens grave consequences for the world’s poor. Experts blame rising oil prices and self-interested agricultural policies.
See more in Africa, International Organizations, Poverty
Updated: April 3, 2008
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Daily Analysis
NATO’s Bucharest agenda is full of thorny transatlantic issues, but the mission in Afghanistan will steal the show.
See more in Afghanistan, NATO, International Organizations
March 18, 2008
| Speaker: | Sadako Ogata, President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (1991–2000) |
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| Presider: | Kati I. Marton, Author and Human Rights Activist |
Video
Watch Sadako Ogata, president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, discuss how human security has changed over the course of her career, as part of the CFR Global Women Leaders Series, sponsored by Merck & Co., Inc.
See more in Human Rights, International Organizations, International Peace and Security
March 18, 2008
| Speaker: | Sadako Ogata, President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (1991–2000) |
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| Presider: | Kati I. Marton, Author and Human Rights Activist |
Audio
Listen to Sadako Ogata, president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, discuss how human security has changed over the course of her career, as part of the CFR Global Women Leaders Series, sponsored by Merck & Co., Inc.
See more in Human Rights, International Organizations, International Peace and Security
March 11, 2008
| Speaker: | Asha-Rose Migiro, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations |
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| Presider: | Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations |
Transcript
See more in International Organizations, International Peace and Security
March 11, 2008
| Speaker: | Asha-Rose Migiro, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations |
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| Presider: | Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations |
Audio
Listen to UN deputy secretary-general Asha-Rose Migiro discuss priorities for the United Nations, with particular regard to international development. This event was made possible by the generosity of ExxonMobil.
See more in Human Rights, International Organizations, Poverty
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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.
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.
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.
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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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