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October 19, 2009
Video
Watch experts discuss emerging domestic trends within China.
This session was part of a CFR symposium, China 2025, which was cosponsored with the Project 2049 Institute.
See more in China, Democracy Promotion, Economic Development
October 19, 2009
Audio
Listen as experts discuss emerging domestic trends within China.
This session was part of a CFR symposium, China 2025, which was cosponsored with the Project 2049 Institute.
See more in China, Democracy Promotion, Economic Development
Updated: August 11, 2009
Backgrounder
Taiwan, whose leaders continue to talk about independence, remains a focal point of Chinese military modernization.
See more in China, Taiwan, Democracy Promotion, Sovereignty
July 9, 2009
Interview
Latin America expert Kevin Casas-Zamora says that by putting its diplomatic weight behind a mediation effort by Arias to settle the Honduran crisis, the Obama administration has demonstrated sensitivity to Latin sensibilities.
See more in Central America, Diplomacy
June 11, 2009
Op-Ed
New York Times
Elliott Abrams argues that Lebanon's recent elections can be considered "free," while Iran's elections should not.
April 2009
Must Read
Washington Quarterly's C. Christine Fair argues that despite the largesse of the U.S. budget spent to further goals in Pakistan, only minimal progress toward most of these objectives has been achieved.
See more in Pakistan, U.S. Strategy and Politics
March 18, 2009
Must Read
This report analyzes the role of intelligence agencies in Pakistan's political life through exploring the agencies' objectives and mechanisms.
See more in Pakistan, Democracy Promotion
March/April 2009
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
Democratic institutions cannot be set up easily; they are likely to emerge only when certain social and cultural conditions exist.
See more in Democracy Promotion, Economic Development
February 26, 2009
Must Read
Brookings presents a roadmap of policy alternatives for constructive engagement with Cuba which encourages the Cuban people to pursue a democratic future without trying to impose it on them.
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March/April 2009
Podcast
From the March/April 2009 issue of Foreign Affairs: What we know about modernization.
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Identifying international threats and acting on them may be the most difficult job for U.S. policymakers. This report
provides an actionable road map for managing international threats before they erupt into crises and makes a strong case that preventive action is not a luxury but a necessity.
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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