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May 13, 2008
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Daily Analysis
With Washington facing increasing mistrust in Latin America, experts call for bolstering U.S. policy in areas such as energy security, migration, and poverty reduction.
See more in Cuba, South America, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, U.S. Strategy and Politics
Updated: May 6, 2008
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Daily Analysis
Mounting gas prices have made energy a top presidential campaign issue. But prospects appear dim for any comprehensive policy reforms from Washington.
See more in United States, Energy/Environment, U.S. Election 2008
April 29, 2008
Bruce O. Riedel, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
South Asia expert Bruce Riedel sees the continuing development of U.S.-India ties as a major accomplishment of President Bush, who has built on steps taken by his predecessor.
See more in United States, India, Trade, Diplomacy
April 29, 2008
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Daily Analysis
As India emerges as an important global player, its foreign policy seeks to balance the country's growing U.S. ties with national interests.
See more in India, Iran, Energy/Environment, Diplomacy, U.S. Strategy and Politics
April 21, 2008
| Author: | Stephanie Hanson, News Editor |
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Backgrounder
South America faces energy shortfalls at the same time that several countries have nationalized energy resources. Experts say a lack of cooperation on energy policy could hinder regional economic growth.
See more in South America, Energy/Environment
April 17, 2008
| Author: | David G. Victor, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Science and Technology |
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Op-Ed
Newsweek
In this Newsweek article, David Victor writes that a large fraction of the world's oil patch is struggling with the same problem that bedevils Mexican President Felipe Calderon: how to make state-owned oil companies—which control about three quarters of the world's oil reserve—more effective at finding and producing oil. With oil output increasing only sluggishly, and demand still strong, oil prices are set to stay high for some time.
April 7, 2008
Jeroen van der Veer, CEO, Royal Dutch Shell interviewed by Lee Hudson Teslik, Assistant Editor, CFR.org
Interview
Jeroen Van der Veer, the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, on global oil demand, the end of “easy oil,” and nationalized oil companies.
See more in Western Europe, Energy Security
April & May 2008
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Must Read
The Hoover Institution's Policy Review considers the pitfalls of subsidizing energy alternatives.
See more in United States
March 26, 2008
| Authors: | Amity Shlaes, Senior Fellow for Economic History Gaurav Tiwari, Research Associate |
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Article
YaleGlobal
In this YaleGlobal piece, Amity Shlaes and Gaurav Tiwari examine entrepreneurship and oil wealth in various countries and how these factors relate to a country’s policy towards the U.S. They find that there is indeed a significant positive relationship between the pro-US votes and the level of enterprise in a country, and that countries with oil tend to be less entrepreneurial as well as less friendly to the US. It seems clear that the US would benefit not only from helping countries strengthen education, the rule of law and free trade, but also from supporting the entrepreneurial culture of any country where the US has an interest.
See more in Business & Foreign Policy, U.S. Strategy and Politics
March 11, 2008
| Authors: | Michelle Smith, Research Associate Charles D. Ferguson, Fellow for Science and Technology |
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Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
Michelle Smith and Charles D. Ferguson evaluate Sarkozy's nuclear deals in the Middle East.
See more in France, Middle East, Technology and Foreign Policy, Proliferation
U.S. energy dependence is undercutting U.S. national security, finds a new Council Task Force.
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Responsibility to Protect (5/15): Stewart Patrick urges the U.S., Britain, and France to submit a U.N. resolution insisting on immediate humanitarian access in Burma, in the Baltimore Sun.
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.
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 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.
Complete list of CFR Books.
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