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October 19, 2009
Audio
Listen as Aaron Friedberg, professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University, breaks down the strategic challenges we face with China's rise in the world.
This session was part of a CFR symposium, China 2025, which was cosponsored with the Project 2049 Institute.
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October 19, 2009
Video
Watch Aaron Friedberg, professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University, break down the strategic challenges we face with China's rise in the world.
This session was part of a CFR symposium, China 2025, which was cosponsored with the Project 2049 Institute.
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October 19, 2009
Video
Watch experts as they examine China's future global outlook.
This session was part of a CFR symposium, China 2025, which was cosponsored with the Project 2049 Institute.
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October 19, 2009
Audio
Listen to experts as they examine China's future global outlook.
This session was part of a CFR symposium, China 2025, which was cosponsored with the Project 2049 Institute.
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October 19, 2009
Video
Watch Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for east Asia and pacific affairs, provide a glimpse into potential futures of the U.S.-China relationship in 2025.
This session was part of a CFR symposium, China 2025, which was cosponsored with the Project 2049 Institute.
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October 19, 2009
Audio
Listen to Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for east Asia and pacific affairs, provide a glimpse into potential futures of the U.S.-China relationship in 2025.
This session was part of a CFR symposium, China 2025, which was cosponsored with the Project 2049 Institute.
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May 26, 2009
Op-Ed
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
Peter A. Garretson argues that science fiction is an underappreciated tool in grand strategy.
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March 18, 2009
Audio
Listen to Leslie H. Gelb, CFR's president emeritus and board senior fellow, discuss his new book Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy.
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March 13, 2009
Must Read
Cathy Young writes about the Obama administration's approach to U.S.-Russian relations.
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February 26, 2009
Must Read
In pondering the geopolitical landscape three decades from now, Joseph S. Nye, Jr. looks at the forces shaping the world and suggests how the United States might plan for the future.
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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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