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March 2008
Essential Documents
National Strategy
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May/June 2008
| Author: | Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
The United States' unipolar moment is over. International relations in the twenty-first century will be defined by nonpolarity.
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April 15, 2008
News Release
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Updated: April 18, 2008
Online Debate
Two experts discuss how the United States should confront shifts in global political power in the 21st century.
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February 26, 2008
| Authors: | Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies John D. Podesta Lawrence J. Korb, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Ray Takeyh, John D. Podesta and Lawrence J. Korb argue that “the strategic necessities of ending the war have never been more compelling.”
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, U.S. Election 2008
Updated: January 4, 2008
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Daily Analysis
Iowa caucus victories for Democrat Barak Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee reshuffle some analysts' assumptions about Campaign 2008.
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January 2, 2008
| Author: | Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Op-Ed
The National Interest
CFR President Richard N. Haass examines the global challenges facing the next U.S. president and advocates an interest-based approach to foreign policy.
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January/February 2008
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Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
The United States needs a foreign policy that is based on reality and is loyal to American values. The next U.S. president needs to send a clear signal to the world that America has turned the corner and will once again be a leader rather than a unilateralist loner. Getting out of Iraq and restoring our reputation are necessary first steps toward a new strategy of U.S. global engagement and leadership.
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January/February 2008
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Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
The Bush administration's arrogant bunker mentality has been counterproductive at home and abroad. American foreign policy needs to change its tone and attitude, open up, and reach out. In particular, it should focus on eliminating Islamist terrorists, stabilizing Iraq, containing Iran, and toughening its stance with Pakistan.
See more in Terrorism, U.S. Election 2008
November 6, 2007
| Author: | CSIS Commission on Smart Power |
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Must Read
CSIS Commission on Smart Power, launched in 2006, develops a vision to guide America's global engagement in this report.
See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2008
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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.
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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