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May 5, 2008
| Author: | Ron Moreau |
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Must Read
In his first interview with a foreign publication since taking office, Pakistan's newly-elected prime minister talks about his plans for the country and his priorities.
See more in Pakistan
April 17, 2008
| Author: | Daniel L. Byman, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution |
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Other Report
Daniel Byman traveled to Israel and Jordan in March -- a time of crisis in the Middle East. During Byman's trip, Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets against the Israeli cities of Sderot and Ashkelon, an attack occurred in the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva in Jerusalem, and Israel took retaliatory measures in the Gaza Strip. In both Israel and Jordan, Byman found that the predominant mood was one of frustration and gloom. Israelis felt trapped between their sense that inaction would encourage more violence and their recognition that the military and political options looked unpromising. Jordanians fretted that the Israeli reaction to the violence would strengthen the radicals politically.
See more in Middle East, Terrorism, U.S. Strategy and Politics, Presidency
Updated: April 8, 2008
| Authors: | Lionel Beehner Preeti Bhattacharji |
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Backgrounder
Since its creation in 2001, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has risen in regional prominence and prompted Iran to submit a controversial bid to join the group.
See more in Central Asia, China, Russian Fed., Iran, Business & Foreign Policy, Trade
November/December 2007
| Author: | Philip Gordon |
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Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
It can, but only if U.S. officials start to think clearly about what success in the war on terror would actually look like. Victory will come only when Washington succeeds in discrediting the terrorists' ideology and undermining their support. These achievements, in turn, will require accepting that the terrorist threat can never be eradicated completely and that acting as though it can will only make it worse.
October 9, 2007
| Author: | Dana Dillon |
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Must Read
This report examines how improved integration of skilled U.S. civilians can improve nation building and counter-insurgency efforts.
See more in Afghanistan, Iraq, International Peace and Security, Terrorism
August 27, 2007
Noah Feldman, Adjunct Senior Fellow interviewed by Lee Hudson Teslik, Assistant Editor
Interview
CFR’s Noah Feldman says outgoing U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales harmed the Department of Justice, especially abroad, by allowing it to become increasingly politicized.
See more in United States, Intelligence
Updated: August, 28, 2007
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Daily Analysis
The departure of U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales highlights pressing questions about the Justice Department’s role in U.S. counterterrorism efforts.
See more in United States, Intelligence
August 6, 2007
Daily Analysis
European efforts to create a common counterterrorism policy continue in fits and starts, with some fearing an erosion of civil rights, and others an uncoordinated system that opens the way for tragedy.
See more in Europe/Russia, Terrorism
July 25, 2007
Podcast
Michael Jacobson, Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, explains that Europe’s counterterrorism efforts are uneven, despite recent terrorist attempts.
See more in Europe/Russia, Terrorism
July 24, 2007
| Authors: | Daniel Benjamin, Senior Fellow in the International Security Program, Center for Strategic & International Studies Steven Simon, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies |
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Op-Ed
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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.
Iraq War (5/3): Max Boot argues that the increase in casualties could be a sign that tough combat is under way that will lead to the enemy’s defeat, in the Wall Street Journal.
U.S. Economy (5/2): Amity Shlaes criticizes Hillary Clinton’s plan to implement a windfall oil tax, on Bloomberg.com.
Food Crisis (5/1): Gene Sperling warns that one of the casualties of the food crisis will be the schooling of the world’s poorest children, on Bloomberg.com.
Three-Front War (4/30): Michael Gerson argues that a decent outcome in Iraq would be considerably devalued if counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan stall, 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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