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April 25, 2008
| Author: | Mohamad Bazzi, Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow |
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Op-Ed
The National Newspaper
Hamas had a historic opportunity this week. By sending Carter home essentially empty-handed, Hamas allowed Israel and the Bush Administration to declare his mission a failure—and squandered a crucial opening, says Mohamad Bazzi.
See more in Iran, Israel, Syria
April 21, 2008
| Author: | Holly Fletcher |
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Backgrounder
A profile of the domestic left-wing and right-wing extremists that operate in the U.S.
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Updated: April 18, 2008
| Author: | Jayshree Bajoria, Staff Writer |
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Backgrounder
A profile of the international terrorist network that the United States has singled out as the most serious threat to U.S. security.
Updated: April 18, 2008
| Author: | Holly Fletcher |
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Backgrounder
A profile of the militant Iranian anti-government group.
See more in Iran
April 10, 2008
| Author: | Holly Fletcher |
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Backgrounder
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad is an Iranian-inspired Islamic militant group that aims to derail the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and eliminate Israel from the region.
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority
April 2, 2008
| Author: | Holly Fletcher |
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Backgrounder
The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade is a secular network of Palestinian militias aligned with Fatah that engages in sporadic violence against Israel.
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority
March 12, 2008
| Author: | Holly Fletcher |
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Backgrounder
A profile of the Muslim separatist group based in the Xinjiang province in northwest China.
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March 11, 2008
| Author: | Stephanie Hanson, News Editor |
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Backgrounder
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN) are Colombia's two predominant rebel groups. While both have been depleted in recent years, they remain destabilizing forces.
See more in South America, Colombia, Andean Region
March 5, 2008
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Daily Analysis
A Colombian incursion into Ecuador sparks a regional diplomatic crisis at a time of increased arms spending across South America.
See more in Colombia, South America, Venezuela
March 5, 2008
Francisco R. Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Economics and Latin American Studies, Wesleyan University interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Francisco R. Rodriguez, an expert on Venezuelan affairs, says the show of force by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez after the Colombian incursion into Ecuador is an attempt to bolster his declining popularity at home.
See more in Colombia, South America, Venezuela, Defense/Homeland Security
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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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