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April 13, 2008
| Author: | Steve Coll |
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Must Read
Steve Coll of the New America Foundation says political changes in Pakistan and the weakening in al Qaeda may make Osama bin Laden's capture more likely.
See more in Pakistan
February 14, 2008
Mohamad Bazzi, Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Mohamad Bazzi, former Middle East correspondent for Newsday, says evidence suggests Israel’s intelligence agents as the most likely source of the bomb that killed Hezbollah terrorist chief Imad Mugniyah, but other scenarios also are feasible.
See more in Israel, Lebanon, Syria
February 14, 2008
| Author: | Mohamad Bazzi, Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow |
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Article
Newsday
Imad Mughniyeh's killing “was the first major attack against a Hezbollah leader since Israel assassinated the group’s secretary-general in 1992,” reports Mohamad Bazzi.
February 13, 2008
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Backgrounder
Examining the life and tactics of Imad Fayez Mugniyah, the Hezbollah military mastermind killed in Damascus on February 13, 2008. Before 9/11, Mugniyah was said to be responsible for the deaths of more Americans than any other terrorist.
April 27, 2007
Must Read
This Special Report from BBC News provides the newest updated information on the status of al-Qaeda suspects.
See more in Afghanistan, Pakistan
April 6, 2007
Podcast
Michael Scheuer, former head of the CIA unit responsible for tracking Osama bin Laden, discusses al-Qaeda's cadre of new leaders.
See more in Intelligence
March 27, 2007
Podcast
Jarret Brachman, who tracks terrorist ideologies at West Point's Combating Terrorism Center, says al-Qaeda's figureheads are not among the most influential jihadi thinkers.
See more in Intelligence, Terrorism and Technology
March 27, 2007
| Author: | Sudarsan Raghavan |
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Must Read
A Washington Post feature that details how the organization of the 33-year-old Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr functions as an alternative government in Baghdad’s Sadr City, offering jobs and relief where the official government of Iraq does not function.
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July 20, 2006
| Author: | Eben Kaplan, Associate Editor |
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Backgrounder
A profile of Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Hezbollah
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July 18, 2006
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Backgrounder
Chechen separatist Shamil Basayev is one of several rebel leaders to die violently in recent years. His death leaves the future of the movement in doubt.
See more in Chechnya
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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.
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