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March 6, 2008
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Daily Analysis
Washington worries the new civilian government in Islamabad may put a halt to its plans for increased U.S. military action within Pakistan.
See more in United States, Pakistan, U.S. Strategy and Politics
August 6, 2007
F. Gregory Gause III, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Vermont interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
F. Gregory Gause, a leading Saudi Arabia expert, says the U.S. plan to sell some $20 billion in sophisticated military hardware to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states is part of a concerted effort in Washington to get the Saudis to ease their hard line toward the Iraqi government.
See more in Middle East, Saudi Arabia, U.S. Strategy and Politics
March 7, 2007
Daily Analysis
As China increases its military spending, the Taiwanese president ups the independence ante.
See more in China, Taiwan, Sovereignty
December 19, 2006
| Author: | Charles D. Ferguson, Fellow for Science and Technology |
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Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
See more in Defense Strategy, Intelligence, Weapons of Terrorism
December 2006
Must Read
The GAO identifies weaknesses and recommends improvements for U.S. agencies that deter the illegal export of military products.
November 1, 2006
Backgrounder
The flow of Russian conventional weapons to Iran—notably sophisticated surface-to-air defense missiles—has increased markedly of late, complicating U.S.-led efforts to tamp Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
See more in Russian Fed., Iran
November 1, 2006
Daily Analysis
Closer Russia-Iran ties, as evidenced by their growing conventional arms trade, may complicate efforts to sanction Tehran for its alleged nuclear weapons program at the UN Security Council.
See more in Russian Fed., Iran
July 15, 2006
| Author: | Anthony Cordesmann |
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Must Read
In this Center for Strategic and International Studies brief, Anthony Cordesmann wars that despite significant arms transfers, analysts are overestimating Iran's influence over Hezbollah's latest actions.
March 16, 2006
| Author: | Oliver Sprague |
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Must Read
Oxfam details flaws in the UN arms embargo system that lead to widespread violations. The report urges improved monitoring and verification to combat the problem.
See more in Sanctions, International Organizations
February 24, 2006
George Perkovich, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
George Perkovich, an expert on India’s nuclear program, says the U.S. goal of trying to reach an accommodation with India over its nuclear energy program was a good one. But he says details in the draft accord, now being worked on in advance of President Bush’s arrival in India next week, were “very under-cooked and not well-considered.”
See more in India
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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.
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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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