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May 2, 2008
Podcast
The former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan says the U.S.-led war effort is at a fork in the road.
See more in Afghanistan, Defense Strategy
April 7, 2008
Charles A. Kupchan, Senior Fellow for Europe Studies interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Charles A. Kupchan, professor of international affairs at Georgetown University, says the just-concluded NATO summit illustrates the changes taking place in the alliance, where it will become increasingly difficult to reach agreements on issues.
See more in Georgia, Russian Fed., Ukraine
Updated: April 3, 2008
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Daily Analysis
NATO’s Bucharest agenda is full of thorny transatlantic issues, but the mission in Afghanistan will steal the show.
See more in Afghanistan, International Organizations
April 1, 2008
| Author: | Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Alliance Relations |
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Op-Ed
Huffington Post
Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall notes that, “NATO is actually doing far less than it should be doing. The current pace of operations creates a crisis-like environment in which the urgent crowds out the important.”
See more in NATO, Peacekeeping, Public Diplomacy
March 27, 2008
| Speakers: | James M. Goldgeier, Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow for Transatlantic Relations, Council on Foreign Relations Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Alliance Relations, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Anya Schmemann, Director, Communications and Marketing, Council on Foreign Relations |
Audio
Listen to CFR experts discuss the upcoming NATO summit and NATO operations in Afghanistan.
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February 13, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
“NATO is not on the verge of a decisive loss in Afghanistan,” argues Michael Gerson. “We are either winning slowly or losing slowly. It is just hard to tell which.”
See more in Afghanistan, International Organizations
January/February 2008
| Author: | Ronald D. Asmus |
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Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
Rethinking NATO and European Union enlargement
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December 18, 2007
| Author: | Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Op-Ed
Financial Times
Richard Haass writes that transatlantic cooperation will be less predictable and more selective in future.
See more in United States, Europe/Russia
April 2007
| Authors: | Sascha Lange Oliver Thranert |
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Must Read
The United States' plan to place parts of its Missile Defense System in European countries, pursuant to bilateral agreements, has triggered a major political controversy in Germany. Sascha Lange and Oliver Thranert attempt to answer some of the more technical questions.
See more in Europe/Russia, Defense Policy & Budget
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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.
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.
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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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