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May 13, 2008
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Daily Analysis
Experts warn of a humanitarian tragedy in Myanmar, but the country's government continues to block widespread access for aid workers.
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May 13, 2008
Laurie Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health interviewed by Jayshree Bajoria, Staff Writer
Interview
CFR's Laurie Garrett says if Myanmar's regime continues to restrict access to aid workers, the carnage from the cyclone will exceed that of the tsunami.
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May 13, 2008
| Authors: | Ivo H. Daalder Paul Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action |
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Op-Ed
The Boston Globe
In response to the devastating typhoon that has ravaged Burma, Ivo Daalder and Paul Stares argue that the UN must invoke its “responsibility to protect” clause and intervene.
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Updated: May 12, 2008
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Daily Analysis
Myanmar's disaster is compounded by its government, which appears to be restricting aid for political reasons.
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February 1, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson explains how “at least five former high-level Bush administration officials are deeply disillusioned with the current policy on North Korea.”
See more in North Korea, Weapons of Mass Destruction
October 11, 2007
| Author: | Stephanie Hanson, News Editor |
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Backgrounder
An increasingly chaotic political situation in Darfur may require a more inclusive round of negotiations than currently envisioned.
See more in Sudan, International Organizations, International Peace and Security, Peacemaking
Updated: August 22, 2007
Daily Analysis
An expanded role for the UN in Iraq could aid efforts to reach political consensus, but some UN officials and American policymakers remain skeptical.
See more in Iraq, Defense Strategy, International Organizations
August 10, 2007
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
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July 2007
| Speaker: | Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Coeditor, Beyond Humanitarianism |
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Audio
Listen to Princeton N. Lyman, the Council's adjunct senior fellow for Africa policy studies, read from the newest CFR book, Beyond Humanitarianism, a compilation of Council work on Africa.
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June 12, 2007
| Speaker: | Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights |
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Transcript
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour discusses the functioning of her office within the United Nations and how it is working to prevent mass atrocities.
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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.
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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