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April 21, 2008
Allan Gyngell, Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy, Sydney, Australia interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Allan Gyngell, a former Australian diplomat, says there is concern in Australia and East Asia that the next U.S. president might retreat from the United States' support for free trade.
See more in United States, Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, Australasia and the Pacific
April 14, 2008
Andrei Piontkovsky, Executive Director of the Strategic Studies Center, Moscow interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Russian analyst Andrei A. Piontkovsky says the next U.S. president could face a more conciliatory policy from the Kremlin and new Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.
See more in United States, Russian Fed.
April 17, 2008
| Authors: | J. Anthony Holmes, Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies on Africa Sasha Polakow-Suransky, Associate Editor |
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Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
J. Anthony Holmes and Sasha Polakow-Suransky argue that “by denying the crisis in Zimbabwe and perpetuating Mugabe’s egregious misrule, [Mbeki] is more likely to be remembered as the apologist who abandoned his own values.”
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April 16, 2008
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Daily Analysis
As Zimbabwe’s postelection deadlock continues, experts wonder when African leaders will start criticizing their peers.
April 11, 2008
Podcast
Asia expert Robert Templer says Nepal faces numerous challenges as it sets out to abolish monarchy.
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Updated: April 11, 2008
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Daily Analysis
A conservative parliament may provide further impetus to South Korean president to maintain a harder line on Pyongyang.
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April 7, 2008
| Author: | Noah Feldman, Adjunct Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
New York Times Magazine
Noah Feldman discusses what crackdowns and elections in Iraq never quite achieve.
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April 4, 2008
Podcast
Andrew Meldrum, a longtime correspondent in Zimbabwe, discusses President Robert Mugabe’s behind-the-scenes negotiations as he seeks to retain power following March 28 elections.
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March 31, 2008
| Speaker: | Michelle D. Gavin, Adjunct Fellow for Africa, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | J. Anthony Holmes, Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies on Africa, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Listen to CFR Adjunct Fellow for Africa Michelle D. Gavin discuss Zimbabwe's recent presidential and parliamentary elections.
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March 31, 2008
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Daily Analysis
Pakistan’s civilian government has asserted a new policy in dealing with terrorists on its territory, posing challenges for Washington.
See more in United States, Pakistan, Minorities, Diversity and Foreign Policy
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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.
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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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