August 29, 2008
Backgrounder
With oil supplies tighter than ever, regions most vulnerable to oil supply disruptions present a significant concern.
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August 28, 2008
Podcast
The Democratic congresswoman from New Hampshire and member of the House Armed Services Committee speaks from the Democratic National Convention about foreign policy challenges facing the United States.
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August 2008
Essential Documents
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August 28, 2008
Interview
CFR.org interviews representatives of the foreign press corps at the Democratic National Convention about what issues appeal to their home audiences.
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September/October 2008
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
The next administration must learn from Bush's mistakes, but should not shy away from using U.S. power to promote American values.
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September/October 2008
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
The key to a successful foreign policy in Latin America will be focusing on four critical issues -- Cuba, immigration, trade, and the "two lefts."
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September/October 2008
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
A culture of fear has supplanted the traditional U.S. culture of hope. By returning to hope, the United States can regain the standing it has lost.
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Updated: August 28, 2008
Daily Analysis
Russia has emerged as a policy issue in the presidential campaign, adding to a list of top-tier issues including energy policy, Iran, and Iraq.
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August 2008
Essential Documents
National Strategy
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2008
Must Read
In this paper commissioned by the Better World Campaign, Lorne Craner of the International Republican Institute and Kenneth Wollack of the National Democratic Institute make policy recommendations for the next U.S. president on democracy promotion.
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The New York Times Book Review calls Julia Sweig’s new book Friendly Fire a “sweeping and pungent review of abrasive American foreign policies.”
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Democratic Convention (8/27): Michael Gerson argues that Barack Obama should use this historic moment to address America's divisions, in the Washington Post.
Presidential Campaign (8/27): Amity Shlaes writes that in America, politics is a contest between hope and fear, on Bloomberg.com.
China (8/25): Max Boot argues that Eastern European countries can deter aggression from Russia by bolstering their defense spending, in the Wall Street Journal.
Democracy Promotion (8/22): James Goldgeier and Derek Chollet point out that an agenda of promoting democracy is facing more and more resistance from both sides of the aisle, in the Huffington Post.
China (8/21): Jerome Cohen writes that the Olympics have shed light on many negatives about the Chinese government, in the South China Morning Post.
This report outlines the nature of the challenges in Pakistan's tribal areas, formulates strategies for addressing those challenges, and distills the strategies into realistic policy proposals worthy of consideration by the incoming administration.
This report analyzes the debate over U.S. use of assurances against torture, explaining the contexts in which they are used, how they can be conveyed, and what they can contain, and recommends a number of ways to respond to criticism so that the United States can continue using assurances.
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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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