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As President Obama embarks on a trip to Asia, CFR Senior Fellow Evan Feigenbaum says the president must express U.S. commitment to free trade and drive the agenda for greater trade liberalization in the region. Read more
Media Conference Call Audio, Transcript: Evan Feigenbaum, Joshua Kurlantzick, and Sheila Smith discuss the security and economic issues that will dominate the president's agenda while in Asia.
Expert Brief: "China's Role in the New Era of Engagement" by Stewart Patrick
Op-ed:"America Risks Being Left Behind in Asia" by Evan Feigenbaum (Financial Times)
Interview with Sheila Smith, Joshua Kurlantzick, Elizabeth Economy, and Scott Snyder on the president's policy agenda while in Asia
Op-ed: "Reshaping an Asian Partnership" by Sheila Smith (Washington Post)
Council Special Report: The United States in the New Asia by Evan Feigenbaum
CFR experts on China, Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia
As U.S. policy toward Israeli-Palestinian talks is under increased scrutiny, Middle East expert Rob Malley calls for rethinking those negotiations to address the concerns of Palestinian refugees and Israel’s right wing. Read more
Gwertzman Interview: "In Lebanon - New Government, Old Politics" with Mohamad Bazzi
Op-ed: "Dazed and Confused" by Elliott Abrams (National Review)
Interactive: Crisis Guide - The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Op-ed: "Lebanon’s Lesson- The Government is No Place for Sects" by Mohamad Bazzi (National)
Gwertzman Interview: "The Tragedy of Palestinian Divisions" with Rashid Khalidi
Book: Start-Up Nation - The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle by Dan Senor
Op-ed: "Next, Locusts?" by Elliott Abrams (Weekly Standard)
Book: Forces of Fortune -The Rise of the New Muslim Middle Class and What It Will Mean for Our World by Vali Nasr
CFR experts on the Middle East
Ahead of the Copenhagen climate conference, experts gathered at a CFR symposium say even if U.S. strategy isn't fully worked out, the conference will be an important platform for awareness about climate change. Read, watch more
Symposium Session One Transcript, Audio, Video: "Copenhagen in a Global Context" with Atul Arya, chief adviser for energy and climate policy at BP, Jose Goldemberg, Brazil's former environment secretary, and Sun Guoshun, first secretary at the Chinese Embassy
Session Two Transcript, Audio, Video: "Connecting Domestic and International Action," keynote by Congressman Edward Markey, chair of the House Energy and Environment Subcommittee
Foreign Affairs: "Copenhagen's Inconvenient Truth - How to Salvage the Climate Conference" by Michael Levi
Interactive: Crisis Guide - Climate Change
Foreign Affairs: "The Low Carbon Diet - How the Market Can Curb Climate Change" by Joel Kurtzman
Interview: "Copenhagen's Conundrum" with Michael Levi
Independent Task Force Report: Confronting Climate Change - A Strategy for U.S. Foreign Policy by Michael Levi, George Pataki, and David Victor
CFR experts on Energy/Environment
The recession has added fuel to the debate over skilled-worker visas, including a recent congressional effort to create stricter rules. CFR's Jagdish Bhagwati says the United States should be welcoming skilled workers and other immigrants. Read more
Independent Task Force Report: U.S. Immigration Policy by Edward Alden, Jeb Bush, and Thomas McLarty
Op-ed: "Losing America's Secret Weapon" by Edward Alden (Forbes Online)
Interview: "Hurdles Remain on Immigration Reform" with Jeb Bush
Op-ed: "A Bipartisan Blueprint for Immigration Reform" by Edward Alden, Jeb Bush, and Thomas McLarty (Los Angeles Times)
Book: The Closing of the American Border - Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9/11, by Edward Alden
CFR experts on Immigration
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U.S. Strategy (11/18): Marisa Porges considers the "unorthodox" solution of rehabilitation for Guantanamo detainees, in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Law (11/17): Steven Simon writes in favor of trying Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in New York federal courts, in the New York Times.
Israel (11/16): Steven Cook asks if Palestinian leadership is going to use violence against Israel to strengthen domestic support, in The New Republic.Terrorism (11/15): Thomas Lippman reviews book written by Osama bin Laden’s first wife and son, in the Washington Post.Japan (11/12): Sheila Smith writes on Obama's trip to Asia, in the Washington Post.Nigeria (11/12): John Campbell considers efforts to reform Nigeria's oil and gas industry, on the GlobalPost.
History (11/12): Ray Takeyh considers Vietnam’s lesson in Afghanistan, in the Boston Globe.
Pakistan (11/12): Daniel Markey assesses Pakistani partnerships with the U.S., in the National Bureau of Asian Research.
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