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Seminal analysis and inquiries into foreign policy and national security issues chosen by a group of outside experts.
May 5, 2008
| Author: | Ron Moreau |
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In his first interview with a foreign publication since taking office, Pakistan's newly-elected prime minister talks about his plans for the country and his priorities.
See more in Pakistan, Counterterrorism
May 5, 2008
| Author: | Kishore Mahbubani |
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Kishore Mahbubani, dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, writes in an essay that the Chinese view on the protests over Tibet and the Olympic torch is different from that of western leaders. The reality is that virtually all of the Chinese believe that the Western protests have had little to do with human rights, Tibet or Darfur. "Instead, the Chinese think, the West's real motivation is to deny China the triumph it deserves for its enormous successes."
See more in China, Sovereignty
May 5, 2008
| Author: | Christopher Dickey |
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Paris Bureau Chief Christopher Dickey reports on the success of small and highly professional French combat units that have coordinated with military forces from different countries in varying alliances-the kind of fighting Western armies are called on to do more and more. The French do it well and it is key to their growing-perhaps pivotal-role in NATO that has changed dramatically since the end of the cold war.
See more in France, International Organizations
May 1, 2008
| Authors: | Warren P. Strobel Matt Stearns |
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McClatchy analysts ask why Sen. John McCain proposed in a March 2008 foreign policy speech to oust Russia from the G-8.
See more in Russian Fed., U.S. Election 2008
Summer, 2000
| Author: | Peter W. Rodman |
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Peter W. Rodman examines anti-Americanism which has increasingly become a global phenomenon.
See more in Nationalism, Society and Culture
April 23, 2008
| Author: | Robert Kagan |
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Robert Kagan writes that the burgeoning polarization of countries "between democratic governments and autocratic governments will become a dominant feature of the twenty-first-century world."
See more in Global Governance, Society and Culture
April 21, 2008
| Author: | Jason McLure |
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In an interview with Newsweek's Jason McLure, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi discusses Ethiopia's exit plan, its archenemy Eritrea, and its alliance with the United States.
See more in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
April 21, 2008
| Author: | Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International |
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Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria argues that public humiliation does not work nearly as well on the regime in Beijing as private pressure.
See more in China, Nationalism
April 14, 2008
| Authors: | Evan Thomas Pat Wingert |
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Editor-At-Large Evan Thomas and Washington Correspondent Pat Wingert report that to truly tackle the greenhouse effect, will require the one thing from voters that few politicians dare to ask for and fewer achieve: massive public sacrifice. Accomplishing this would require the rhetorical skill of Barack Obama, the tenacity of Hillary Clinton and the courage of John McCain-all combined in one leader.
See more in United States, U.S. Election 2008
April 14, 2008
| Author: | Jerry Adler |
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Senior Editor Jerry Adler reports on where the three U.S. presidential candidates stand on the environment and why some environmental advocacy groups, such as the League of Conservation Voters, which influences mainstream environmental groups, are still undecided on
which candidate to endorse.
See more in United States, Energy/Environment
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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In this POP, Adjunct Fellow Michelle D. Gavin suggests steps the Bush administration could take to promote political and ethnic reconciliation and to restore the viability of Kenya’s governing institutions.
In this paper, Senior Fellow Daniel Markey poses a set of recommendations for the United States to consider in response to Pakistan’s ongoing political crisis.
To address the growing importance of Africa, the Council on Foreign Relations and Foreign Affairs present Beyond Humanitarianism, a collection of recent work that explains underlying trends on the continent and provides an absorbing look at Africa’s emergence as a strategic player on the world stage.
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