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Updated: September 30, 2008
Experts debate the degree to which opening more federal lands and waters to drilling will improve U.S. energy security.
See more in United States, Energy Security
Updated: July 3, 2008
Sara Banaszak of the American Petroleum Institute and Morgan Gray of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming debate whether opening restricted federal lands and waters will have any effect on the continuing rise in the price of oil.
See more in United States, Economics, Energy, Natural Resources Management
Updated: May 27, 2008
CFR Senior Fellow Stewart M. Patrick and Steven Groves of the Heritage Foundation debate the merits of supporting the Responsibility to Protect doctrine.
See more in International Law, Sovereignty, Humanitarian Intervention
Updated: May 9, 2008
Two CFR experts on the war, Max Boot, senior fellow for national security studies, and Steven Simon, senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies, debate whether the surge has put Iraq on the path to success.
See more in Iraq, Defense/Homeland Security, Wars and Warfare
Updated: May 2, 2008
Two Mideast experts weigh the merits of isolating or engaging the terrorist group.
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority, International Peace and Security
Updated: April 18, 2008
Two experts discuss how the United States should confront shifts in global political power in the 21st century.
See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics, Grand Strategy
Updated: April 4, 2008
Robert Scott of the Economic Policy Institute and Daniel Ikenson of the Cato Institute debate how the next U.S. president should deal with China on trade.
See more in North America, China, Trade
Updated: March 18, 2008
Jeffrey J. Schott, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and Thea M. Lee, policy director for the AFL-CIO, debate what the next president should do on the North American Free Trade Agreement.
See more in NAFTA, Labor, Trade
Updated: February 29, 2008
Ted Galen Carpenter of the Cato Institute and James Phillips of the Heritage Foundation debate the merits of withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq.
See more in Iraq, Defense Strategy, Wars and Warfare
Updated: February 15, 2008
Craig Cohen of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Col. Garland H. Williams of the Army Management Staff College debate who should lead the United States’ post-conflict reconstruction efforts, the military or civilians.
See more in Nation Building, U.S. Strategy and Politics
Explore international efforts to curb nuclear proliferation with a new interactive from CFR's program on International Institutions and Global Governance.
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In War of Necessity, War of Choice, Richard N. Haass contrasts the decisions that shaped the conduct of two wars between the United States and Iraq involving the two presidents Bush and Saddam Hussein, and writes an authoritative, personal account of how U.S. foreign policy is made, what it should seek, and how it should be pursued.
In Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Julia E. Sweig presents a remarkably accessible portrait of Cuba’s unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years, including its internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.
As Ray Takeyh shows in Guardians of the Revolution, behind the famous personalities and extremist slogans of Iran is a nation that is far more pragmatic—and complex—than many in the West have been led to believe.
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This report finds that nuclear weapons will remain a fundamental element of U.S. national security in the near term, and makes recommendations on how to ensure the safety, security, and reliability of the U.S. deterrent nuclear force, prevent nuclear terrorism, and strengthen the nuclear nonproliferation regime.
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The Canadian oil sands present an important challenge to policymakers: they promise energy security benefits but present climate change problems. Michael A. Levi assesses the energy security and climate change effects of the oil sands and makes recommendations for U.S. policymakers within the context of broader bilateral relations with Canada.
This report explores an important element of the maritime policy regime: the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Author Scott G. Borgerson examines the international negotiations that led to the convention, the history of debates in the United States over whether to join it, and the strategic importance of the oceans for U.S. foreign policy today.
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