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Published opinions and arguments by CFR fellows and experts.
May 7, 2008
| Author: | Mohamad Bazzi, Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow |
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The National
Mohammad Bazzi explains why Washinton and the Maliki government should should change the draft election law and keep relations with Muqtada al-Sadr.
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Society and Culture
May 7, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Washington Post
Michael J. Gerson debunks the myth of a Republican “war on science” and discusses the moral politics of science and law.
See more in United States, Health, Science, and Technology, U.S. Strategy and Politics
May 5, 2008
| Author: | Sebastian Mallaby, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics |
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Washington Post
Of all the strange features of this presidential race, the tarnishing of Barack Obama has got to be the most ridiculous. In this Washington Post op-ed, Sebastian Mallaby writes that the Obama-Wright "revelations" are really a revelation about our political culture: About its failure to distinguish the important from the trivial and about the inevitability that the race card will eventually be played against a black candidate.
See more in U.S. Election 2008
May 3, 2008
| Author: | Max Boot, Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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Wall Street Journal
April was still one of the lighter-casualty months during the long war in Iraq. It could be a sign that tough combat is under way that will lead to the enemy’s defeat and the creation of a more peaceful environment in the future, says Max Boot.
See more in United States, Iraq, U.S. Strategy and Politics
May 2, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Washington Post
In the past few weeks Barack Obama has learned the political perils of condescension, argues Michael Gerson.
See more in U.S. Election 2008
May 2, 2008
| Author: | Amity Shlaes, Senior Fellow for Economic History |
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Bloomberg
“Jimmy Carter’s in the news again. The former president wants a windfall-profits tax. No wait, he wants America to recognize Hamas. Hillary Clinton is the one who wants a windfall-profits tax,” says Amity Shlaes.
See more in U.S. Election 2008
May 1, 2008
| Author: | Gene B. Sperling, Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and Director of the Center for Universal Education |
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Bloomberg.com
Gene B. Sperling explains why “we need to provide more food aid and we need to make sure it is delivered in a way that continues to strengthen school-feeding programs.”
See more in International Organizations, Refugees and the Displaced, Society and Culture
April 30, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Washington Post
Michael Gerson asks: is America treating these related insurgencies with sufficient seriousness?
See more in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq
April 28, 2008
| Author: | Laurie Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health |
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Huffington Post
Laurie Garrett discusses the confluence of health crises, including bird flu, climate changes and energy and food costs, in Bangladesh.
See more in Bangladesh, Global Health
April 27, 2008
| Author: | Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow |
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New York Times
Leslie H. Gelb reviews Aram Roston's new book, “The Man Who Pushed America to War,” about Ahmad Chalabi.
See more in United States, Iraq, Foreign Policy History
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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