Home |
Site Index |
FAQs |
Contact |
RSS
|
Podcast
home > by region
July 4, 2008
| Author: |
|---|
Daily Analysis
Three waves of agricultural strikes and surging inflation threaten to make a lame duck of Argentina's new president.
See more in South America, Argentina, Economics
July 3, 2008
| Speakers: | Michael A. Levi, Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment and Project Director of the Independent Task Force on Climate Change, Council On Foreign Relations Sebastian Mallaby, , Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow For International Economics and Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
|---|
Transcript
A CFR confrence call on climate change and the upcoming G-8 Summit.
See more in Canada, United States, Japan, Europe/Russia, EU, Economics, Energy/Environment, Climate Change
Updated: July 2, 2008
| Authors: | Eben Kaplan, Associate Editor Greg Bruno, Staff Writer |
|---|
Backgrounder
Though toppled from power in Kabul in 2001, the Taliban has become a resilient force active on two fronts—in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
See more in Afghanistan, Terrorist Organizations
July 2, 2008
| Author: |
|---|
Daily Analysis
Iraq says it wants to sell oil contracts to foreign energy firms. The potential impact on energy markets could be large, but practical and political obstacles still prevent rapid production increases.
See more in United States, Iraq, Trade, Energy, Natural Resources Management, Foreign Aid
July 2, 2008
| Author: | Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies |
|---|
Op-Ed
Washington Independent
Colombia’s role in the War on Drugs and its potential as a free trade partner makes it a lucrative part of John McCain’s foreign policy, writes Julia Sweig.
See more in Colombia
July 2, 2008
Stephen R. Sestanovich, George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Stephen Sestanovich, CFR's top Russia expert, says that after two months as Russia's new president, Dmitri Medvedev "has not replaced Putin as president. He's only assumed the title."
See more in Russian Fed., Business & Foreign Policy, Economic Development, Society and Culture
June 2008
Essential Documents
Report
See more in Afghanistan, Defense Strategy
June 2008
Essential Documents
Report
See more in Afghanistan, Nation Building
July 1, 2008
Podcast
Kahlil Byrd, cofounder of the African Public Broadcasting Foundation, discusses the potential for building robust broadcast media in sub-Saharan Africa.
See more in Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Democracy and Human Rights, Society and Culture
July 1, 2008
Don Oberdorfer, Chairman of the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Don Oberdorfer, an expert on the two Koreas, says the recent street protests ostensibly against the import of U.S. beef are much more political protests against the new conservative government in Seoul.
See more in United States, Northeast Asia, North Korea, South Korea, Trade, Public Health Threats, U.S. Strategy and Politics
The Council offers a variety of email newsletters about up-to-date CFR.org material on what’s happening around the world.
Enter your email address,and click 'Go' to subscribe.
Council Experts are based in the Council’s New York and Washington offices. Each expert's bio page contains his or her contact information, professional and educational history, links to publications and current research, a downloadable one-page biographical narrative, and a high-definition photo.
Latin America (7/3): Julia Sweig looks at why Colombia is a lucrative part of John McCain’s foreign policy, in the Washington Independent.
U.S. Foreign Policy (7/2): James Goldgeier and Derek Chollet look at the schism among Republicans about the future direction of U.S. foreign policy, in National Interest.
Trade (7/2): Jagdish Bhagwati argues that Free Trade Agreements must be placed on moratorium, in the New York Sun.
Diplomacy (6/30): Walter Russell Mead argues that closer ties between Australia and Canada would bring substantial benefits to both, in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Economics (6/30): Sebastian Mallaby discusses oil futures and the folly of price controls, in the Washington Post.
U.S. Politics and Religion (6/27): Michael Gerson argues that the issue of abortion is Obama’s greatest obstacle to securing support from evangelicals, in the Washington Post.
After two decades of liberalization, many countries around the world are adopting new restrictions on foreign direct investment (FDI) that could retard continued progress. The authors make recommendations for correcting this protectionist drift by proposing guidelines for how countries can better regulate FDI yet still reap its economic benefits.
In this Council Special Report, the authors make a strong case that the Bush administration’s policy of diplomatic isolation of Syria is not serving U.S. interests, and offer informed history and thoughtful analysis of the country and its external behavior.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
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.
Complete list of CFR Books.
Copyright 2008 by the Council on Foreign Relations. All Rights Reserved.
