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April 17, 2008
| Authors: | J. Anthony Holmes, Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies on Africa Sasha Polakow-Suransky, Associate Editor |
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Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
J. Anthony Holmes and Sasha Polakow-Suransky argue that “by denying the crisis in Zimbabwe and perpetuating Mugabe’s egregious misrule, [Mbeki] is more likely to be remembered as the apologist who abandoned his own values.”
See more in Zimbabwe, Elections
November 16, 2007
Podcast
Robert Schrire, head of the political science department at the University of Cape Town, discusses South Africa's foreign policy under President Thabo Mbeki.
See more in Southern Africa, Zimbabwe, Democracy and Human Rights, Elections, International Organizations, International Peace and Security, Refugees and the Displaced
November 15, 2007
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Daily Analysis
South African President Thabo Mbeki has pursued an ambitious foreign policy agenda. But many remain disappointed with South Africa’s unwillingness to challenge the status quo in African trouble spots.
See more in Southern Africa, African Union, NEPAD, Global Governance, International Organizations
Updated: April 13, 2007
Online Debate
Francis Kornegay, senior researcher at the Center for Policy Studies in Johannesburg, and Tom Wheeler, research fellow at the South African Institute of International Affairs, debate whether South Africa is living up to its responsibility as Africa’s leader.
See more in Democracy and Human Rights
November/December 2005
| Author: | Jeffrey Herbst |
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Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
Despite remarkable progress since the end of apartheid, South Africa today is badly wracked by AIDS and severe wealth inequalities, with a leadership still fixated on racial struggle. After more than a decade in power, the ANC has yet to reconcile its various ambitions: curbing racism, promoting political participation, and advancing the interests of all South Africans.
See more in Society and Culture
April 1, 2004
| Author: | Max Boot, Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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Op-Ed
Los Angeles Times
March 22, 2004
| Author: | Max Boot, Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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Article
Weekly Standard
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Iraq (5/8): Mohamad Bazzi urges the U.S. and Iraqi governments not to exclude Muqtada al-Sadr from the political process, in The National.
Campaign 2008 (5/5): It would be a travesty if Obama’s campaign gets knocked off course because of his former preacher, writes Sebastian Mallaby in the Washington Post.
Iraq War (5/3): Max Boot argues that the increase in casualties could be a sign that tough combat is under way that will lead to the enemy’s defeat, in the Wall Street Journal.
U.S. Economy (5/2): Amity Shlaes criticizes Hillary Clinton’s plan to implement a windfall oil tax, on Bloomberg.com.
Food Crisis (5/1): Gene Sperling warns that one of the casualties of the food crisis will be the schooling of the world’s poorest children, on Bloomberg.com.
Three-Front War (4/30): Michael Gerson argues that a decent outcome in Iraq would be considerably devalued if counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan stall, in the Washington Post.
Climate change poses threats to national security in a number of ways. In this report, sponsored by the Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Joshua W. Busby offers specific recommendations for confronting this important issue, including a list of "no-regrets" policies.
This report, by International Affairs Fellow Michelle D. Gavin and sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, surveys the current situation in Zimbabwe and proposes steps that can increase the likelihood that regime change, when it comes, will bring constructive reform instead of conflict and state collapse.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
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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