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May 5, 2008
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Daily Analysis
Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan from safe havens across the border in Pakistan increase amid Islamabad's efforts to strike peace with militants.
See more in Pakistan, Defense/Homeland Security, Border and Ports
May 2, 2008
Podcast
The former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan says the U.S.-led war effort is at a fork in the road.
See more in Defense Strategy, NATO
April 30, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson asks: is America treating these related insurgencies with sufficient seriousness?
April 25, 2008
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Daily Analysis
The promotion of General Petraeus to Centcom chief could have profound implications for Washington's long-term strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan.
See more in United States, Iraq, Defense Strategy
April 15, 2008
Anwar-ul-Haq Ahadi, Minster of Finance, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan interviewed by Greg Bruno, Staff Writer
Interview
Afghan Finance Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Ahadi says security and development could lead to a boom in his country’s natural resource sector.
See more in Nation Building, Economic Development, International Peace and Security
April 14, 2008
Podcast
Rory Stewart, chief executive of the Turquoise Mountain Foundation in Kabul, says the international community needs to target resources better in the country.
See more in Nation Building, Civil Reconstruction
Updated: April 3, 2008
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Daily Analysis
NATO’s Bucharest agenda is full of thorny transatlantic issues, but the mission in Afghanistan will steal the show.
See more in NATO, International Organizations
March 27, 2008
| Speakers: | James M. Goldgeier, Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow for Transatlantic Relations, Council on Foreign Relations Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Alliance Relations, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Anya Schmemann, Director, Communications and Marketing, Council on Foreign Relations |
Audio
Listen to CFR experts discuss the upcoming NATO summit and NATO operations in Afghanistan.
See more in NATO
March 10, 2008
| Author: | Matthew Cole |
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Must Read
In a secret meeting with a Taliban commander, the author Matthew Cole learned how Bush administration aid to Pakistan helps fund insurgents who kill U.S. troops.
See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics
March 6, 2008
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Essential Documents
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton made this statement on Afghanistan on March 6, 2008.
See more in United States, U.S. Election 2008
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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.
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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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