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May 6, 2008
| Author: | Bruce O. Riedel, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution |
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Must Read
The Brookings Institution's Bruce Riedel lays out a new U.S. policy agenda toward Pakistan for the next president. He says the United States has failed democratic forces in Pakistan, and must change course in order to better support the country on its "torturous path to democracy." He also says the United States must "greatly intensify efforts to ensure the security of Pakistan's weapons arsenal."
See more in U.S. Election 2008
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 Afghanistan, Defense/Homeland Security, Border and Ports
May 5, 2008
| Author: | Ron Moreau |
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Must Read
In his first interview with a foreign publication since taking office, Pakistan's newly-elected prime minister talks about his plans for the country and his priorities.
See more in Counterterrorism
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?
See more in Afghanistan, Iraq
April 2008
Essential Documents
Report
See more in United States, Terrorism
April 15, 2008
Essential Documents
Statement
April 13, 2008
| Author: | Steve Coll |
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Must Read
Steve Coll of the New America Foundation says political changes in Pakistan and the weakening in al Qaeda may make Osama bin Laden's capture more likely.
See more in Terrorist Leaders
March 31, 2008
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Daily Analysis
Pakistan’s civilian government has asserted a new policy in dealing with terrorists on its territory, posing challenges for Washington.
See more in United States, Elections, Minorities, Diversity and Foreign Policy
March 30, 2008
| Author: | Nicholas Schmidle |
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Must Read
The United States has struggled to devise an effective counterinsurgency strategy in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Nicholas Schmidle writes.
See more in International Peace and Security
February 22, 2008
| Author: | Husain Haqqani |
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Must Read
Husain Haqqani explains how the newly elected Pakistani government's platform of social reform differs from Pervez Musharraf's on-going goal of fighting extremists. "Pakistan is a nation in need of healing," writes Haqqani, adding that the courage citizens demonstrated by voting may signal that Pakistan is about to embark on a more constitutional governance.
See more in Elections, Nation Building
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Responsibility to Protect (5/15): Stewart Patrick urges the U.S., Britain, and France to submit a U.N. resolution insisting on immediate humanitarian access in Burma, in the Baltimore Sun.
Global Health (5/14): Michael Gerson urges the Senate to reauthorize PEPFAR, in the Washington Post.
Iraq War (5/13): Max Boot analyzes the habit of U.S. generals passing the buck when it comes to the failures in Iraq, in the Washington Post.
Burma (5/13): Ivo Daalder and Paul Stares argue that the United Nations must invoke its “responsibility to protect” clause and intervene in Burma, in the Boston Globe.
Mideast (5/13): Mohamad Bazzi urges the U.S. to focus its efforts on restoring Israeli-Syrian negotiations, in Newsweek.
U.S. Presidential Election (5/9): Michael Gerson looks at the sticking points of the “Obama narrative,” in the Washington Post.
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.
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 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.
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