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May 14, 2008
Josef Joffe, Publisher-Editor, Die Zeit interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Josef Joffe, an expert on European and U.S. politics, notes unparalleled European interest in the U.S. presidential campaigns—and unrealistic expectations as well.
See more in United States, Media and Foreign Policy
May 12, 2008
| Author: | Owen Matthews |
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Must Read
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to Newsweek's Owen Matthews about Islam, modernity and Turkey's role in Israel-Syria communications
May 5, 2008
| Author: | Christopher Dickey |
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Must Read
Paris Bureau Chief Christopher Dickey reports on the success of small and highly professional French combat units that have coordinated with military forces from different countries in varying alliances-the kind of fighting Western armies are called on to do more and more. The French do it well and it is key to their growing-perhaps pivotal-role in NATO that has changed dramatically since the end of the cold war.
See more in France, International Organizations
May 2, 2008
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and The Economist.
See more in Russian Fed., EU, U.S. Election 2008
May 1, 2008
| Authors: | Warren P. Strobel Matt Stearns |
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Must Read
McClatchy analysts ask why Sen. John McCain proposed in a March 2008 foreign policy speech to oust Russia from the G-8.
See more in Russian Fed., U.S. Election 2008
April 25, 2008
Elizabeth Fuller, Analyst, Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Elizabeth Fuller, an expert on Georgian affairs, says Russia may be promoting joint states as a solution to some frozen conflicts in its sphere of influence.
See more in Georgia, Russian Fed., Sovereignty
April 25, 2008
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Daily Analysis
Russia stirs concern with gestures toward two Georgian breakaway provinces. Moscow’s moves follow Kosovo’s secession and NATO expansion promises.
See more in Georgia, Russian Fed., Kosovo, NATO
April 25, 2008
Issue Tracker
The next U.S. president will have to confront a deteriorating U.S.-Russia relationship.
See more in Russian Fed., U.S. Election 2008
April 25, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
International institutions are desperately needed and woefully ineffective, argues Michael Gerson.
See more in NATO, U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2008
April 23, 2008
| Speaker: | Pierre Hassner, Emeritus Research Director, Centre D'etudes et de Recherches Internationales |
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| Presider: | James M. Goldgeier, Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow for Transatlantic Relations, Council on Foreign Relations |
Transcript
See more in United States, Global Governance
U.S.-Russia relations headed in the wrong direction, finds Council Task Force.
Task Force Chairs Kemp and Edwards' op-ed in the International Herald Tribune.
Task Force Director Stephen Sestanovich's op-ed in the Washington Post.
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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.
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.
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