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May 2, 2008
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A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and The Economist.
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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.
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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, 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, Kosovo, NATO
April 25, 2008
Issue Tracker
The next U.S. president will have to confront a deteriorating U.S.-Russia relationship.
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April 23, 2008
| Speakers: | Eberhard Sandschneider, Otto Wolff Director of the Research Institute, German Council on Foreign Relations Harry Harding, University Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University Thomas Gomart, Director, Russia/Newly Independent States Center, French Institute of International Relations Angela E. Stent, Professor and Director, Center For Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies, Georgetown University |
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April 14, 2008
Andrei Piontkovsky, Executive Director of the Strategic Studies Center, Moscow interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Russian analyst Andrei A. Piontkovsky says the next U.S. president could face a more conciliatory policy from the Kremlin and new Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.
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Updated: April 17, 2008
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Daily Analysis
As the Bush administration presses for greater economic pressure to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Tehran is turning east for economic survival.
See more in China, Iran, Energy/Environment, Proliferation
Updated: April 8, 2008
| Authors: | Lionel Beehner Preeti Bhattacharji |
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Backgrounder
Since its creation in 2001, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has risen in regional prominence and prompted Iran to submit a controversial bid to join the group.
See more in Central Asia, China, Iran, Business & Foreign Policy, Trade, Counterterrorism
April 7, 2008
Charles A. Kupchan, Senior Fellow for Europe Studies interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Charles A. Kupchan, professor of international affairs at Georgetown University, says the just-concluded NATO summit illustrates the changes taking place in the alliance, where it will become increasingly difficult to reach agreements on issues.
See more in Georgia, Ukraine, NATO
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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.
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.
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.
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