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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
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 17, 2008
| Author: | Steven A. Cook, Douglas Dillon Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Bitterlemons-International.org
Steven A. Cook states that “not since the Ottoman Empire have the Turks played as prominent and potentially problematic a role in the Middle East.”
See more in Turkey, Iraq, International Peace and Security
April 7, 2008
| Authors: | Morton I. Abramowitz, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation Henri J. Barkey |
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Must Read
Turkey is at war with itself again, over religion and politics in Turkish life, and the consequences for both itself and its friends could be devastating.
March 10, 2008
Charles A. Kupchan, Senior Fellow for Europe Studies interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Interview: CFR's Charles A. Kupchan says recognizing Kosovo as independent is the best pragmatic solution from a list of bad options.
See more in Kosovo, Serbia, Nation Building, Sovereignty, Diplomacy
February 27, 2008
| Speaker: | Stephen Sestanovich, George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Charles A. Kupchan, Senior Fellow for Europe Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
Audio
Listen to CFR Senior Fellow Stephen Sestanovich discuss the upcoming presidential elections in Russia and the recent declaration of independence by Kosovo.
See more in Russian Fed., Kosovo, Elections
February 12, 2008
Frank G. Wisner, Vice Chairman, External Affairs, AIG Inc. interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Washington’s representative to talks on Kosovo, Frank G. Wisner, says Serbia will never recognize an independent Kosovo and that Russia’s role has been “unbelievably regrettable.”
See more in Kosovo, Serbia, Minorities, Diversity and Foreign Policy, Nationalism, Sovereignty
Updated: February 19, 2008
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Daily Analysis
Political land mines loom beyond Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia.
See more in Balkans, Kosovo, Serbia, Nation Building
February 8, 2008
| Author: | Noah Feldman, Adjunct Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
New York Times
Noah Feldman explains that “if Turkey is to continue its integration into European and Western civilization, it needs to show that liberal values and Islam are not only compatible but complementary.”
See more in Turkey, Minorities, Diversity and Foreign Policy, Ethnicity and National Identity, Religion
December 2007
| Authors: | Abdullah Akyuz Steven A. Cook, Douglas Dillon Fellow |
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Article
CQ Global Researcher
Abdullah Akyuz and Steven Cook discuss whether U.S.-Turkish relations are likely to improve.
See more in United States, Turkey
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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 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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