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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
April 18, 2008
Essential Documents
Speech
See more in Western Europe, Human Rights
April 16, 2008
Essential Documents
Speech
See more in United States, Western Europe, Religion
Updated: April 18, 2008
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Daily Analysis
Pope Benedict’s first U.S. visit has focused on revitalizing the U.S. Catholic Church. He is also addressing religious freedom.
See more in United States, Western Europe, Religion
Updated: April 14, 2008
| Authors: | Lionel Beehner Lee Hudson Teslik, Assistant Editor |
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Backgrounder
Experts say not to expect significant changes in U.S.-Vatican relations even after Joseph Ratzinger’s accession as Pope Benedict XVI.
See more in United States, Western Europe, Religion
April 11, 2008
Timothy Samuel Shah, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Religion and Foreign Policy interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Timothy Samuel Shah, a scholar on religious issues, says that when Pope Benedict XVI makes his first visit to the United States as pope, it will give Americans their first chance to hear firsthand his views on Iraq, the environment, and immigration.
See more in Western Europe, Religion
April 7, 2008
Jeroen van der Veer, CEO, Royal Dutch Shell interviewed by Lee Hudson Teslik, Assistant Editor, CFR.org
Interview
Jeroen Van der Veer, the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, on global oil demand, the end of “easy oil,” and nationalized oil companies.
See more in Western Europe, Energy, Energy Security
March 30, 2008
| Author: | Michael Moran, Executive Editor, CFR.org |
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Op-Ed
Star-Ledger of Newark
Michael Moran writes that the parties to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could learn from the success of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
See more in Ireland, Middle East, Diplomacy, Peacemaking
March 28, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson suggests that McCain should pay close attention to the British conservatives, as he may have a thing or two to learn from the reincarnation of “compassionate conservatism.”
See more in United States, U.K., Organization of Government
March 26, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson discusses giving some Holocaust survivors back a part of their past.
See more in Germany, Human Rights
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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.
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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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