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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.
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March 11, 2008
| Authors: | Michelle Smith, Research Associate Charles D. Ferguson, Fellow for Science and Technology |
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Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
Michelle Smith and Charles D. Ferguson evaluate Sarkozy's nuclear deals in the Middle East.
See more in Middle East, Energy, Technology and Foreign Policy, Proliferation
November 21, 2007
| Author: | Walter Russell Mead, Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy |
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Op-Ed
National Interest online
Walter Russell Mead argues that “a Sarkozy who overcomes the transport unions will take a decisive step toward the modernization of France.”
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Updated: November 14, 2007
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Daily Analysis
France’s new president has ambitious plans for the country’s economy. But to push through reforms, he will have to face down nationwide strikes.
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November 12, 2007
Charles A. Kupchan, Senior Fellow for Europe Studies interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Charles A. Kupchan, CFR’s top Europe expert, sees major improvements in the mood of U.S.-Europe relations, but, he cautions, there are only “slim pickings” to show on policy issues like Iran and Afghanistan.
See more in United States, Germany, Foreign Policy History, Public Diplomacy
November 1, 2007
| Author: | Philip H. Gordon |
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Must Read
This article discusses Nicolas Sarkozy's presidency, calling him "The Hyperpresident."
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October 25, 2007
| Author: | Amity Shlaes, Senior Fellow for Economic History |
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Op-Ed
Bloomberg.com
News that Cecilia Sarkozy is divorcing her husband, President Nicolas Sarkozy, is all over the U.S. press. But there is another woman in the Sarkozy constellation who matters more than Cecilia. She is Christine Lagarde, the 51-year- old French finance minister. At a recent meeting at the Council on Foreign Relations, Lagarde outlined her plan to cut marginal taxes on labor, lower the tax rate on investors by boosting research tax credits, lower the share of citizens' total income that can go to income taxes to 50 percent or less, and end a requirement that all patents be translated into French. Amity Shales writes that Lagarde is the one most likely to seduce investors away from the U.S. and to France.
October 22, 2007
| Speaker: | Christine Lagarde, Minister for the Economy, Finance, and Employment, France |
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| Presider: | Henry R. Kravis, Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. |
Video
Watch French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde discuss her efforts to revitalize the French economy and revive Paris as a financial center.
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October 22, 2007
| Speaker: | Christine Lagarde, Minister for Economy, Finance and Employment, France |
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| Presider: | Henry R. Kravis, Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co |
Transcript
Christine Lagarde discusses French economic policy and its implications.
See more in Economics, Business & Foreign Policy, Industrial Policy
October 22, 2007
| Speaker: | Christine Lagarde, Minister for the Economy, Finance, and Employment, France |
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| Presider: | Henry R. Kravis, Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. |
Video
Speaking at CFR, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde discusses her efforts to revitalize the French economy and revive Paris as a financial center.
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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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