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October 27, 2009
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With waning public support at home, writes Mort Rosenblum, European leaders face the challenge of standing firm to their commitment in Afghanistan.
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Frontiers of Conflict, Vol. 31 (1) - Spring 2009 Issue
Article
Harvard International Review
James M. Goldgeier discusses NATO's 60th anniversary.
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October 11, 2008
Must Read
Middle East Regional Editor Christopher Dickey, Contributing Editor John Barry, and Moscow Bureau Chief Owen Matthews report that Russia is weaker than it looks. Most NATO leaders insist the world is too interdependent to allow another cold war. Russia is not the Soviet Union. And Western powers don't want to be drawn into a game of bluff that will only inflate Vladimir Putin's prestige.
See more in Russian Fed., NATO, Conflict Prevention
September 23, 2008
Transcript
A Council on Foreign Relations Meeting with President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine.
See more in Europe/Russia, Ukraine, NATO, Sovereignty
August 19, 2008
Daily Analysis
Russia's invasion of Georgia has rubbed raw relations with the West, complicating cooperation in several crucial areas.
See more in United States, Russian Fed., NATO
May 15, 2008
Must Read
This Belfer Center report discusses the current policy structures in place to combat climate change and international improvements that can be made.
See more in EU, Climate Change, Environmental Pollution
April 25, 2008
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
April 25, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
International institutions are desperately needed and woefully ineffective, argues Michael Gerson.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2008
April 9, 2008
Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
The NATO allies no longer agree on the imminence or the nature of the threats they confront, argues Charles A. Kupchan.
April 8, 2008
Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
When NATO leaders met last week, they did tremendous damage to enlargement policy as a whole, argue Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Goldgeier.
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Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.
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