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May 15, 2008
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Daily Analysis
Meetings between President Bush and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah highlight emerging policy challenges to a relationship that stretches well beyond oil.
See more in United States, Saudi Arabia, U.S. Strategy and Politics
May 15, 2008
Essential Documents
Speech
See more in United States, Israel, Peacemaking
May 15, 2008
David Makovsky, Director, Project on the Middle East Peace Process, Washington Institute for Near East Policy interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
David Makovsky, an expert on Israeli politics, says there is concern a forced resignation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert could unravel his efforts on Palestinian peace.
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority, Sovereignty, Peacemaking
May 14, 2008
Interactive
This interactive quiz tests your knowledge of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority, International Peace and Security
May 14, 2008
Essential Documents
Speech
See more in United States, Israel, Peacemaking
May 14, 2008
Essential Documents
Speech
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May 14, 2008
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Daily Analysis
CFR.org provides a collection of resources to help explain the array of issues surrounding Israel's 60th anniversary.
See more in Israel, Global Governance, International Peace and Security, Diplomacy
May 13, 2008
| Author: | Max Boot, Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
“Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan,” writes Max Boot as he analyzes the habit of U.S. generals passing the buck when it comes to the failures in Iraq.
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Organization of Government
May 12, 2008
Michael Young, Opinion Page Editor, Daily Star, Beirut interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Michael Young, a political analyst in Beirut, says Hezbollah’s efforts to impose its will in Lebanon reflect the “cold war” in the region between Iran and its allies and those who prefer ties with the United States.
See more in Iran, Lebanon, Sovereignty, Conflict Assessment
May 12, 2008
| Author: | Mohamad Bazzi, Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Newsweek
“If President George W. Bush truly wants to leave a legacy of peacemaking in the Middle East, he's looking in the wrong place,” writes Mohamad Bazzi. Instead, he claims, the U.S. should focus its efforts on restoring Israeli-Syrian negotiations.
See more in Diplomacy
Steven Cook discusses the impact of Pierre Gemayel’s assassination on Lebanese politics and Syria’s bid to reinstate itself as the country’s dominant player.
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Responsibility to Protect (5/15): Stewart Patrick urges the U.S., Britain, and France to submit a U.N. resolution insisting on immediate humanitarian access in Burma, in the Baltimore Sun.
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.
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.
Complete list of CFR Books.
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Senior Fellow for Defense Policy
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution
Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy
Douglas Dillon Fellow
Adjunct Senior Fellow
President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow
President, Council on Foreign Relations
Military Fellow, U.S. Navy
National Intelligence Fellow
Director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution
Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies
Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies
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