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November 6, 2008
Essential Documents
Letter
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October 31, 2008
Daily Analysis
CFR.org provides a collection of resources on Iran.
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October 30, 2008
Interview
Kaveh L. Afrasiabi, a former advisor to Iran's nuclear negotiating team, says the U.S. cross-border incursion from Iraq into Syria has Tehran worried about the implications for its own territory.
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October 28, 2008
Daily Analysis
With oil prices falling, some experts believe Iran's rising influence in the Middle East may be curbed. Others caution not to expect Tehran to change course anytime soon.
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November/December
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
The real decision-maker in Iran is Supreme Leader Khamenei not President Ahmedinejad. Blaming Iran's problems on President Ahmadinejad inaccurately suggests that Iran's problems will go away when Ahmadinejad does.
November/December 2008
Podcast
This audio includes readings of selected articles from the November/December 2008 issue of Foreign Affairs.
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November/December 2008
Podcast
From the November/December 2008 issue of Foreign Affairs: Power and politics in Iran.
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October 13, 2008
Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
Vali Nasr argues that U.S. diplomacy can turn Tehran against Russia.
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October 13, 2008
Essential Documents
Report
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October 2, 2008
Audio
Listen to Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki discuss U.S.-Iran relations, as well as the roles of power and responsibility in international relations.
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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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Green Industry (12/1): David Victor argues that “the green view based on small sources and market power will give way to one based on scale and subsidies,” in Newsweek.
Mexico (12/1): Shannon O'Neil writes that it is time for Mexico to be a leader on the international front, on TheNews.com.
U.S. Economy (12/1): Amity Shlaes argues that massive government spending takes away jobs in the private sector, in the Wall Street Journal.
China (12/1): Elizabeth Economy looks at the leadership gap in China, in the Washington Post.
Human Rights (11/27): Jerome Cohen writes that Chinese institutions that investigate abuses of the criminal process have not been effective in exposing the pervasive torture problems, in the South China Morning Post.
Colombia (11/27): Shannon O'Neil and Sebastian Chaskel argue that holding up the free trade deal won’t solve Colombia’s human rights issues, in the Washington Times.
This report lays out a thoughtful agenda for U.S. policy toward the Democratic Republic of Congo, arguing that what happens there should matter to the United States--for humanitarian reasons as well as economic and strategic ones.
In this report, CFR Senior Fellow Michael A. Levi analyzes the potential use of deterrence in preventing terrorist groups from acquiring nuclear weapons and recommends a new approach to U.S. declaratory policy, as well as ways to improve U.S. capabilities to determine the sources of terrorist attacks.
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In The Closing of the American Border, Edward Alden goes behind the scenes to tell the story of the Bush administration’s struggle to balance security and openness in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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.
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