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May 7, 2008
| Author: | Mohamad Bazzi, Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow |
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Op-Ed
The National
Mohammad Bazzi explains why Washinton and the Maliki government should should change the draft election law and keep relations with Muqtada al-Sadr.
See more in Wars and Warfare, Society and Culture
May 7, 2008
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Daily Analysis
The war of words between Washington and Tehran has heightened tensions in Iraq, and raised the prospects of a lengthy standoff.
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Updated: May 9, 2008
Online Debate
Two CFR experts on the war, Max Boot, senior fellow for national security studies, and Steven Simon, senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies, debate whether the surge has put Iraq on the path to sucess.
See more in Defense/Homeland Security, Wars and Warfare
May 3, 2008
| Author: | Max Boot, Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
April was still one of the lighter-casualty months during the long war in Iraq. It could be a sign that tough combat is under way that will lead to the enemy’s defeat and the creation of a more peaceful environment in the future, says Max Boot.
See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics
April 30, 2008
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson asks: is America treating these related insurgencies with sufficient seriousness?
See more in Afghanistan, Pakistan
April 30, 2008
| Author: | Stuart W. Bowen |
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Essential Documents
Report
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April 30, 2008
Essential Documents
Report
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April 30, 2008
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Daily Analysis
Oil and the status of Kirkuk continue to divide Iraq's central government and the Kurdish region, but signs of political progress are emerging.
See more in Minorities, Diversity and Foreign Policy, Nation Building, Natural Resources Management
April 27, 2008
| Author: | Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
New York Times
Leslie H. Gelb reviews Aram Roston's new book, “The Man Who Pushed America to War,” about Ahmad Chalabi.
See more in United States, Foreign Policy History
April 25, 2008
| Author: | Greg Bruno, Staff Writer |
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Backgrounder
Cease-fires that began with Sunni tribes in Anbar province have spread through Iraq, and are credited with reducing violence. Can the calm last?
See more in Wars and Warfare, International Peace and Security
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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.
Iraq War (5/3): Max Boot argues that the increase in casualties could be a sign that tough combat is under way that will lead to the enemy’s defeat, in the Wall Street Journal.
U.S. Economy (5/2): Amity Shlaes criticizes Hillary Clinton’s plan to implement a windfall oil tax, on Bloomberg.com.
Food Crisis (5/1): Gene Sperling warns that one of the casualties of the food crisis will be the schooling of the world’s poorest children, on Bloomberg.com.
Three-Front War (4/30): Michael Gerson argues that a decent outcome in Iraq would be considerably devalued if counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan stall, 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 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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