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March 28, 2008
Essential Documents
Report
See more in Syria, International Crime
February 14, 2008
Mohamad Bazzi, Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Mohamad Bazzi, former Middle East correspondent for Newsday, says evidence suggests Israel’s intelligence agents as the most likely source of the bomb that killed Hezbollah terrorist chief Imad Mugniyah, but other scenarios also are feasible.
See more in Israel, Syria, Terrorist Leaders
February 14, 2008
| Author: | Mohamad Bazzi, Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow |
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Article
Newsday
Imad Mughniyeh's killing “was the first major attack against a Hezbollah leader since Israel assassinated the group’s secretary-general in 1992,” reports Mohamad Bazzi.
See more in Israel, Terrorist Leaders
February 12, 2008
| Speaker: | Mohamad Bazzi, Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Steven A. Cook, Douglas Dillon Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations |
Transcript
Mohamad Bazzi details the current conditions on the ground in Lebanon.
See more in Civil Reconstruction
January 30, 2008
Essential Documents
Report
See more in Israel, Wars and Warfare
January 22, 2008
Steven A. Cook, Douglas Dillon Fellow, CFR interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Steven A. Cook, CFR’s Douglas Dillon fellow and an expert on the Middle East, says a sense of normalcy pervades Beirut despite the continuing political standoff.
See more in Elections
December 13, 2007
Mohamad Bazzi, Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Mohamad Bazzi, former Middle East bureau chief for Newsday, hopes the shock caused by the assassination of General Francois Hajj might accelerate a compromise among Lebanon’s factions.
See more in Elections
November 27, 2007
Mohamad Bazzi, Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Mohamad Bazzi, former Middle East bureau chief for Newsday, says there will likely be more haggling ahead of a new deadline for Lebanon’s political parties to agree on a compromise candidate to become the country’s next president.
See more in Elections, Society and Culture
November 16, 2007
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and the Economist.
See more in Australasia and the Pacific, Turkey, Peacemaking
September 20, 2007
Podcast
CFR Murrow Press Fellow Mohamad Bazzi discusses the precarious prospects for Lebanon's upcoming presidential election and the impact of a recent assassination on that vote.
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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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