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January 2009
Council Special Report No. 41
Council Special Report
This report comprehensively analyzes Ukraine's difficulties, related to both domestic conditions and foreign policy, and recommends ways for the United States to encourage Ukraine on a path of stability and integration with the West.
See more in Ukraine, Conflict Prevention
October 2008
Other Report
This Center for Preventive Action Working Paper surveys existing approaches to assessing state fragility and failure within the context of development, conflict, and governance. It examines the risk factors that have been identified through systematic inquiry and research with the goal of improving the prospects for successful conflict prevention and management, and argues that the goal of "early warning" relating to state fragility and failure should be more to inform and temper our expectations for policy response than to trigger costly and risky interventions.
See more in Conflict Prevention
October 2008
Council Special Report No. 40
Council Special Report
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.
See more in Democratic Rep. of Congo, International Peace and Security
October 12, 2008
Op-Ed
Parade
Leslie H. Gelb discusses the impact the U.S. president has on shaping the world.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, Presidency, U.S. Election 2008
September 2, 2008
Op-Ed
National Interest
Leslie Gelb argues that now is the time for realists to put aside partisan differences to form a " politically potent coalition...to shape U.S. foreign policy."
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, Grand Strategy
July/August 2008
Council Special Report No. 36
Council Special Report
This report outlines the nature of the challenges in Pakistan's tribal areas, formulates strategies for addressing those challenges, and distills the strategies into realistic policy proposals worthy of consideration by the incoming administration.
See more in Pakistan, International Peace and Security
June 2008
Council Special Report No. 33
Council Special Report
In this Council Special Report, Mona Yacoubian and Scott Lasensky make a strong case that the Bush administration’s policy of diplomatic isolation of Syria is not serving U.S. interests, and offer informed history and thoughtful analysis of the country and its external behavior. This report is also available in Italian.
May 13, 2008
Op-Ed
The Boston Globe
In response to the devastating typhoon that has ravaged Burma, Ivo Daalder and Paul Stares argue that the UN must invoke its “responsibility to protect” clause and intervene.
See more in Burma/Myanmar, International Organizations, Humanitarian Intervention
May 11, 2008
Op-Ed
Parade
Leslie H. Gelb writes that “the reality of the 3 a.m. call, however, is both less dramatic and less telling than most Americans think.”
See more in Presidency, U.S. Election 2008
April 27, 2008
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, Iraq, Foreign Policy History
April 27, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Leslie H. Gelb argues that real issue is not whether to talk to "bad guys" but how.
See more in United States, North Korea, Iran, U.S. Strategy and Politics
April 26, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Watering down previous deals will reinforce Pyongyang’s instinct for bluster and blackmail, argue Winston Lord and Leslie H. Gelb.
See more in United States, North Korea, U.S. Strategy and Politics
December 5, 2007
Interview
Richard C. Holbrooke, the architect of the Dayton Accords that ended the Bosnia war, says Russia’s uncooperative attitude in Kosovo combined with western inaction could spark renewed conflict.
See more in Kosovo, Serbia, Peacemaking
November/December 2007
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
The United States now spends almost as much on defense in real dollars as it ever has before -- even though it has no plausible rationale for using most of its impressive military forces. Why? Because without political incentives for restraint, policymakers have lost the ability to think clearly about defense policy. Washington's new mantra should be "Half a trillion dollars is more than enough."
See more in Defense Strategy
October 2007
Council Special Report No. 31
Council Special Report
Since 2000, President Robert Mugabe’s refusal to tolerate challenges to his power has led him to systematically dismantle the workings of Zimbabwe’s economic and political systems, replacing them with structures of corruption, intimidation, and repression. Michelle D. Gavin surveys the current situation in Zimbabwe, identifying current structural and legal impediments to economic and political recovery.
See more in Zimbabwe, Civil Reconstruction
October 16, 2007
Op-Ed
National Interest Online
Leslie Gelb and Morton Abramovitz consider the common assertion of presidential candidates that the U.S. must restore its leadership in the world.
See more in United States, Foreign Policy History, U.S. Election 2008
October 3, 2007
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) and CFR's Leslie Gelb in the Washington Post say the U.S. should support federalism, not partition, in Iraq.
See more in Iraq, Democracy Promotion, Nation Building
September 23, 2007
Article
New York Times
See more in United States, Israel, Congress, U.S. Election 2008
May 2007
Other Report
This report argues that Angola deserves priority attention in the formulation of U.S. foreign, national security, and economic policies, particularly in the design of policy toward Africa. This report is also available in Portuguese.
See more in Angola, Nation Building, Energy/Environment, Energy Security, Natural Resources Management, International Peace and Security, Civil Reconstruction, Conflict Prevention, U.S. Strategy and Politics
April 2007
Council Special Report No. 27
Council Special Report
This report describes what steps might be taken by Nigerians and the international community to avoid a breakdown of democracy, and possibly stability, in the wake of Nigeria’s April 2007 electoral contest and to tackle Nigeria’s fundamental challenges of governance, security, and development in the longer term.
See more in Nigeria, Nation Building
This CSR, authored by Steven Pifer and sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, comprehensively analyzes Ukraine's difficulties, related to both domestic conditions and foreign policy, and recommends ways for the United States to encourage Ukraine on a path of stability and integration with the West.
This report, coauthored by Paul Stares and Joel Wit and sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, examines the possible outcomes the United States must consider should the situation in North Korea deteriorate and the current North Korean government collapse.
For more information on the CPA, contact:
Paul Stares
General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention
and Director, Center for Preventive Action
+1.202.509.8461
pstares@cfr.org
Micah Zenko
Fellow for Conflict Prevention
+1.212.434.9845
mzenko@cfr.org
Elise Vaughan
Research Associate
+1.202.509.8463
evaughan@cfr.org
Stephen Wittels
Research Associate
+1.202.509.8524
swittels@cfr.org
Rebecca Friedman
Research Associate
+1.212.434.9744
rfriedman@cfr.org
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