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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
August 3, 2004
United StatesAnthony H. Cordesman, a leading expert on intelligence, says President Bush wisely declined to embrace all of the 9/11 Commission’s proposals for intelligence reform. Bush’s call for a new director o…
October 26, 2004
HealthContact: Marie X. Strauss, Communications, +1-212-434-9536, [email protected]. October 26, 2004—Council Fellow and Pulitzer Prize-winner Laurie Garrett was one of the individuals recogni…
February 3, 2005
IraqThis publication is now archived. What is the Fedayeen Saddam?Experts say the Fedayeen Saddam, or Saddam’s Men of Sacrifice, is a 30,000 to 40,000-member Iraqi paramilitary group that appears to be l…
February 16, 2005
IraqThis publication is now archived. How organized are the ongoing attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq?There are some signs that Iraqi resistance is growing increasingly organized, though experts caution tha…
May 6, 2005
Terrorism and CounterterrorismThis publication is now archived. Have Iraq’s insurgents shifted tactics?It’s unclear. In the months after the January 30 elections, insurgent attacks had grown more sophisticated and larger-scale, b…