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March 1, 1998

Trade

Overview With fast-track trade authority sidetracked, at least for now, experts believe it is time to take a hard look at the alternatives in order to sustain momentum for increasing world trade. …

Report by Bruce Stokes, C . Fred Bergsten, William A. Niskanen, Jeff Faux, and Pat Choate

November 17, 1999

Trade

Who Decides? Congress and the Debate Over Trade Policy in 1934 and 1974

Introduction Governor Adlai E. Stevenson thought trade policy was boring; he once described it as one field where the greatest need is for fresh clichés. He had a point. In the long period that th…

Report by Susan Ariel Aaronson

February 15, 2000

Afghanistan

The Foreign Policy of the Taliban

Overview Winston Churchill once observed that the people of Germany had done enough for the history of the world. A similar observation could appropriately have been made about the Taliban movemen…

Report by William Maley

February 15, 2000

Lebanon

Hizballah of Lebanon

Overview At first glance, Hizballah's position on the State Department's list of groups that sponsor terrorism would seem to be secure.1 This is not hard to understand, because since the early 198…

Report by Augustus Richard Norton

December 9, 2002

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Balkans 2010

Overview Despite years of involvement by the United States and its allies, the Balkans region is suffering from economic stagnation and high unemployment; hundreds of thousands of refugees still a…

Report by Edward C. Meyer and Major General William L. Nash Center for Preventive Action

March 14, 2005

Mexico

Creating a North American Community

Press Release: English | French | Spanish Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations in association with the Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales and the Canadian Council of Chief Execut…

Report by Chappell Lawson, Robert A. Pastor, John P. Manley, Thomas P. D'Aquino, William F. Weld, Andres Rozental, and Pedro Aspe

April 23, 2007

Angola

Toward an Angola Strategy

Peace has become a reality in Angola since the end of its bloody, twenty-seven-year civil war in 2002. However, much work remains to be done if Angola is to become a democratic state with an inclusiv…

Report by Frank G. Wisner, Vincent A. Mai, and Major General William L. Nash Center for Preventive Action

December 7, 2007

Diplomacy and International Institutions

Africa-China-U.S. Trilateral Dialogue

This report provides insight into a most unique, if not unprecedented, trilateral process. In mid-2005, the Brenthurst Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa, sent a letter to Liu Guijin, then C…

Report by The Brenthurst Foundation, The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, The Council on Foreign Relations, and The Leon H. Sullivan Foundation

March 30, 2009

Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament

The Global Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime

This page is part of the multimedia Global Governance Monitor. Scope of the Challenge Nuclear weapons proliferation, whether by state or nonstate actors, poses one of the greatest threats to in…

Report by International Institutions and Global Governance Program International Institutions and Global Governance Program

January 11, 2011

Cybersecurity

Summary Report for the Workshop on Cybersecurity, Foreign Policy, and Business

Introduction In early 2011, the Council on Foreign Relations held a workshop focused on the intersection of cybersecurity, foreign policy, and global business. The program, which included a keynot…

Report by Adam Segal