2009

582 items published in 2009

January

50 items

Article
Jan 30, 2009
Secrets of SAFE: A trillion of Treasuries here, a trillion there and pretty soon you are talking about real money …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 30, 2009
Just how much is $350 billion?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 29, 2009
Read Dean, Areddy and Ng on the management of China’s reserves during the crisis
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 29, 2009
U.S. Recession
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Jan 28, 2009
Central banks were not the big buyers of synthetic triple AAA …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 28, 2009
For Holbrooke, Situation in Pakistan, Afghanistan Is ’Dim and Dismal’
By Bruce O. Riedel, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jan 27, 2009
CFR Report Warns U.S. Must Prepare for Potential Instability in North Korea
Article
Jan 27, 2009
There is currently a shortfall in Chinese demand for the world’s goods, not Chinese demand for the world’s bonds
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 26, 2009
Mitchell’s Prospects for Lasting Israeli-Palestinian Accord ’Slim to None’
By Aaron David Miller, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jan 26, 2009
A truly global slump. Do not look to the emerging economies for good news …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 24, 2009
The US placed about $1.3 trillion of Treasuries with non-Chinese investors in 2008
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 23, 2009
Is the US now more, or less, reliant on China’s government for financing?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 22, 2009
Obama’s ’Window of Opportunity’ for Improved Russia, EU Ties
By Charles A. Kupchan, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jan 22, 2009
Trouble in Tokyo … and in London.
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 22, 2009
Report Urges U.S. to “Stay the Course” in Health and Development Goals Despite Economic Crisis
Article
Jan 21, 2009
Obama May Face ’Rebuff’ from Europe on Military Step-Up in Afghanistan
By Robert E. Hunter, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jan 21, 2009
Should the US worry about the drop in foreign demand for US long-term assets?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 21, 2009
No Signs Kim Has Eased Control in North Korea
By Don Oberdorfer, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jan 21, 2009
Obama faces challenges south of the border
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
Jan 21, 2009
TARP II
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Jan 20, 2009
’Inevitable’ that U.S. Will Have to Deal with Hamas
By Richard W. Murphy, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jan 20, 2009
Latin American Integration efforts: will they succeed this time?
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
Jan 18, 2009
Worry about a fall in China’s demand for the world’s goods, not a fall in China’s demand for Treasuries
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 16, 2009
A few quick words on the November TIC data
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 15, 2009
An Update on “Why is the United States backing Mexican drug gangs?”
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
Jan 15, 2009
How badly were the Gulf’s sovereign funds hurt by the 2008 crisis?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 14, 2009
CFR’s Center for Universal Education Proposes Blueprint for Global Education Fund
Article
Jan 13, 2009
Secrets of SAFE: A sharp slowdown in reserve growth and large “hot” outflows in q4….
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 13, 2009
The fall in the US trade deficit in November
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 13, 2009
Why is the United States backing Mexican drug gangs?
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
Jan 13, 2009
Can A Blog Change U.S. Latin American Policy?
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
Jan 12, 2009
The US government has already proved it can raise over $1.5 trillion in a year ..
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 12, 2009
Obama Must Take Regional Approach on Gaza Violence
By Martin S. Indyk, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jan 12, 2009
European Energy Security
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Jan 11, 2009
This really doesn’t look good
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 9, 2009
The global savings glut and the current crisis
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 9, 2009
More bad trade data from Asia
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 8, 2009
The Business and Politics Behind the Russia-Ukraine Gas Dispute
By Bernard Gwertzman, Jeffrey Mankoff
Article
Jan 8, 2009
Is Argentina the next drug haven?
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
Jan 8, 2009
China hasn’t (yet) lost its appetite for US Treasuries …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 7, 2009
Deep thoughts
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 7, 2009
Iran Supports Hamas, but Hamas Is No Iranian ’Puppet’
By Karim Sadjadpour, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jan 6, 2009
Looking back at 08; thinking about 09
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 5, 2009
The China Not-Investing Corporation
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 5, 2009
Obama Should Consider Inviting Arab Nations to Help Solve Israeli-Palestinian Issues
By Bernard Gwertzman, Mohammad Yaghi
Article
Jan 5, 2009
Central banks aren’t always a stabilizing presence in the market
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 5, 2009
Shrinking Reserves
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Jan 3, 2009
Secrets of SAFE, Part 1: Look to the UK to find some of China’s Treasuries and Agencies
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 2, 2009
This seems quite bad …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jan 2, 2009
As trade slows, China doesn’t rethink its growth strategy …
By Brad W. Setser

February

50 items

Article
Feb 27, 2009
More bad news from Asia
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Feb 26, 2009
James Lindsay Returns to CFR as Director of Studies; Elliott Abrams, Evan Feigenbaum, Among New Scholars
Article
Feb 26, 2009
Issues Facing NATO On Its 60th Birthday
By F. Stephen Larrabee, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Feb 26, 2009
Who bought all the Treasuries the US issued in 2008? And who will be the big buyers in 2009?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Feb 25, 2009
Weighing Obama’s Packed Reform Agenda
By Sebastian Mallaby, Robert McMahon
Article
Feb 25, 2009
Smart Power: Remaking U.S. Foreign Policy in North Korea
By Scott A. Snyder
Article
Feb 25, 2009
More bad news from Japan
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Feb 25, 2009
Unintended irony
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Feb 25, 2009
U.S. External Debt
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Feb 24, 2009
Helping Mexico Help Itself
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
Feb 24, 2009
Abu Dhabi’s tentative bailout of Dubai …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Feb 23, 2009
Ukraine’s Instability Threatens Crisis, Weakens its Candidacy for NATO, EU, Warns CFR Report
Article
Feb 23, 2009
Helping Mexico Help Itself
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
Feb 23, 2009
China’s record demand for Treasuries (and all US assets) in 2008
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Feb 21, 2009
How Are GCC (and Other) Sovereign Funds Faring? An Update
By Rachel Ziemba
Article
Feb 20, 2009
Assessing Motives in Tehran
By Frank Procida
Article
Feb 20, 2009
Prospects for a Centrist ’Grand Coalition’ in Israel
By Gerald Steinberg, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Feb 20, 2009
China’s Resource Buys
By Rachel Ziemba
Article
Feb 19, 2009
Iran May Achieve Capability to Make A Nuclear Weapon in 2009
By David Albright, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Feb 18, 2009
Revival of Credit?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Feb 18, 2009
Mortgage credit and the housing boom
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Feb 17, 2009
On the December TIC data
By Rachel Ziemba
Article
Feb 17, 2009
The Tricky U.S.-Russia ‘Reset’ Button
By Jeffrey Mankoff
Article
Feb 17, 2009
Referendum in Venezuela Hardens Chavez’s ’Authoritarian Regime’
By Allan Brewer Carias, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Feb 17, 2009
How Worried Should We Be About Dubai?
By Rachel Ziemba
Article
Feb 17, 2009
U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq
By Stephen Biddle
Article
Feb 17, 2009
Access to Credit
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Feb 16, 2009
In the mountains
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Feb 15, 2009
Why Venezuela’s referendum is the least of Hugo Chávez’s Worries
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
Feb 13, 2009
A large, truly global slump
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Feb 12, 2009
Moscow Indicates It Won’t Be Ignored in the ’Near Abroad’
By S. Frederick Starr, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Feb 11, 2009
Can the improvement in the US trade balance continue?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Feb 11, 2009
New CFR Report Provides Solutions for European Dependence on Russian Energy Supplies
Article
Feb 11, 2009
Despite Paralysis in Israeli Politics, U.S. Peace Efforts Crucial
By Daniel C. Kurtzer, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Feb 11, 2009
It is hard to put lipstick on a pig (or even an ox)
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Feb 10, 2009
Toxic banks or toxic assets?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Feb 10, 2009
Fiscal Stimulus
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Feb 9, 2009
Davos, the Poor, and the Crash of ’08
By Laurie Garrett
Article
Feb 8, 2009
Is complaining about others’ protectionism protectionist?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Feb 6, 2009
More to worry about … the US downturn looks to be getting worse when it should be getting better
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Feb 5, 2009
Civil Liberties and National Security: Critical Issues Still Unresolved, Argues New CFR Study
By Daniel B. Prieto
Article
Feb 5, 2009
Iraqi Prime Minister’s Party Emerging as Strongest Among Shiite Parties in Elections
By Sam Parker, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Feb 5, 2009
Still plenty to worry about …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Feb 4, 2009
U.S. Should Seek Comprehensive Accord with Iran
By Hillary Mann Leverett, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Feb 4, 2009
Not guilty as charged. The banking crisis, not the budget deficit, is sucking funds out of the emerging world …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Feb 3, 2009
Global Economic Outlook
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Feb 2, 2009
It wasn’t just the market …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Feb 2, 2009
A Warning That Stimulus Plan Could Undermine U.S. Foreign Policy
By Walter Mead, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Feb 1, 2009
Asia’s two recessions
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Feb 1, 2009
A Comprehensive Vision for the U.S.-ROK Alliance
By Scott A. Snyder

March

66 items

Article
Mar 31, 2009
Foreign central banks aren’t going to finance much of the 2009 US fiscal deficit; their reserves aren’t growing any more (the q4 2008 COFER data)
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 31, 2009
Creditors generally do like to lend in their own currency …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 30, 2009
Global Governance Monitor
By International Institutions and Global Governance Program
Article
Mar 30, 2009
Obama’s Afghanistan-Pakistan Strategy: ’A Reasonable First Step’
By Stephen Biddle, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Mar 30, 2009
Motion Chart: Economic Power Shifts
Article
Mar 30, 2009
Motion Chart: Household Balance Sheet
Article
Mar 30, 2009
Motion Chart: Global Imbalances
Article
Mar 29, 2009
The PBoC’s call for a new global currency, the SDR, the US and the IMF
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 28, 2009
Leveraged desert real estate (squared)
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 27, 2009
Africa Needs Governance and Globalization
By Mo Ibrahim, Stephanie Hanson
Article
Mar 27, 2009
Transatlantic Allies Need to Overcome Grumbling
By James M. Goldgeier
Article
Mar 26, 2009
China v US money market funds
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 25, 2009
“This is unquestionably the worst global economic crisis since the 1930s”
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 25, 2009
Secretary Clinton, Don’t Forget Immigration
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
Mar 25, 2009
Poor Policy, Not Sanctions, Weakens Iran’s Economy
By Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Greg Bruno
Article
Mar 24, 2009
U.S. National Security Interests in the Arctic
By Scott G. Borgerson
Article
Mar 24, 2009
China’s ’Mixed Record’ on Human Rights
By Jerome A. Cohen, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Mar 24, 2009
China’s call for a new international financial system
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 24, 2009
Bank Burden
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Mar 23, 2009
CFR Report Pinpoints Policies Fueling Credit Boom and Bust; Calls for Debt Financing Reform
Article
Mar 23, 2009
Stopping Bashir: Obama’s “Never Again” Moment of Truth
By Stewart M. Patrick, Kaysie Brown
Article
Mar 23, 2009
Uncertainty in Israeli Politics
By Steven A. Cook, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Mar 23, 2009
Financial de-globalization, illustrated
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 22, 2009
Last week’s move in the Treasury market …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 20, 2009
Six Experts on Negotiating with the Taliban
By Jayshree Bajoria, Shuja Nawaz, Thomas H. Johnson, Robert Templer, Hilary Synnott, Michael Semple, Masood Aziz
Article
Mar 20, 2009
Did the Fed bail out China by buying Treasuries?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 19, 2009
Did SAFE really buy that many US (and global) equities?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 18, 2009
Space Security
By Bruce W. MacDonald
Article
Mar 18, 2009
Prospects for Engagement with Russia
By Stephen Sestanovich
Article
Mar 18, 2009
HIV Dollars: Boon or Black Hole?
By Peter Navario
Article
Mar 18, 2009
Motion Chart: Financial Failures
Article
Mar 18, 2009
A bit more to worry about; foreign demand for long-term Treasuries has faded
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 17, 2009
Russians See U.S. Missile Defense in Poland Posing Nuclear Threat
By Pavel Felgenhauer, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Mar 17, 2009
“Concentrations of risk, plagued with deadly correlations”
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 17, 2009
China’s Foreign Assets
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Mar 16, 2009
January’s TIC data …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 16, 2009
Iran Is Unlikely to Give Up Its Nuclear Enrichment Program
By Leslie H. Gelb, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Mar 15, 2009
SAFE seems to have started buying US equities in the spring of 2007, and didn’t stop until July 2008 …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 14, 2009
China has more to worry about than its Treasury holdings
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 13, 2009
Despite Recession, Immigration Reforms Essential to Normalize Labor Flows
By Robert McMahon, Michael Chertoff
Article
Mar 13, 2009
The bad news hidden in the good news (today’s trade data)
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 12, 2009
Tidbits from the Fed’s flow of funds
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 12, 2009
Fight the Fire, then Redesign the Firehouse
By Stewart M. Patrick
Article
Mar 11, 2009
In New Book, CFR President Emeritus Les Gelb Explains “How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy”
Article
Mar 11, 2009
The fall in China’s exports has now caught up with the fall in China’s imports
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 10, 2009
Cap and Trade’s Economic Impact
By Toni Johnson, Michael Levi, William Yeatman, Mark Tercek, Sergey V. Mityakov, Rick Duke, Trevor Houser
Article
Mar 10, 2009
Security Challenges Arising from the Global Financial Crisis
By Richard Haass
Article
Mar 10, 2009
Global Imbalances Must Be Reduced to Prevent Another Economic Crisis, Warns New CFR Report
Article
Mar 10, 2009
Monetary Nationalism Will Worsen Economic Crisis, Warns New Book by Benn Steil and Manuel Hinds
Article
Mar 10, 2009
The Financial Times’ proposed agenda for the G-20
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 10, 2009
Dollar Safe Haven
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Mar 9, 2009
Wariness in Cuba toward the Obama Administration
By Julia E. Sweig, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Mar 8, 2009
The shadow financial system – as illustrated in three new papers that cut through the London fog
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 7, 2009
Central banks are still buying large quantities of Treasuries
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 6, 2009
Can China’s Tibetan Crisis Be Resolved?
By Robert J. Barnett, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Mar 6, 2009
Russia says no to the Agencies …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 5, 2009
U.S. Diplomatic Overture to Syria Unlikely to Narrow Gulf of Differences
By Elliott Abrams, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Mar 5, 2009
A global stimulus shortage …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 4, 2009
How a US financial crises rebounded to benefit the dollar: three pictures
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 3, 2009
Russia’s Assertive Foreign Policy Part of Long-Term Trend, Argues CFR Book
Article
Mar 3, 2009
U.S. Policy toward Iran
By Richard Haass
Article
Mar 3, 2009
Eastern European Woes
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Mar 2, 2009
A grim Q4 in the G-7
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Mar 2, 2009
Iraq and Afghanistan: Tough Balancing Act for Obama
By Stephen Biddle, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Mar 1, 2009
Korean Hopes for U.S. Leadership Under Barack Obama
By Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound
Article
Mar 1, 2009
Secrets from the Treasury’s Survey: It looks like China bought a lot of equities just before the stock market tumbled
By Brad W. Setser

April

53 items

Article
Apr 30, 2009
CFR Task Force Report: U.S. Must Act to Reduce Nuclear Force Levels and Dangers of Proliferation and Use
Article
Apr 29, 2009
Why were arguments against taking on risk discounted heavily during the boom?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Apr 29, 2009
Countering the Taliban’s Message in Afghanistan and Pakistan
By Rear Admiral Gregory J. Smith, Greg Bruno
Article
Apr 29, 2009
The Government Bank
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Apr 29, 2009
War of Necessity, War of Choice: CFR President Richard Haass’s Memoir of Two Iraq Wars
Article
Apr 28, 2009
Dealing With North Korea Difficult Amid Possible Succession
By Scott A. Snyder, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Apr 27, 2009
Chinese demand v new Treasury supply: new charts
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Apr 27, 2009
Long-term Funding Critical to Sustained Effort Against HIV/AIDS
Article
Apr 27, 2009
Travel Restrictions Not a Cure for Swine Flu Outbreak
By Michael T. Osterholm, Toni Johnson
Article
Apr 26, 2009
How much “capital flow reversal” insurance should the world offer?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Apr 24, 2009
“Not quite so SAFE”: This week’s Economics Focus column
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Apr 23, 2009
Middle East Peace Efforts Still Alive, Although Situation in Region ’Looks Pretty Dreary’
By Daniel C. Kurtzer, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Apr 23, 2009
IMF Revitalized?
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Apr 23, 2009
Threading the Needle on Interrogation Reform
By Daniel B. Prieto, Greg Bruno
Article
Apr 22, 2009
Forget global imbalances, it is now a Sino-American imbalance –
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Apr 22, 2009
South Africa’s Democratic Dilemma
By Princeton N. Lyman, Stephanie Hanson
Article
Apr 22, 2009
A conversation about President Obama's trip to Mexico & Trinidad
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
Apr 21, 2009
Give the IMF credit (literally, and figuratively)
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Apr 20, 2009
Debt Supply
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Apr 20, 2009
The central bank panic of 2008
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Apr 20, 2009
’Positive Introduction’ to Hemisphere for Obama but Caution, Too
By Shannon K. O'Neil, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Apr 20, 2009
Strengthening U.S. Diplomacy to Anticipate, Prevent, and Respond to Conflict in Africa
By Princeton N. Lyman
Article
Apr 19, 2009
(Green) bamboo shoots?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Apr 17, 2009
Reserve managers keep buying Treasuries …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Apr 15, 2009
The US doesn’t name China a currency manipulator
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Apr 15, 2009
The G20’s Challenge and Opportunity for the U.S.-ROK Alliance
By Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound
Article
Apr 15, 2009
Afghan Defense Chief Unhappy with Obama Plan
By Robert McMahon, Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak, Greg Bruno
Article
Apr 15, 2009
China reduced its dollar holdings in February
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Apr 14, 2009
Trade Troubles
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Apr 14, 2009
The United States Should Avoid ’Grand Schemes’ in Somalia
By Bronwyn E. Bruton, Stephanie Hanson
Article
Apr 14, 2009
The large dollar balance sheet of Europe’s banks
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Apr 13, 2009
India’s National Elections and Improved U.S. Relations
By Evan A. Feigenbaum, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Apr 13, 2009
China’s reserves are still growing, but at a slower pace than before
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Apr 12, 2009
Skilled Immigration Today
Article
Apr 10, 2009
Big changes, but not much adjustment: China’s March trade data
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Apr 9, 2009
Can China Lift Japan Out of Recession?
By Brian P. Klein
Article
Apr 9, 2009
The US is exporting its recession (by not importing)
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Apr 8, 2009
Charting the current US downturn
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Apr 7, 2009
Addressing the Crisis in America’s Oceans
By Scott G. Borgerson
Article
Apr 6, 2009
Side-By-Side with the Depression
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Apr 6, 2009
Charting financial de-globalization: private capital flows are falling faster than trade flows
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Apr 6, 2009
After Latest Brinksmanship, Engaging North Korea
By Sheila A. Smith, Jayshree Bajoria
Article
Apr 6, 2009
’A Very Good Week’ in Europe for President Obama
By Charles A. Kupchan, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Apr 5, 2009
Sign of strength or evidence of weakness? China’s dollar reserves
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Apr 3, 2009
Nonmilitary Commitments Needed from NATO in Afghanistan
By Adm. Michael G. Mullen, Greg Bruno
Article
Apr 3, 2009
G-20 Summit Deal is Potential ’Turning Point’
By Sebastian Mallaby, Lee Hudson Teslik
Article
Apr 3, 2009
The London summit’s real achievement
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Apr 2, 2009
Uncertainty About New U.S. Policy Toward Pakistan, Afghanistan
By Anthony Cordesman, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Apr 2, 2009
Summitry, change and the global financial architecture
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Apr 1, 2009
IMF Capacity
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Apr 1, 2009
Obama Administration Moves on Climate Policy ’Encouraging’
By Yvo de Boer, Toni Johnson
Article
Apr 1, 2009
The Evolving Turkish Role in Mideast Peace Diplomacy
By Steven A. Cook
Article
Apr 1, 2009
Friendly Fire

May

56 items

Article
May 31, 2009
More government borrowing doesn’t necessarily mean more total borrowing
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 29, 2009
BRIC’s Dollar Assets
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
May 29, 2009
Record demand, record angst
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 28, 2009
The Consequences of a Hezbollah-Led Opposition Victory in Lebanon’s Elections
By Michael Young, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
May 27, 2009
The Treasury market, in a world no longer dominated by central bank reserve managers
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 27, 2009
The Line of Fire
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
May 27, 2009
The North Korean Puzzle
By Robert McMahon, Paul B. Stares, Jayshree Bajoria, David C. Kang, Charles L. "Jack" Pritchard
Article
May 27, 2009
Too much, or too little
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 26, 2009
Philip Pan’s “Out of Mao’s Shadow” Wins CFR’s 2009 Arthur Ross Book Award
Article
May 26, 2009
The Foreign Policy Factor in Iran’s Presidential Race
By Farideh Farhi, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
May 26, 2009
2007 all over again? The dollar, central bank reserves and US bonds
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 25, 2009
A Nuclear Test for the Obama Administration
By Sheila A. Smith, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
May 24, 2009
The (almost) $2.5 trillionaire …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 22, 2009
Central banks still (heart) dollar reserves
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 22, 2009
Sober Assessments and Missed Opportunities on Guantanamo
By John B. Bellinger III, Greg Bruno
Article
May 22, 2009
Fed’s Exit Strategy
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
May 21, 2009
The heavyweights chime in …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 21, 2009
China’s new barbell portfolio: Treasuries and commodities?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 21, 2009
Canadian Oil Sands: Energy Security and Climate Change Concerns Can be Reconciled, Says New CFR Report
Article
May 21, 2009
Technical difficulties yesterday
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 20, 2009
Iranian Missile Test Politically Motivated
By Thomas W. Lippman, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
May 20, 2009
Derivatives Plan a Watershed, but Risks Loom
By Gillian Tett, Lee Hudson Teslik
Article
May 19, 2009
Green shoots in China’s April trade data?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 19, 2009
World Trade
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
May 19, 2009
Core Differences Remain After Netanyahu-Obama Meeting
By Steven A. Cook, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
May 18, 2009
Russia’s waning appetite for dollars
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 18, 2009
Lost prestige
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 17, 2009
“We hate you guys … but there is nothing much we can do”
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 15, 2009
China’s Foreign Assets
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
May 15, 2009
Different conceptions of China’s future role in the global financial system
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 14, 2009
CFR’s 2009 Arthur Ross Book Award Shortlist Announced
Article
May 14, 2009
Netanyahu-Obama Meeting: Don’t Expect Confrontation
By Martin S. Indyk, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
May 13, 2009
Not putting your money where your mouth is
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 13, 2009
Syria Looking for Improved Relations with Obama Administration
By Joshua Landis, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
May 13, 2009
Pakistan’s Humanitarian Crisis
By Michael Young, Jayshree Bajoria
Article
May 13, 2009
Minus twenty, minus twenty, minus twenty …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 12, 2009
Righting the Wrongs of the UN’s Top Human Rights Body
By Kara C. McDonald
Article
May 12, 2009
The US March trade data …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 11, 2009
Sovereign bailout funds, sovereign development funds, sovereign wealth funds, royal wealth funds …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 9, 2009
China’s compensation for taking dollar risk …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 8, 2009
After the Stress Tests
By Roger M. Kubarych, Lee Hudson Teslik
Article
May 8, 2009
ASEAN Fund
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
May 7, 2009
Building Trust Among Anti-Taliban Allies
By Daniel S. Markey, Jayshree Bajoria
Article
May 6, 2009
Greenish shoots in East Asia
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 5, 2009
Pakistan’s ’Existential Threat’ Comes From Within
By Bruce O. Riedel, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
May 5, 2009
The Global Implications of a Warming Arctic
By Scott G. Borgerson
Article
May 5, 2009
Too much of a good thing? Should global capital flows be pumped back up to their boom levels?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 5, 2009
Swine Flu, the Drug War, and the Mexican State
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
May 4, 2009
New Media Tools and Public Diplomacy
By Elliot Schrage, Lee Hudson Teslik
Article
May 4, 2009
Iran is the ’Most Difficult Challenge’ for the Nonproliferation Regime
By Linton F. Brooks, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
May 4, 2009
Senate Should Move Quickly to Join Convention on Law of the Sea, Urges New CFR Report
Article
May 3, 2009
More than a grocer
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 1, 2009
Achievements of the London G20 Summit and Korea as a Troika
By Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound
Article
May 1, 2009
Obama Broadening Afghanistan War Into ’War of Choice’ and Not ’Necessity’
By Richard Haass, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
May 1, 2009
The reserve manager panic of 2008 …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
May 1, 2009
Additional confirmation China bought US equities from mid-2007 to mid-2008
By Brad W. Setser

June

59 items

Article
Jun 30, 2009
CFR.org’s New Multimedia Guide Illustrates Causes and Consequences of Global Economic Crisis
Article
Jun 30, 2009
The savings glut. Controversy guaranteed.
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jun 29, 2009
Iraq at Crossroads Amid U.S. Disengagement
By Kenneth M. Pollack, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jun 29, 2009
Crisis Guide: The Global Economy
By Michael E. Moran, Jeremy Sherlick, Lee Hudson Teslik
Article
Jun 28, 2009
The evolution of the United States’ external balance sheet in the last decade (wonky)
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jun 26, 2009
The 2008 US net international investment position: Without valuation gains, ongoing borrowing pushes the US deeper into the red
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jun 26, 2009
After the Iranian Uprising
By Greg Bruno, Abbas Milani, Alex Vatanka, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Stephen Steve Fairbanks
Article
Jun 26, 2009
Despite Crackdown, U.S. Must Deal with Iranian Regime
By Richard Haass, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jun 25, 2009
Imbalances
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Jun 25, 2009
"The Real War in Mexico: How Democracy Can Defeat the Drug Cartels," Foreign Affairs, July/August 2009
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
Jun 25, 2009
America Between the Wars
Article
Jun 24, 2009
Near-record growth in the custodial holdings at the Fed; ongoing angst about the dollar’s role as a reserve currency …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jun 24, 2009
Reform and Women’s Rights Movements Intertwined in Iran
By Isobel Coleman, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jun 24, 2009
Where is the spillover? China’s stimulus isn’t doing much to support Japanese demand
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jun 23, 2009
Yes Virginia, there was an international financial crisis in 2007 and 2008
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jun 22, 2009
Iran’s Clash of ’Titans’ May Not Resolve Itself Soon
By Farideh Farhi, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jun 21, 2009
The good and bad news in the World Bank’s China Quarterly
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jun 19, 2009
Trade and Climate Change
By Michael Levi
Article
Jun 19, 2009
I am pretty sure China didn’t sell Treasuries in April (or May, for that matter)
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jun 18, 2009
Parsing Iran’s ’Momentous’ Internal Drama
By Karim Sadjadpour, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jun 18, 2009
Funding the U.S. Counterinsurgency Wars
By Stephen Biddle
Article
Jun 18, 2009
Today’s balance of payments release was overshadowed …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jun 17, 2009
China’s Foreign Assets
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Jun 17, 2009
Strengthening South Korean Ties
By Scott A. Snyder, Jayshree Bajoria
Article
Jun 17, 2009
‘Crisis of Legitimacy’ in Iran
By Arang Keshavarzian, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jun 17, 2009
Assessment of the Proliferation Risks of Spent Fuel Reprocessing
By Charles D. Ferguson
Article
Jun 16, 2009
North Korea’s Nuclear and Missile Tests and Six-Party Talks: Where Do We Go From Here?
By Scott A. Snyder
Article
Jun 16, 2009
Read Brender and Pisani’s “Globalised finance and its collapse”
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jun 15, 2009
Netanyahu Speech Aimed to Ease U.S. Relations, Unlikely to Assuage Palestinians
By Aaron David Miller, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jun 15, 2009
Three quick points on the April TIC data
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jun 14, 2009
China’s recovery still isn’t adding (much) to global demand
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jun 14, 2009
U.S. Should React Cautiously to Iran’s ’Stolen Election’
By Gary G. Sick, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jun 13, 2009
On Nuclear Terrorism
Article
Jun 12, 2009
Offsetting Borrowing
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Jun 12, 2009
Just who bought all the Treasuries the issued in late 2008 and early 2009?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jun 11, 2009
Investment up over 30%, imports down 25%?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jun 10, 2009
Iranian Presidents Have a Critical Role in Policymaking
By Mohsen M. Milani, Greg Bruno
Article
Jun 10, 2009
The China-Once-Again-Investing Corporation
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jun 9, 2009
Trade Collapse
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Jun 9, 2009
Coping with Pyongyang: Regional Diplomacy Still Vital
By Sheila A. Smith
Article
Jun 9, 2009
The Chinese puzzle: why is China growing when other export powerhouses aren’t?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jun 8, 2009
Uncertain Times After Lebanon’s Vote
By Mohamad Bazzi, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jun 8, 2009
Prime Minister Says Kenyan Politics ’Are Not Ethnic’
By Raila Odinga, Stephanie Hanson
Article
Jun 8, 2009
U.S. Ability to Manage Ties with Iran Critical, Concludes New CFR Book
Article
Jun 8, 2009
No green shoots in Korea’s May trade data
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jun 5, 2009
The return of Bretton Woods Two? (or Bretton Woods 2.1?)
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jun 4, 2009
Beyond Cairo: Translating ’Important’ Obama Message into Policies
By Edward P. Djerejian, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jun 4, 2009
Challenges and Opportunities for U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change
By Elizabeth C. Economy
Article
Jun 4, 2009
Obama’s Message to Muslims Resonates, But Challenges Await
By Steven A. Cook, Robert McMahon
Article
Jun 4, 2009
Change or more of the same?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jun 3, 2009
Financing U.S. Debt
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Jun 3, 2009
Harnessing Iran’s Role in Afghanistan
By George Gavrilis
Article
Jun 3, 2009
On Cuba and the OAS
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
Jun 3, 2009
Not just emerging markets
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jun 2, 2009
Prospects for Political Change in China
By Nicholas D. Kristof, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jun 2, 2009
Obama in Mideast: A Focus on Arab Peace Plan and Reform
By Steven A. Cook, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jun 2, 2009
More on the fall in private borrowing and the rise in the fiscal defict
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jun 1, 2009
South Korea-U.S. Summit: A New Approach to North Korea and Afghanistan
By Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound
Article
Jun 1, 2009
Tiananmen Square and Two Chinas
By Adam Segal, Jayshree Bajoria, Elizabeth C. Economy, Perry Link, Cheng Li, Orville H. Schell, Michael Anti (Zhao Jing)

July

54 items

Article
Jul 31, 2009
Geoeconomics, in pictures
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jul 30, 2009
The Yuan
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Jul 30, 2009
The (almost) dollar crisis of 2007 …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jul 29, 2009
Pot calling kettle black?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jul 29, 2009
U.S. Needs a Stronger Commitment to Improving Afghan Governance
By Stephen Biddle, Greg Bruno
Article
Jul 29, 2009
Stalling Over Israeli Settlements
By David Makovsky, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jul 29, 2009
Rule of Law Should Be U.S. Priority in Talks with China
By Elizabeth C. Economy, Jayshree Bajoria
Article
Jul 28, 2009
Doesn’t a smaller (external) deficit mean less dependence on (external) creditors, including China?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jul 27, 2009
China vs. U.S. Central Bank Holdings
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Jul 27, 2009
The problem with relying on the dollar to produce a real appreciation in China …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jul 27, 2009
The Wisdom of a ’Defense Umbrella’ Against Iran
By Thomas W. Lippman, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jul 27, 2009
Un sistema de inmigración defectuoso pone en peligro de dañar seriamente los intereses nacionales de EU, advierte grupo de trabajo del CFR
Article
Jul 26, 2009
The faster the rise, the bigger the fall?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jul 23, 2009
Not necessarily always stabilizing …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jul 23, 2009
Delivering Tough Love to Ukraine, Georgia
By Steven Pifer, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jul 23, 2009
Raising Human Rights Concerns with N. Korea
By Roberta Cohen, Jayshree Bajoria
Article
Jul 22, 2009
Two trillion and counting …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jul 21, 2009
SAFE, state capitalist?
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jul 21, 2009
Emerging Markets and World Growth
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Jul 21, 2009
Iran’s Political Crisis Far From Over
By Shaul Bakhash, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jul 20, 2009
And now, the rest of the story: long-term portfolio flows have fallen by more than the trade deficit
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jul 20, 2009
Negotiating With a Troubled Iran
By Mark Fitzpatrick, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jul 19, 2009
Don’t ignore the adjustment that has taken place; the US trade deficit is half its size this time last year …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jul 19, 2009
Huge thanks
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jul 17, 2009
May TIC Data: Still Buying US Assets But Just the Liquid Ones
By Rachel Ziemba
Article
Jul 15, 2009
Clinton’s Challenge in India
By Evan A. Feigenbaum
Article
Jul 15, 2009
News Release: CFR Latin America Studies Director Authors Primer on History and Politics of Cuba
Article
Jul 15, 2009
Nothing brings out buyers like higher prices, and other short stories
By Mark Dow Mark Dow
Article
Jul 15, 2009
Chinese Reserves: Boiling Over Again?
By Rachel Ziemba
Article
Jul 14, 2009
Twin Deficits
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Jul 13, 2009
Will the Chinese Keep Saving?
By Rachel Ziemba
Article
Jul 13, 2009
How the Kashmir Dispute Affects Security in South Asia
By Jayshree Bajoria, Daniel S. Markey, C. Raja Mohan, Hasan-Askari Rizvi, Howard B. Schaffer, M. Farooq Kathwari
Article
Jul 13, 2009
Beat Down
By Mark Dow Mark Dow
Article
Jul 13, 2009
Crisis Between Kurds and Iraqi Government Needs U.S. Mediation
By Daniel P. Serwer, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jul 10, 2009
Weekly Federal Reserve balance sheet update
By Mark Dow Mark Dow
Article
Jul 10, 2009
Chinese Handcuffs? No, Chinese trade deficit
By Mark Dow Mark Dow
Article
Jul 10, 2009
Obama’s Summits: Gradual Steps With Russia, Climate Change
By Charles A. Kupchan, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jul 9, 2009
CFR Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
Jul 9, 2009
GCC Sovereigns: A Little Better off
By Rachel Ziemba
Article
Jul 9, 2009
The lunch may be free, but how much is it worth?
By Mark Dow Mark Dow
Article
Jul 8, 2009
The Careful U.S. Diplomacy on Honduras
By Kevin Casas-Zamora, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jul 8, 2009
Unemployment
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Jul 8, 2009
The Monkey Multiplier
By Mark Dow Mark Dow
Article
Jul 7, 2009
Bush: ’Significant Hurdles’ Remain on Immigration Reform
By Jeb Bush, Toni Johnson
Article
Jul 7, 2009
Muito Forte
By Mark Dow Mark Dow
Article
Jul 6, 2009
’Incremental Progress’ on Nuclear Issues at U.S.-Russia Summit
By Charles D. Ferguson, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jul 6, 2009
The Dollar: It’s an Overhang, not a Hangover
By Mark Dow Mark Dow
Article
Jul 6, 2009
Broken Immigration System Risks Serious Damage to U.S. National Interests, Warns CFR Task Force
Article
Jul 5, 2009
Gone fishing; back in two weeks
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jul 3, 2009
The CFR’s financial crisis guide
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jul 2, 2009
“A more balanced economy might allow the world to live with a less perfect financial system”
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Jul 1, 2009
Transformation of the U.S.-ROK Alliance and North Korean Threat: A South Korean Public Perspective
By Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound
Article
Jul 1, 2009
Obama’s Summit in Russia: Which Side ’Blinks’ First?
By Stephen Sestanovich, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Jul 1, 2009
One graph to rule them all …
By Brad W. Setser

August

32 items

Article
Aug 31, 2009
"Thrilling" Mexico
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
Aug 31, 2009
Treasuries vs. GSEs
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Aug 26, 2009
Japan’s Moment of Choice
By Sheila A. Smith
Article
Aug 26, 2009
The Detrimental Potential of a CIA Review
By Burton Gerber, Greg Bruno
Article
Aug 24, 2009
Reappraising U.S. Withdrawal from Iraqi Cities
By Jane Arraf, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Aug 24, 2009
Iran
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Aug 21, 2009
Beyond Elections, Fixing the Afghan State
By Elizabeth Rubin, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Aug 19, 2009
Pakistan’s Stake in the Afghan Election
By Daniel S. Markey, Jayshree Bajoria
Article
Aug 19, 2009
Overcoming the ’Rut’ in Middle East Peace Efforts
By Steven A. Cook, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Aug 18, 2009
What to Read on Mexican Politics
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
Aug 17, 2009
Afghan Elections: A Perilous Time
By Ahmed Rashid, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Aug 14, 2009
Foreign Affairs Article in Spanish
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
Aug 12, 2009
The Future of U.S. Climate Policy
By Eileen B. Claussen, Stephanie Hanson
Article
Aug 12, 2009
Obama’s Food Security Initiative in Africa
By Laurie Garrett, Stephanie Hanson
Article
Aug 11, 2009
U.S. Air Strikes in Pakistan “Ineffective”
By Micah Zenko, Jayshree Bajoria
Article
Aug 11, 2009
Still Amigos: The Recent North American Summit
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
Aug 7, 2009
Strengthening the Neighborhood: the Guadalajara Trilateral Summit
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
Aug 7, 2009
Striking a Balance on Counterterrorism Policies
By Steven Simon, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Aug 6, 2009
Lender of Last Resort
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Aug 6, 2009
U.S. Policy Shift Needed in the Horn of Africa
By Bronwyn E. Bruton
Article
Aug 4, 2009
Pyongyang’s Pardons
By Scott A. Snyder, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Aug 4, 2009
Secretary Clinton’s ’Important Trip’ to Africa
By Princeton N. Lyman, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Aug 4, 2009
All great things have to end
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Aug 4, 2009
Bonus graph
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Aug 4, 2009
Commercial Paper
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Aug 3, 2009
Turning on a Paradigm
By Mark Dow Mark Dow
Article
Aug 3, 2009
China, new financial superpower …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Aug 3, 2009
Events in Iran ’Polarizing’ Nation Further
By Farideh Farhi, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Aug 2, 2009
How much do the major Sovereign Wealth Funds manage?
By Rachel Ziemba
Article
Aug 1, 2009
Still growing …
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Aug 1, 2009
China linkfest
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Aug 1, 2009
The Missing Consensus: U.S. Policy Specialist Views on Korea
By Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound

September

42 items

Article
Sep 30, 2009
What Iran Wants
By Manouchehr Mottaki, Greg Bruno
Article
Sep 29, 2009
’The Right’ to Question Iran
By Joseph S. Nye Jr., Greg Bruno
Article
Sep 28, 2009
An Afghan Path Toward Stability
By Clare Lockhart, Greg Bruno
Article
Sep 28, 2009
’Dramatic Shift’ in German Politics Toward the Right
By William Drozdiak, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Sep 28, 2009
U.S. Federal Debt Issuance: Risks Ahead
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Sep 25, 2009
The Significance of Iran’s ’Secret’ Nuclear Plant
By Michael Levi, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Sep 24, 2009
Resourcing an Afghan Strategy
By Greg Bruno, Peter Colonel R. Mansoor, Andrew J. Bacevich, Amin Tarzi, Thomas E. Ricks, Candace Rondeaux, John A. Nagl
Article
Sep 24, 2009
The New ’Informal’ Multilateral Era
By Richard Haass, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Sep 23, 2009
At G-20 Economic Summit, Relief and Rituals
By Robert McMahon, Roger M. Kubarych
Article
Sep 23, 2009
Obama Looking for Negotiations to Produce Lasting, Not Interim Mideast Peace Solution
By Steven A. Cook, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Sep 22, 2009
One time return to blogging
By Brad W. Setser
Article
Sep 22, 2009
What Americans Want from the United Nations
By Stewart M. Patrick
Article
Sep 21, 2009
India’s Climate Change Forecast
By Jairam Ramesh, Jayshree Bajoria
Article
Sep 21, 2009
Decoupling China in the Climate Debate
By Elizabeth C. Economy, Toni Johnson
Article
Sep 21, 2009
China’s External Investments
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Sep 18, 2009
Obama at the UN: The Burden of the Anti-Bush
By Stewart M. Patrick
Article
Sep 17, 2009
Assessing the Case for War in Afghanistan
By Stephen Biddle
Article
Sep 16, 2009
Covering ’One Of The Most Frightening Places On Earth’
By Mary Anne Weaver
Article
Sep 16, 2009
Education Will Foster Demand For International Journalism
By James O. Goldsborough
Article
Sep 15, 2009
Constraints Loom for Swine Flu Vaccine
By David Fedson, Toni Johnson
Article
Sep 15, 2009
Rising Muslim Middle Class Vital in Combating Religious Extremism, says Vali Nasr in New CFR Book
Article
Sep 14, 2009
Foreign Affairs a ’Crucial Part of the News Diet’
By Clifford Krauss
Article
Sep 14, 2009
The Undercurrents of War Reporting
By Jane Arraf
Article
Sep 12, 2009
The Closing of the American Border
Article
Sep 11, 2009
Unemployment
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Sep 10, 2009
’Exhilirating’: A Reporter’s Experiences in International Journalism
By Thomas W. Lippman
Article
Sep 10, 2009
Lessons Learned From Covering Iraq
By Mohamad Bazzi
Article
Sep 10, 2009
Is New York a Counterterrorism Model?
By Lydia Khalil
Article
Sep 10, 2009
’Dangerous Reporters’ and the Impact of International Journalism
By David Remnick
Article
Sep 9, 2009
A ’Pretty Slow Recovery’
By Steven Dunaway, Toni Johnson
Article
Sep 9, 2009
2012: The Year of Elections
By Jeremy Sherlick, Brianna Lee
Article
Sep 9, 2009
Afghanistan’s Troop Deficit Problem
By Kimberly Kagan, Greg Bruno
Article
Sep 8, 2009
The Media as a Force for Public Accountability
By Elizabeth Rubin
Article
Sep 8, 2009
’No Easy Fix’ to the State of Foreign Reporting
By Kim Barker
Article
Sep 8, 2009
American Foreign Policy: Regional Perspectives
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
Sep 8, 2009
Obama Will Play A Major Role at UN General Assembly
By Thomas Miller, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Sep 8, 2009
The Great Inflation Debate
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Sep 8, 2009
Talks on Nuclear Issue Unlikely with ’Unsettled’ Iran
By Ray Takeyh, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Sep 3, 2009
Reassuring an Edgy Afghanistan
By John Dempsey, Greg Bruno
Article
Sep 3, 2009
UN Sanctions Pushing N. Korea To ’Smile Diplomacy’
By Victor D. Cha, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Sep 1, 2009
Restoring Boldness and Flexibility to U.S.-ROK Coordination on North Korea
By Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound
Article
Sep 1, 2009
No Signs of Iranian Flexibility on Nuclear Program
By George Perkovich, Bernard Gwertzman

October

40 items

Article
Oct 30, 2009
Honduran Politics and the Chavez Factor
By Christopher Sabatini, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Oct 28, 2009
The Tragedy of Palestinian Divisions
By Rashid I. Khalidi, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Oct 28, 2009
Financial Regulation Pitfalls
By Marc Levinson, Roya Wolverson
Article
Oct 27, 2009
A Broad Dialogue With Muslims Worldwide
By Toni Johnson
Article
Oct 26, 2009
U.S. Interest vs. Defense Spending
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Oct 23, 2009
Wariness on Bilateral Process With North Korea
By Michael J. Green, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Oct 22, 2009
NATO – A Strategic Concept for Transatlantic Security
By Charles A. Kupchan
Article
Oct 22, 2009
Painting Democracy on Afghanistan
By Thomas H. Johnson, Greg Bruno
Article
Oct 21, 2009
Nuclear Enrichment Deal With Iran Buys Time
By David Albright, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Oct 21, 2009
Avoiding a U.S.-China Trade Showdown
By Stephen S. Roach, Roya Wolverson
Article
Oct 21, 2009
Israeli Innovation a Model for United States, Say Senor and Singer in New CFR Book
Article
Oct 20, 2009
Trying to Part the Iron Curtain
By Morrie Helitzer
Article
Oct 20, 2009
Fighting for ’What Murrow Himself Stood For’
By Kathy Gannon
Article
Oct 20, 2009
Ending the Afghan Election Crisis
By Peter M. Manikas, Greg Bruno
Article
Oct 20, 2009
’The News Industry is a Public Service’
By Manjeet Kripalani
Article
Oct 20, 2009
Seeking a New Path to Stability in Sudan, and Africa
By Johnnie Carson, Stephanie Hanson
Article
Oct 19, 2009
Gauging the Dollar Decline
By Benn Steil, Roya Wolverson
Article
Oct 19, 2009
China’s Dollar Addiction
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Oct 19, 2009
Iraq’s Worrisome Political Process
By Joost Hiltermann, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Oct 15, 2009
Russian Wariness on U.S. Iran Policy
By Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Oct 15, 2009
’Begin With the Young Generation’ to Sustain Future Foreign Correspondence
By Jaime FlorCruz
Article
Oct 15, 2009
Trading Foreign News for Talking-Heads
By Donald Kirk
Article
Oct 15, 2009
Reporting on the Cold War ’At its Most Frigid’
By Harry Leonard Heintzen
Article
Oct 15, 2009
Competent Foreign Reporting Comes at a High Price
By Mort Rosenblum
Article
Oct 15, 2009
A Bleak Outlook on the Impossibility of Sustained Foreign Correspondence
By Lewis Simons
Article
Oct 15, 2009
Troubling Turnover on UN Security Council
By Kara C. McDonald
Article
Oct 14, 2009
Assessing U.S. Options for Afghanistan
By Stephen Biddle
Article
Oct 14, 2009
CFR’s Washington, DC, Building Awarded LEED Gold Certification
Article
Oct 14, 2009
Solving the Syrian Puzzle
By Mohamad Bazzi, Greg Bruno
Article
Oct 13, 2009
Why China May Stumble
By Steven Dunaway
Article
Oct 8, 2009
The Danger of Delay in Afghan Policymaking
By Bruce O. Riedel, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Oct 7, 2009
Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
By Elizabeth C. Economy
Article
Oct 7, 2009
Government Debt: Financed by Official Sector
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Oct 6, 2009
The IMF’s Growing Powers
By Edwin Truman, Roya Wolverson
Article
Oct 5, 2009
Will a Stronger Europe Emerge from Unification Moves?
By Charles A. Kupchan, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Oct 2, 2009
Copenhagen’s Conundrum
By Michael Levi, Toni Johnson
Article
Oct 2, 2009
The Road Ahead for U.S.-Iran Relations
By John W. Limbert, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Oct 2, 2009
’This Is No Longer a War of Necessity’
By Richard Haass, Spiegel Online
Article
Oct 1, 2009
Uncommon Cold War: U.S.-ROK Cooperation to Battle the Flu
By Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound
Article
Oct 1, 2009
Podcast: Regional Diplomacy on the Honduran Crisis
By Shannon K. O'Neil

November

32 items

Article
Nov 30, 2009
U.S. Current Account Imbalance: Oil vs. Non-Oil
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Nov 30, 2009
Assessing China’s Carbon-Cutting Proposal
By Michael Levi
Article
Nov 24, 2009
The al-Qaeda-Taliban Nexus
By Richard Barrett, Sajjan Gohel, Ronald E. Neumann, Nigel Inkster
Article
Nov 23, 2009
How “Global” Are Global Imbalances?
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Nov 23, 2009
Nuclear Quagmire with Iran
By George R. Perkovich, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Nov 23, 2009
Reassuring India
By Jayshree Bajoria
Article
Nov 20, 2009
The U.S.-Russia Nuclear Thicket
By Charles D. Ferguson, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Nov 19, 2009
Mixed Messages from Asia
By Elizabeth C. Economy, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Nov 19, 2009
Breaking Mexico's Fall
By Shannon K. O'Neil
Article
Nov 17, 2009
Disillusionment in Afghanistan
By Kim Barker, Jayshree Bajoria
Article
Nov 16, 2009
Securing U.S. Energy Supplies
By James E. Rogers, Roya Wolverson
Article
Nov 16, 2009
Global Efforts to Combat Climate Change
By Michael Levi
Article
Nov 16, 2009
Legislative Federal Debt Ceiling
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Nov 15, 2009
Obama ’Straddling Debate’ on Prosecuting 9/11 Prisoners
By Matthew C. Waxman, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Nov 13, 2009
Unfinished Business: The Futenma Story
By Sheila A. Smith
Article
Nov 13, 2009
The U.S.-China Economic Relationship: Separating Facts from Myths
By Steven Dunaway
Article
Nov 12, 2009
In Lebanon: New Government, Old Politics
By Mohamad Bazzi, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Nov 11, 2009
Stricter Rules for Skilled-Worker Visas Are a Mistake
By Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Toni Johnson
Article
Nov 10, 2009
Broader U.S. Policy Needed on Iran
By Ray Takeyh, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Nov 10, 2009
China’s Role in the “New Era of Engagement”
By Stewart M. Patrick
Article
Nov 9, 2009
“Realistic” Emerging Economies
By Peter Sands, Roya Wolverson
Article
Nov 9, 2009
China’s ’Green Sputnik’?
By Elizabeth C. Economy
Article
Nov 9, 2009
Global Supply Chain
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Nov 6, 2009
Rethinking a Two-State Solution
By Robert Malley, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Nov 4, 2009
CFR Report Calls for Overhaul of U.S. Conflict Prevention Policy, Urges Stronger NSC Oversight
Article
Nov 4, 2009
The Fall of the Wall and American Grand Strategy
By James M. Goldgeier
Article
Nov 4, 2009
U.S. Influence at Risk in Asia Without More Active Role in Regional Organizations, Warns CFR Report
Article
Nov 3, 2009
President Obama Tours Asia
By Sheila A. Smith, Joshua Kurlantzick, Elizabeth C. Economy, Scott A. Snyder
Article
Nov 3, 2009
More Afghan Troops Needed to Secure Afghanistan
By Maj. Gen. Richard P. Formica, Greg Bruno
Article
Nov 3, 2009
Karzai’s Moment of Opportunity
By Zalmay M. Khalilzad, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Nov 2, 2009
Stressed Union
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Nov 1, 2009
What Can We Explore to Enhance the U.S.-ROK Alliance?
By Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound

December

48 items

Article
Dec 31, 2009
Copenhagen: The Real China Take-Away
By Elizabeth C. Economy
Article
Dec 29, 2009
Nigeria’s Leadership Vacuum
By John Campbell
Article
Dec 29, 2009
Thailand and Cambodia Compete to Throw Out Refugees
By Joshua Kurlantzick
Article
Dec 29, 2009
A Fraying Yemen’s Terrorism Problem
By Christopher Boucek, Greg Bruno
Article
Dec 28, 2009
Understanding Iran’s Protest Movement
By Robin Wright, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Dec 28, 2009
Obama’s First Year: ’Great Expectations,’ ’Daunting Realities’
By James M. Lindsay, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Dec 23, 2009
Prioritizing U.S. Cybersecurity
By James A. Lewis, Greg Bruno
Article
Dec 23, 2009
Gold Supply and Demand
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Dec 23, 2009
Nuclear Agenda Rising to Top of World Issues in 2010
By Paul Lettow, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Dec 22, 2009
Asia and World (dis)Order…
By Evan A. Feigenbaum
Article
Dec 22, 2009
Climate Right for U.S. Joining Law of Sea Convention
By Scott G. Borgerson, Thomas R. Pickering
Article
Dec 22, 2009
Power and Pique: Cambodia’s Uighur Deportation
By Joshua Kurlantzick
Article
Dec 21, 2009
Opposition Ferment and Fragmentation in Iran
By Ray Takeyh, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Dec 21, 2009
The Decade’s Top Ten Game-Changers in U.S.-China Relations
By Elizabeth C. Economy
Article
Dec 18, 2009
Are China’s Neighbors Being Too Deferential to Xi Jinping?
By Scott A. Snyder
Article
Dec 17, 2009
No More Laobaixing.cn
By Adam Segal
Article
Dec 17, 2009
Party Like It’s 1999
By Joshua Kurlantzick
Article
Dec 17, 2009
Venezuela’s Risk Unhinged
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Dec 16, 2009
Thailand’s Southern Insurgency
By Joshua Kurlantzick
Article
Dec 16, 2009
Report from Copenhagen
By Michael Levi
Article
Dec 15, 2009
Shoals Ahead for the United States and India?
By Evan A. Feigenbaum
Article
Dec 15, 2009
Top Economists Craft Sweeping Proposals for Financial Reform
Article
Dec 15, 2009
Green Innovation
By Adam Segal
Article
Dec 14, 2009
Tokyo says No…until May?
By Sheila A. Smith
Article
Dec 14, 2009
North Korea’s H1N1 Watch: Isolation Vs. Contagion
By Scott A. Snyder
Article
Dec 14, 2009
The China Divide
By Elizabeth C. Economy
Article
Dec 14, 2009
Getting Past Captain Renault
By Adam Segal
Article
Dec 14, 2009
Security and Politics Collide in Iraq
By Sam Parker, Greg Bruno
Article
Dec 11, 2009
Futenma = Alliance?
By Sheila A. Smith
Article
Dec 11, 2009
Coming up Short on Pakistan
By Ahmed Rashid, Hassan Abbas, Maleeha Lodhi, Hasan-Askari Rizvi, Shuja Nawaz
Article
Dec 11, 2009
Guarding the U.S. Nuclear Arsenal
By Frank G. Klotz, Greg Bruno
Article
Dec 11, 2009
Obama’s Nobel Obstacles
By Michael Levi
Article
Dec 10, 2009
Hope of North Korea’s Return to the Six Party Talks
By Evans J.R. Revere, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Dec 10, 2009
Here we go again?
By Adam Segal
Article
Dec 10, 2009
U.S. Must Improve Responsiveness to Mass Atrocities; Absent UN Action, Make Clear Willingness to Act on Its Own, Says New CFR Report
Article
Dec 9, 2009
Eurozone Sovereign Risk
By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker
Article
Dec 9, 2009
How to Avoid Civil War in Guinea
By John Campbell
Article
Dec 8, 2009
U.S.-NATO: Looking for Common Ground in Afghanistan
By Robert E. Hunter, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Dec 8, 2009
Interactive Guide to Economic Crisis Wins Emmy; Second for CFR
Article
Dec 8, 2009
Refining the Energy-Environment Balance
By Christophe de Margerie, Roya Wolverson
Article
Dec 7, 2009
Squaring Healthcare with the Economy
By Len Nichols, Paul N. Van de Water, Jennifer F. Baron and Alexander Muggah, Thomas Miller, Paul B. Ginsburg, Amanda Austin
Article
Dec 4, 2009
Balancing a Bullish Turkey
By Steven A. Cook
Article
Dec 4, 2009
The Vanishing WTO
By Marc Levinson
Article
Dec 4, 2009
CFR’s New Digest Most Comprehensive Source of American and Global Public Opinion Analysis Online
Article
Dec 2, 2009
Avoiding Elections at Any Cost in Iraq
By Rachel Schneller
Article
Dec 2, 2009
Assessing the Afghan Surge
By Richard Haass, Daniel S. Markey, Candace Rondeaux, Lt. Gen. David W. Barno
Article
Dec 1, 2009
Obama’s Withdrawal Date a Controversial Gambit
By Stephen Biddle, Bernard Gwertzman
Article
Dec 1, 2009
Dispatch From Pyongyang: An Offer You Can’t Refuse!
By Scott A. Snyder