July 29, 2008
Daily Analysis
Struggles continue for Detroit's automakers. Experts say the road to recovery requires looking overseas.
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June 30, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Politicians have blamed the sky-rocketing price of oil on energy speculators and proposed policies to regulate the markets. In this Washington Post op-ed, Sebastian Mallaby argues that clamping down on the market would be a repeat of Richard Nixon’s disastrous price controls in the 70’s.
June 26, 2008
Transcript
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October 26, 2007
Must Read
Cement plants account for 5 percent of global emissions of carbon dioxide, the main cause of climate change. This article discusses how the whole industry has come under fire in the debate on global warming.
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May 11, 2007
Must Read
David Biello says if controlling global warming is a priority, then industries will have to become efficient energy users, which will require a transformation of their basic operations.
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Updated: December 19, 2007
Backgrounder
Congress has approved the first increase in corporate average fuel economy in thirty years, propelled by worries over rising oil prices.
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October 22, 2007
Transcript
Christine Lagarde discusses French economic policy and its implications.
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September 1, 2007
Must Read
In this policy research working paper, the World Bank aims to examine the resulting impact of climate change on hydropower projects. Three projects are considered: India, Sri Lanka, and
Vietnam.
See more in India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Climate Change
March 2, 2007
Daily Analysis
Daimler is trying to dump Chrysler and its flagging profits, but the bigger concern for U.S. and European automakers is looming competition from Asia.
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March 2, 2007
Backgrounder
Backgrounder: Detroit’s woes coincide with a blossoming of Asian automakers.
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U.S. Presidential Election (10/8): Michael Gerson looks at the weaknesses of the G.O.P.'s strategy, in the Washington Post.
Economic Crisis (10/10): Sebastian Mallaby argues that, “the fastest and fairest way to help ordinay people is via a budget stimulus package,” in the Washington Post.
Iran (10/10): Michael Gerson writes about diplomacy and the potential of a nuclear Iran, in the Washington Post.
U.S. Presidential Election (10/10): Peter Beinart discusses the role of race in the presidential campaigns, in Time .
China (10/9): Brian Klein argues that, “China's economy is actually facing a fundamental structural adjustment that has arrived much earlier than expected,” in the Far East Economic Review .
Financial Markets (10/9): Amity Shlaes writes, “this week's declines by stock markets ... are the prudent actions of a crowd crying 'fraud' and anticipating the inevitable,” on Bloomberg.com.
In this report, CFR Senior Fellow Michael A. Levi analyzes the potential use of deterrence in preventing terrorist groups from acquiring nuclear weapons and recommends a new approach to U.S. declaratory policy, as well as ways to improve U.S. capabilities to determine the sources of terrorist attacks.
In this report, Bruce W. MacDonald illuminates the strategic landscape of military space competition between the United States and China and highlights the dangers and opportunities the United States confronts in space.
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In The Closing of the American Border, Edward Alden goes behind the scenes to tell the story of the Bush administration’s struggle to balance security and openness in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
In Termites in the Trading System, Jagdish Bhagwati reveals how the rapid spread of preferential trade agreements endangers the world trading system.
America Between the Wars explores how the decisions and debates of the years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Twin Towers shaped the events, arguments, and politics of the world we live in today.
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