Updated: December 19, 2008
Daily Analysis
A bailout of Detroit's automakers would likely bring moves against the United States in the World Trade Organization and has reignited an old debate about the viability of government-directed industrial policy.
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October 17, 2008
Backgrounder
China has grown into a trading giant, but recent concerns over the safety of Chinese food and drugs have increased worries that China's production may have outpaced the country's policing capacity.
See more in China, Business & Foreign Policy, Trade
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.
See more in Climate Change, Environmental Pollution
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.
See more in Energy/Environment, Climate Change
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.
See more in France, Economics, Business & Foreign Policy
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.
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Nuclear Energy (1/6): Charles Ferguson and Michelle Smith argue that nuclear energy “will not be the miracle cure for energy dependence or global warming that boosters promise,” in Foreign Policy.
Gaza Violence (1/5): Steven Cook writes in U.S. News & World Report that Israel's exercise of military power in the Gaza Strip, employed legitimately or not, is unlikely to achieve its desired goals.
The Obama Administration (1/5): Michael Gerson writes that Obama “will require sober supporters--and loyal critics--to get through challenges” in 2009, in the Washington Post.
Border Security (1/3): Edward Alden urges President-elect Obama to begin rebuilding trust with Canada as a partner in trade and counterterrorism when he takes office, in the Ottawa Citizen.
Energy and Environment (1/3): David Victor and Arun Rai warn that “the global environment may be one of the biggest losers in the current financial crisis” as clean coal projects are abandoned around the world, in Newsweek.
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (1/2): Michael Gerson writes that the removal of the threat Hamas poses to the Israeli people is “the prerequisite for the resumption of the peace process,” in the Washington Post.
The Obama Administration (12/31): Amity Shlaes argues that “a new hundred days spent making good laws will bring sturdy recovery,” in the Washington Post.
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.
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.
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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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