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September 11, 2008
Interview
Howard B. Schaffer, a former top State Department official on South Asia, says Washington should seek to prevent tensions in Kashmir from complicating U.S. security interests in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
See more in India, Kashmir, Pakistan, Religion
September 11, 2008
Daily Analysis
The recent violence and revived calls for independence in Indian-administered Kashmir serve as reminders of an unresolved conflict in an increasingly dangerous neighborhood.
See more in India, Kashmir, Pakistan, Sovereignty
August 28, 2008
Must Read
Peaceful Muslim protests in Kashmir have been shut down by Indian police forces.
See more in Kashmir, Democracy and Human Rights, Religion
Updated: September 29, 2008
Backgrounder
As China transforms the economy, politics, and demographics of Xinjiang, Uighurs accuse China of engaging in imperialism.
See more in China, Minorities, Diversity and Foreign Policy, Terrorism
July/August 2008
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
Critics refute Muller’s assumptions about ethnic conflict; Muller responds.
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March/April 2008
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
Why ethnic nationalism will drive global politics for generations.
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March/April 2008
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
How the Danish model of social democracy offers important lessons for governments confronting the dilemmas of globalization.
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February 8, 2008
Op-Ed
New York Times
Noah Feldman explains that “if Turkey is to continue its integration into European and Western civilization, it needs to show that liberal values and Islam are not only compatible but complementary.”
See more in Turkey, Minorities, Diversity and Foreign Policy, Religion
Updated: November 26, 2007
Daily Analysis
Shifting demographics in Australia made the Asian immigrant votes critical to Kevin Rudd's victory in the November 24 general elections.
See more in Australasia and the Pacific, Immigration
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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.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
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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