September 4, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson writes that John McCain must challenge the Republican party in his convention speech.
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September-October 2008
Article
American Interest
Steven A. Cook looks at how the next U.S. president can be successful in the Middle East.
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September 2, 2008
Op-Ed
National Interest
Leslie Gelb argues that now is the time for realists to put aside partisan differences to form a " politically potent coalition...to shape U.S. foreign policy."
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August 30, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson writes that Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention squandered opportunities to transcend partisan divides.
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August 30, 2008
Op-Ed
Newsweek
Michael Gerson writes that John McCain's sense of social justice combines "a religious concern for the weak and oppressed with a military conception of national honor."
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August 28, 2008
Podcast
The Democratic congresswoman from New Hampshire and member of the House Armed Services Committee speaks from the Democratic National Convention about foreign policy challenges facing the United States.
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August 28, 2008
Interview
CFR.org interviews representatives of the foreign press corps at the Democratic National Convention about what issues appeal to their home audiences.
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August 27, 2008
Article
Washington Post
Michael Gerson says that Barack Obama’s declaration that he will not fill his speech at the Democratic convention with high rhetoric and instead deliver a more “workmanlike speech,” is a mistake. To really capture the unique historical moment that he has been given, Obama should address America’s deeper divisions based in issues such as wealth, segragation and opportunity.
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August 27, 2008
Op-Ed
Bloomberg
The Obama campaign is managing to evoke many hopes from past presidential campaigns, leaving candidate McCain with little to campaign on but fear. In this Bloomberg op-ed, Amity Shlaes says that McCain has his own opportunity to call for more realistic hopes at next week's Republican Convention.
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September/October 2008
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
The next administration must learn from Bush's mistakes, but should not shy away from using U.S. power to promote American values.
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Republican Convention (9/4): Michael Gerson writes that John McCain must challenge his party in his convention speech, in the Washington Post.
U.S. Politics (9/3): Amity Shlaes warns against “character campaigns,” arguing they leave little time to develop economic or foreign policy goals, on Bloomberg.com.
Campaign 2008 (9/3): Michael Gerson writes that John McCain’s sense of social justice combines “a religious concern for the weak and the oppressed with a military conception of national honor,” in Newsweek.
Middle East (9/2): Steven Cook looks at how the next U.S. president can be successful in the Middle East, in the American Interest.
Democratic Convention (8/30): Michael Gerson writes that Barack Obama's acceptance speech squandered opportunities to transcend partisan divides, in the Washington Post.
Democratic Convention (8/27): Michael Gerson argues that Barack Obama should use this historic moment to address America's divisions, in the Washington Post.
Presidential Campaign (8/27): Amity Shlaes writes that in America, politics is a contest between hope and fear, on Bloomberg.com.
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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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