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October 12, 2008
Op-Ed
Parade
Leslie H. Gelb discusses the impact the U.S. president has on shaping the world.
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September 29, 2008
Interview
James M. Lindsay, an expert on U.S. foreign policy, and a former director of studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, discusses the first presidential debate between Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama.
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September 17, 2008
Audio
Listen to Ted Sorenson, speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy, discuss his recent autobiography.
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September 17, 2008
Video
Listen to Ted Sorenson, speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy, discuss his recent autobiography.
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September 8, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Sebastian Mallaby writes that John McCain has caved to his party's anti-tax fanatics. Under a McCain administration, Americans would not have to sacrifice a dime more of their money to a cause larger than themselves.
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September 6, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson writes that John McCain failed to offer creative, interesting or bold policy in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention.
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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 2, 2008
Audio
Listen to experts discuss the various foreign policy challenges the next U.S. administration will face as part of a three-day symposium during the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, cosponsored with the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.
This symposium was underwritten by Chevron Corporation, The Coca-Cola Company, the Stanford Financial Group, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
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September 2, 2008
Video
Watch experts discuss the various foreign policy challenges the next U.S. administration will face as part of a three-day symposium during the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, cosponsored with the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.
This symposium was underwritten by Chevron Corporation, The Coca-Cola Company, the Stanford Financial Group, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
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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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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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