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October 2006
Task Force Report No. 58
Task Force Report
This report argues that the lack of sustained attention to energy issues is undercutting U.S. foreign policy and national security.
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September 26, 2008
Must Read
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September 26, 2008
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September 26, 2008
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Meeting tomorrow's energy needs for the world's most densely populated country.
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Updated: September 30, 2008
Online Debate
Experts debate the degree to which opening more federal lands and waters to drilling will improve U.S. energy security.
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September/October 2008
Article
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Charles D. Ferguson and Michelle Smith consider the future of the nuclear energy supply.
Updated: September 12, 2008
Backgrounder
With oil supplies tighter than ever, regions most vulnerable to oil supply disruptions present a significant concern.
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September 7, 2008
Must Read
India and the United States, along with deep-pocketed corporations, have been steadily pushing along a lucrative and dangerous new nuclear pact, the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement.
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September 3, 2008
Transcript
A Panel discusses the existing problems in the Greater Middle East, and possible solutions.
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September 2, 2008
Transcript
Panelists discuss Foreign Policy challenges
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June 25, 2008
Essential Documents
Republican presidential candidate John McCain presented this energy plan on June 25, 2008.
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U.S. energy dependence is undercutting U.S. national security, finds a new Council Task Force.
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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.
Healthcare Reform (10/8): Michael Gerson compares the healthcare plans of the presidential candidates, in the Washington Post.
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.
Complete list of CFR Books.
Former Council Military Fellow, 2005-2006
C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies
David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment and Director of the Program on Energy Security and Climate Change
Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics
Deputy Director of Studies
Douglas Dillon Fellow for Latin America Studies
Adjunct Senior Fellow
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Science and Technology
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