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September 8, 2008
Daily Analysis
Pakistan's new president, Asif Ali Zardari, takes office amid growing ire against U.S. military actions in Pakistan. Seven years after 9/11, is Islamabad still committed to counterterrorism?
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August 27, 2008
Must Read
The collapse of Pakistan's ruling coalition revealed the fragility of the country's transition to democracy.
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2008
Must Read
In this paper commissioned by the Better World Campaign, Lorne Craner of the International Republican Institute and Kenneth Wollack of the National Democratic Institute make policy recommendations for the next U.S. president on democracy promotion.
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August 22, 2008
Op-Ed
Huffington Post
Given the tarnished record of George W. Bush’s “freedom agenda,” the idea of promoting democracy throughout the world is losing traction with both Democrats and Republicans, write James Goldgeier and Derek Chollet.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics
July 20, 2008
Op-Ed
Star-Ledger of Newark
While it may surprise Americans brought up to assume everyone wants to be one of us, the American system of free enterprise bound by a strict legal code, is growing less popular in the rest of the world, writes Michael Moran.
See more in Democracy Promotion, Human Rights, Society and Culture
July/August 2008
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
Washington can promote political reform best by backing off.
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June 11, 2008
Must Read
The Burmese government failed to adequately respond to a cyclone that struck the country last week, while the world chose to respond and point out the problems within the country.
See more in Burma/Myanmar, Economic Development, Energy/Environment
March 3, 2008
Must Read
William Dalrymple describes why democracy does not thrive in Pakistan but also writes that cultural changes are taking place and that Pakistan is "...not about to fall apart, or implode, or break out into civil war, or become a Taliban state with truckfuls of mullahs pouring down on Islamabad from the Khyber Pass."
See more in Pakistan, Democracy Promotion, Elections, Human Rights
May 23, 2008
Essential Documents
Report
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April 4, 2008
Op-Ed
New York Post
Max Boot argues that “by retreating from the streets of Basra, the British allowed the situation to spin out of control. That is a mistake we should not repeat in the rest of the country.”
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Democracy Promotion, Nation Building
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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.
In this report, CFR Fellow Brad W. Setser recommends addressing the U.S. current account deficit in order to strengthen the United States’ position abroad.
This report, written by CFR Senior Fellow Daniel Markey, outlines the nature of the challenges in Pakistan's tribal areas, formulates strategies for addressing those challenges, and distills the strategies into realistic policy proposals worthy of consideration by the incoming administration.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
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.
In The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, Noah Feldman tells the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the sharia—the law of the traditional Islamic state—in the modern Muslim world.
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