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September 25, 2008
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Listen to Eliza Griswold, fellow at the New America Foundation, discuss the intersection of religion and human rights advocacy, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call Series.
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September 2008
Essential Documents
Report
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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.
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August 28, 2008
Must Read
Peaceful Muslim protests in Kashmir have been shut down by Indian police forces.
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July 4, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson finds that Barack Obama’s willingness to embrace a faith-based initiative is a good example of moderation without cynicism.
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June 27, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson writes that Barack Obama is properly understood as a man of the religious left, in the tradition of Martin Luther King Jr. However, while he has made progress gaining support in the religious community, his stance on abortion continues to keep him from gaining widespread evangelical support.
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June 22, 2008
Op-Ed
New York Times
Some degree of anti-immigrant sentiment can usually be found all over the world; but in Western Europe this sentiment is turning into something much more dangerous, says Noah Feldman.
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June 19, 2008
Backgrounder
Religion's place in the Iranian political system has long been debated among scholars, but a president who blurs the line has refocused attention on the topic
June 19, 2008
Interview
Hossein Bastani, an Iranian journalist, discusses the split within Iran between the so-called neoconservatives, who support Ahmadinejad, and the more traditional conservatives, who support the older generation of leaders.
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June 18, 2008
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Listen to Noah Feldman, adjunct senior fellow at CFR and professor of law at Harvard Law School, discuss his new book, The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call Series.
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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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