October 14, 2008
Interview
Gary Samore, who was active in nuclear diplomacy with North Korea in the Clinton administration, says the latest agreement between the United States and North Korea is only a "very modest step forward" because it allows the next administration to proceed further in seeking a nuclear-disarmed North Korea.
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September 22, 2008
News Release
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Updated: April 2, 2008
Backgrounder
Despite its recent willingness to combat terrorism, Sudan is still considered a state sponsor because of its ties to Hamas, the Iraqi insurgency, and violence in Darfur.
See more in Sudan, International Peace and Security, U.S. Strategy and Politics
February 12, 2008
Op-Ed
Los Angeles Times
Max Boot looks at which presidential candidate “an Ahmadinejad, Assad or Kim would fear the most.”
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Updated: January 23, 2008
Backgrounder
The U.S. State Department continues to list Cuba as a state sponsor of terror, though most experts say the country no longer poses a threat to U.S. national security.
Updated: October 25, 2007
Backgrounder
Three decades after its formation, Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps has reached the upper echelons of government power while attracting new scrutiny, and likely sanctions, from the West.
Updated: August 2007
Backgrounder
The U.S. government designates Iran as the "most active state sponsor of terrorism," which feeds concerns about Iran's growing nuclear program.
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July 2, 2007
Daily Analysis
The SEC’s new terrorism blacklist provokes anger from some major global companies and raises questions about the value of terror lists more generally.
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June 2007
Essential Documents
Report
January 26, 2007
Podcast
Iranian expert Kaveh L. Afrasiabi says pressure by the United States on Tehran may backfire and will not push Tehran to give up its nuclear program.
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Gaza Violence (1/5): Steven Cook writes in U.S. News & World Report that Israel's exercise of military power in the Gaza Strip, employed legitimately or not, is unlikely to achieve its desired goals.
The Obama Administration (1/5): Michael Gerson writes that Obama “will require sober supporters--and loyal critics--to get through challenges” in 2009, in the Washington Post.
Border Security (1/3): Edward Alden urges President-elect Obama to begin rebuilding trust with Canada as a partner in trade and counterterrorism when he takes office, in the Ottawa Citizen.
Energy and Environment (1/3): David Victor and Arun Rai warn that “the global environment may be one of the biggest losers in the current financial crisis” as clean coal projects are abandoned around the world, in Newsweek.
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (1/2): Michael Gerson writes that the removal of the threat Hamas poses to the Israeli people is “the prerequisite for the resumption of the peace process,” in the Washington Post.
The Obama Administration (12/31): Amity Shlaes argues that “a new hundred days spent making good laws will bring sturdy recovery,” in the Washington Post.
This report lays out a thoughtful agenda for U.S. policy toward the Democratic Republic of Congo, arguing that what happens there should matter to the United States--for humanitarian reasons as well as economic and strategic ones.
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.
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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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