January 5, 2009
Interview
Mohammad Yaghi, a veteran Palestinian political expert, says the current fighting in the Gaza Strip wasn't necessary and proposes that the incoming Obama administration consider calling together Arab states and Israel to overcome Hamas' refusal to negotiate with Israel.
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January 4, 2009
Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
Max Boot writes that Israel cannot ignore Hamas' attacks, but also cannot do what it takes to defeat the enemy because of constraints imposed by its own public.
See more in Middle East, Wars and Warfare, Refugees and the Displaced, Terrorism
December 29, 2008
Podcast
On paper Iraq's justice system appears sound, but Michael Wahid Hanna of The Century Foundation says "major systemic and structural problems" plague Iraq's legal framework.
See more in Iraq, Rule of Law, Civil Reconstruction
December 23, 2008
Daily Analysis
North Korea has resisted efforts to divulge the full scale of its nuclear program, despite U.S. concessions, but President-elect Barack Obama faces little alternative to the troubled policy of engagement.
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December 17, 2008
Interview
Gareth Porter, a veteran journalist and historian just returned from Iran, says early optimism that President-elect Barack Obama would open a new dialogue with Iran has dissipated.
December 9, 2008
Transcript
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December 9, 2008
Transcript
Session II of a Council on Foreign Relations Center for Preventive Action Symposium on Assessing Critical Regions.
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December 9, 2008
Video
Watch former secretary of state Madeleine K. Albright discuss measures the next administration can take to mitigate potential sources of crisis across the world.
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December 9, 2008
Transcript
Session I of a Council on Foreign Relations Center for Preventive Action Symposium.
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December 9, 2008
Audio
Listen to former secretary of state Madeleine K. Albright discuss measures the next administration can take to mitigate potential sources of crisis across the world.
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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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