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October 15, 2008
In Wednesday's roundup: Washington's bank rescue plan; President Zardari of Pakistan visits China; and the exaggerated threat of a new Great Depression.
October 14, 2008
In Tuesday's roundup: Gordon Brown's bank rescue package; taking North Korea off the terrorism list; and Australia's non-partisan response to the banking crisis.
October 10, 2008
In Friday's roundup: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown explains his rescue package; the looming split in South Africa's ANC; and the depravity of the Taliban.
October 9, 2008
In Thursday's roundup: IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn calls for a global strategy on finance; Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev on American mistakes; and McCain and Obama's body language.
October 8, 2008
In Wednesday's roundup: McCain and Obama head to head in Nashville; creating stronger ties with Russia; and the financial crisis and its increasingly global reach.
October 7, 2008
In Tuesday's roundup: the crisis threatening Europe's banks; the U.S. arms sale to Taiwan; and Australia's open-ended commitment in Afghanistan.
October 6, 2008
In Monday's roundup: Europe's financial crisis; the challenges facing the McCain campaign; and the shifting balance of power marks the end of U.S. leadership.
October 3, 2008
In Friday's roundup: Sarah Palin and Joe Biden face off; the continuing battle with the banking crisis; and the consequences of the U.S.-India nuclear trade deal.
October 2, 2008
In Thursday's roundup: the Senate votes for the Treasury's rescue plan: a new election law in Iraq; and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns sixty.
October 1, 2008
In Wednesday's roundup: looking forward to the vice-presidential debate; a new chief for Pakistan's military intelligence service; and apportioning blame for the failed Treasury bailout.
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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This report argues that the United States must lead with domestic action on climate change and proposes a U.S. negotiating strategy for a global UN climate agreement that includes commitments from all major economies, while also promoting a less formal Partnership for Climate Cooperation that would focus the world's largest emitters on implementing aggressive emissions reductions.
This Task Force report examines changes in Latin America and in U.S. influence there, while taking account of the region's enduring importance to the United States. The Task Force offers an agenda for U.S. policy toward Latin America and identifies four critical areas that should provide the basis of a new U.S. approach.
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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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“ The Latter-Day Sultan:” Akbar Ganji says that blaming Iran's problems on President Ahmadinejad inaccurately suggests that Iran's problems will go away when Ahmadinejad does.
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