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NEWS BRIEFINGS
The Communications Department organizes briefings for members of the news media with Council experts—usually in Washington, DC—in advance of major international events, such as summit meetings and presidential trips, or on timely issues in the news. Below is a list of the transcripts made from press briefings.
January 28, 2008
CFR experts offer their analysis of President George W. Bush's final State of the Union address.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, Presidency
January 9, 2008
Campaign 2008 calendar outlining the events before the presidential election on November 4, 2008.
November 28, 2007
CFR experts offer their analysis of the proceedings at the Mideast peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland.
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority, Diplomacy
September 7, 2007
Speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations' New York headquarters, CIA Director Michael V. Hayden defended his agency's policies in the “war on terror” and accused irresponsible journalism of hindering vital CIA efforts.
See more in Intelligence, Terrorism, U.S. Election 2008
June 14, 2007
Hoshyar Zebari, Iraq's minister of foreign affairs, told a meeting of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York that most of Iraq’s neighbors “have not been helpful at all” in controlling their borders to prevent insurgents from entering Iraq.
See more in Iraq, Democracy Promotion, Nation Building
December 8, 2006
The Council lost one of its most distinguished members on December 8, 2006, when Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick passed away. A dedicated member of the Council for more than twenty-five years, Kirkpatrick served on the Board of Directors from 1985 to 1994. She was also vice chair of the Board from 1993 to 1994.
See more in National Security and Defense
October 4, 2006
Gen. James Jones, Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, spoke to the Council on Foreign Relations about the progress made and the challenges ahead for the NATO mission in Afghanistan.
See more in Afghanistan, NATO
September 25, 2006
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has reiterated that his government does not provide safe haven to Taliban leaders waging war in Afghanistan. At a Council on Foreign Relations briefing he warned against linking the large ethnic Pashtun population in western Pakistan with Taliban extremists.
See more in Afghanistan, Pakistan, International Peace and Security, Havens for Terrorism
September 21, 2006
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says Pakistan holds the key to securing Afghanistan five years after the ouster of the Taliban. He told a Council on Foreign Relations meeting that terrorism and Taliban elements rooted in Pakistan were the contributing greatly to his country's security woes.
See more in Afghanistan, Terrorism
September 20, 2006
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran sparred with a senior group from the Council on Foreign Relations for ninety minutes Wednesday on virtually every contentious issue between the United States and Iran.
See more in Iran, Proliferation
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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