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September 4, 2008
Washington Post
Michael Gerson writes that John McCain must challenge the Republican party in his convention speech.
See more in Presidency, U.S. Election 2008
September 3, 2008
Bloomberg.com
In this Bloomberg op-ed, Amity Shlaes writes that the problem with character candidacies is that they are all about damage control, leaving little time to develop economic and foreign policy goals. To prove character, John McCain and Sarah Palin must fight the issues and escape the character topic.
See more in United States, Economics, U.S. Election 2008
September 2, 2008
National Interest
Leslie Gelb argues that now is the time for realists to put aside partisan differences to form a " politically potent coalition...to shape U.S. foreign policy."
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, Grand Strategy
August 30, 2008
Washington Post
Michael Gerson writes that Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention squandered opportunities to transcend partisan divides.
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August 30, 2008
Newsweek
Michael Gerson writes that John McCain's sense of social justice combines "a religious concern for the weak and oppressed with a military conception of national honor."
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August 28, 2008
Time Magazine
Peter Beinart writes that “of all the disasters that have befallen the Republican Party in recent years, the most cataclysmic may be about to unfold: John McCain might win.”
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August 27, 2008
Bloomberg
The Obama campaign is managing to evoke many hopes from past presidential campaigns, leaving candidate McCain with little to campaign on but fear. In this Bloomberg op-ed, Amity Shlaes says that McCain has his own opportunity to call for more realistic hopes at next week's Republican Convention.
See more in Media and Foreign Policy, Presidency
August 25, 2008
Wall Street Journal
Eastern Europe’s defense spending has slowed in recent years, a trend that leaves it vulnerable to Russian aggression, writes Max Boot. While countries like the U.S. can help if needed, countries like Georgia and Hungary must bolster their own security and deter any Russian aggression by spending more of their GDP on defense and increasing the standing numbers of their militaries.
See more in Central/Eastern Europe, Defense Policy & Budget
September 1, 2008
Newsweek
Russia may no longer be a superpower, but despite its declining population, it remains a major power, one in a position to influence the opening decades of the 21st century, writes Richard Haass. Because of this, U.S. policy ought to be for the two countries to cooperate where they can—and to disagree and compete within constraints where they must.
See more in Russian Fed., International Organizations, Diplomacy
August 22, 2008
Huffington Post
Given the tarnished record of George W. Bush’s “freedom agenda,” the idea of promoting democracy throughout the world is losing traction with both Democrats and Republicans, write James Goldgeier and Derek Chollet.
See more in Democracy Promotion, U.S. Strategy and Politics
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.
In The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, Noah Feldman tells the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the sharia—the law of the traditional Islamic state—in the modern Muslim world.
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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 Fellow Brad W. Setser recommends addressing the U.S. current account deficit in order to strengthen the United States’ position abroad.
This report, written by CFR Senior Fellow Daniel Markey, outlines the nature of the challenges in Pakistan's tribal areas, formulates strategies for addressing those challenges, and distills the strategies into realistic policy proposals worthy of consideration by the incoming administration.
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“The Next President:” Richard Holbrooke says the next U.S. president will inherit a more difficult set of international challenges than any predecessor since World War II.
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