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Analytical audio downloads on vital foreign policy and national security topics posted several times a week. Provided in Q&A form and through interviews with CFR fellows and other experts explaining their most recent work and the issues of the day, the CFR.org podcast will prove to be an invaluable and convenient way for subscribers to build and sustain a deeper understanding of the world around them.
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October 10, 2008
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and the Economist.
See more in Canada, Cyprus, Elections, International Finance, Peacemaking
October 9, 2008
Rebecca Feeley, a researcher for the ENOUGH Project based in eastern Congo, discusses continuing conflict in the country and the motives of its most powerful rebel group.
See more in Sub-Saharan Africa, Conflict Assessment, Society and Culture
October 7, 2008
Africa expert Princeton Lyman discusses current political upheaval in South Africa and the outlook for the country's economy.
See more in South Africa, Elections
October 3, 2008
Al Breach, an analyst focusing on Russian markets, discusses factors contributing to steep recent losses for Russian equities.
See more in Russian Fed., Economics
October 3, 2008
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and the Economist.
See more in United States, Venezuela, Russian Fed., International Finance, Trade
September 30, 2008
Bridget Welsh, an expert on Malaysia, says the country's prime minister has alienated minorities and failed to implement reforms and the country's position in the world has declined under his leadership.
See more in Southeast Asia, Democracy and Human Rights
September 29, 2008
Andrew Kuchins, an expert on Russia and Chinese-Russian relations, examines Beijing's nuanced response to Russian military operations in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and says China stands to benefit if relations between Moscow and Washington deteriorate.
September 26, 2008
Bing West, a correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly and a former assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan administration, says fighting in Iraq is largely over and the war is nearly won.
See more in United States, Iraq, Wars and Warfare
September 26, 2008
CFR.org Executive Editor Michael Moran and The Economist U.S. Editor Christopher Lockwood preview major world events in the week ahead.
September 22, 2008
CFR's Benn Steil analyzes the financial rescue plan under debate on Capitol Hill and suggests adjustments that he says would make it more effective and less risky for the federal government.
See more in United States, Economics
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.
Complete list of CFR Books.
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.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
“ 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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