January 2006
Task Force Report No. 56
Task Force Report
This Council-sponsored Independent Task Force finds that Africa is of growing strategic importance to the United States in addition to being an important humanitarian concern. In a world where economic opportunity, security threats, disease, and even support for democracy transcend borders, a policy based on humanitarian concerns alone serves neither U.S. interests, nor Africa’s. Furthermore, the Task Force finds that critical humanitarian interests would be better served by a more comprehensive U.S. approach toward Africa; nor is it valid to treat Africa more as an object of charity than a diverse continent with partners the United States can work with to advance shared objectives.
See more in Humanitarian Intervention
October 9, 2008
Podcast
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
Podcast
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 6, 2008
Daily Analysis
The resignation of South African President Thabo Mbeki has exposed a rift in the ruling ANC party, raising questions about the future of one of the continent's champions and a regional powerbroker.
See more in South Africa, Elections, Minorities, Diversity and Foreign Policy, Labor
October 6, 2008
Daily Analysis
President Bush's AIDS initiative, reauthorized for another five years this summer, wins widespread praise even from those highly critical of other administration policies. Yet some health experts worry AIDS funding has grow disproportionately large compared with other U.S. development spending.
See more in United States, Global Health
September 13, 2008
Must Read
Zuma was once seen as the man who would be the end of South Afrida. Now he has transformed himself into a mainstream moderate.
See more in Democracy and Human Rights, Economics
Updated: September 12, 2008
Backgrounder
With oil supplies tighter than ever, regions most vulnerable to oil supply disruptions present a significant concern.
See more in Nigeria, Venezuela, Caucasus, Middle East, Energy Security
September 9, 2008
Podcast
Jamie Ekern of CFR's Center for Preventive Action discusses her observations of the Angolan parliamentary elections from Luanda.
September 5, 2008
Daily Analysis
Angolans headed to the polls on September 5 for their first election in sixteen years. The country is in the midst of a remarkable oil boom, but average Angolans remain among the world's poorest.
See more in Angola, Elections, Human Rights
August 27, 2008
Transcript
A discussion on how global poverty should be solved.
See more in Americas, Asia, Health, Science, and Technology, Poverty
August 26, 2008
Podcast
Gene Sperling, director of CFR's Center for Universal Education, discusses how Kenya's new government is approaching education policy.
See more in Kenya, Democracy and Human Rights, Education
CFR offers a variety of email newsletters about up-to-date CFR.org material on what’s happening around the world.
Enter your email address,and click 'Go' to subscribe.
>
CFR Experts are based in CFR’s New York and Washington offices. Each expert's bio page contains his or her contact information, professional and educational history, links to publications and current research, a downloadable one-page biographical narrative, and a high-definition photo.
U.S. Presidential Election (10/8): Michael Gerson looks at the weaknesses of the G.O.P.'s strategy, in the Washington Post.
Economic Crisis (10/10): Sebastian Mallaby argues that, “the fastest and fairest way to help ordinay people is via a budget stimulus package,” in the Washington Post.
Iran (10/10): Michael Gerson writes about diplomacy and the potential of a nuclear Iran, in the Washington Post.
U.S. Presidential Election (10/10): Peter Beinart discusses the role of race in the presidential campaigns, in Time .
China (10/9): Brian Klein argues that, “China's economy is actually facing a fundamental structural adjustment that has arrived much earlier than expected,” in the Far East Economic Review .
Financial Markets (10/9): Amity Shlaes writes, “this week's declines by stock markets ... are the prudent actions of a crowd crying 'fraud' and anticipating the inevitable,” on Bloomberg.com.
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.
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.
Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy
Senior Fellow for Global Health
Adjunct Fellow for Africa
Roger Hertog Senior Fellow
Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies
Adjunct Senior Fellow
Copyright 2008 by the Council on Foreign Relations. All Rights Reserved.
