October 7, 2008
Interview
Paulo Sotero, a veteran Brazilian analyst, discusses the hopes and concerns of his country, and many Latin American states, about the economic impact of the next U.S. administration.
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October 3, 2008
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and the Economist.
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September 25, 2008
Transcript
See more in Chile, Democracy and Human Rights, Elections, Geoeconomics, Rule of Law, Global Health
September 25, 2008
Audio
Listen to Michelle Bachelet, president of the Republic of Chile, discuss U.S.-Chilean relations and the global challenges facing world leaders.
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September 25, 2008
Video
Watch Michelle Bachelet, president of the Republic of Chile, discuss U.S.-Chilean relations and the global challenges facing world leaders.
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Updated: September 25, 2008
Backgrounder
An overview of Peruvian terrorist groups, Shining Path and Tupac Amaru.
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September 24, 2008
Op-Ed
Bloomberg
The financial crisis could lead the United States to turn inward and ignore challengers such as Vladimir Putin and Hugo Chavez. However, in this Bloomberg op-ed, Amity Shlaes warns against this temptation and points out that foreign issues have a way of becoming immediate as well.
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September 23, 2008
Transcript
A meeting with the President of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe Velez.
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September 23, 2008
Audio
Listen to Álvaro Uribe Vélez, president of Colombia, speak about his adminstration's acheivements and the challenges facing Colombia.
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September 23, 2008
Video
Watch Álvaro Uribe Vélez, president of Colombia, speak about his adminstration's acheivements and the challenges facing Colombia.
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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.
Healthcare Reform (10/8): Michael Gerson compares the healthcare plans of the presidential candidates, in the Washington Post.
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.
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