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September 8, 2008
Interview
Anthony H. Cordesman, an expert on military affairs, says that "substantial progress" has been achieved in Iraq but that political questions leave the future open to question.
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September 5, 2008
Interview
A senior economic adviser to Sen. John McCain calls free trade an essential element in reviving U.S. economic fortunes.
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September 5, 2008
Interview
A top economic adviser to Sen. Barack Obama describes his views on how to harness globalization and energy diversification to improve U.S. fortunes.
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September 4, 2008
Essential Documents
John McCain gave this speech on September 4, 2008 at the Republic National Convention, after accepting the Republican nomination for president.
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September 3, 2008
Op-Ed
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.
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September 3, 2008
Essential Documents
Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska gave this speech at the Republican National Convention on September 3, 2008.
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Updated: September 4, 2008
Daily Analysis
A more aggressive domestic energy policy has emerged as a Republican Party priority, setting the stage for heightened debate with Democrats in the presidential race this fall.
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September 3, 2008
Interview
Former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul says he is working to reclaim what he calls the traditional values of the GOP, including limited government and less involvement in military campaigns abroad.
See more in Wars and Warfare, Business & Foreign Policy, U.S. Election 2008
September 2008
Council Special Report No. 37
Council Special Report
The rise in China’s trade surplus, the increase in oil prices, and a slowdown in demand for U.S. assets from private investors abroad has increased the United States’ reliance on foreign governments for financing.This report examines whether America’s ability to secure large quantities of external financing from foreign governments is a reflection of its political power, a constraint on its ability to exercise power, or a combination of the two.
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September 2, 2008
Essential Documents
President George W. Bush delivered this speech via satellite to the Republican National Convention on September 2, 2008.
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Republican Convention (9/4): Michael Gerson writes that John McCain must challenge his party in his convention speech, in the Washington Post.
U.S. Politics (9/3): Amity Shlaes warns against “character campaigns,” arguing they leave little time to develop economic or foreign policy goals, on Bloomberg.com.
Campaign 2008 (9/3): Michael Gerson writes that John McCain’s sense of social justice combines “a religious concern for the weak and the oppressed with a military conception of national honor,” in Newsweek.
Middle East (9/2): Steven Cook looks at how the next U.S. president can be successful in the Middle East, in the American Interest.
Democratic Convention (8/30): Michael Gerson writes that Barack Obama's acceptance speech squandered opportunities to transcend partisan divides, in the Washington Post.
Democratic Convention (8/27): Michael Gerson argues that Barack Obama should use this historic moment to address America's divisions, in the Washington Post.
Presidential Campaign (8/27): Amity Shlaes writes that in America, politics is a contest between hope and fear, on Bloomberg.com.
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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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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