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September 30, 2008
Issue Tracker
Pakistan’s domestic crisis has emerged as an important barometer of the foreign policy credentials of U.S. presidential candidates.
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September 30, 2008
Daily Analysis
The Bush administration is pushing an Iraq-like surge of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and pressing Pakistan to crack down on cross-border infiltrations. But Afghans say they are losing hope as poverty and unemployment spike.
See more in United States, Afghanistan, Terrorism
September 24, 2008
Testimony
Daniel Markey testified in regard to Pakistan's tribal areas in the context of U.S.-Pakistan relations.
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September 21, 2008
Op-Ed
Daily News
Daniel Markey writes that "the bombers probably also had a more ambitious goal: to drive a deeper wedge between Pakistan and the United States."
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September 18, 2008
Daily Analysis
With Pakistan-U.S. ties strained, Islamabad looks to its regional ally, China, to guarantee longterm strategic stability. Experts say Pakistan also hopes for a nuclear deal with China to balance the U.S.-India nuclear pact now before the U.S. Congress.
See more in China, Defense/Homeland Security, Economics, Proliferation
September 12, 2008
Interview
Bruce Riedel, a former high-ranking CIA and Pentagon official, says the United States faces a very frustrating situation in Pakistan, and that the recent U.S. cross-border attacks from Afghanistan into Pakistan is risky given the anti-Americanism in Pakistan.
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September 11, 2008
Interview
Howard B. Schaffer, a former top State Department official on South Asia, says Washington should seek to prevent tensions in Kashmir from complicating U.S. security interests in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
See more in India, Kashmir, Ethnicity and National Identity, Religion
September 11, 2008
Daily Analysis
The recent violence and revived calls for independence in Indian-administered Kashmir serve as reminders of an unresolved conflict in an increasingly dangerous neighborhood.
See more in India, Kashmir, Sovereignty, Ethnicity and National Identity
September 8, 2008
Daily Analysis
Pakistan's new president, Asif Ali Zardari, takes office amid growing ire against U.S. military actions in Pakistan. Seven years after 9/11, is Islamabad still committed to counterterrorism?
See more in Democracy Promotion, Counterterrorism, Polls
September 2008
Must Read
A new report by the independent, U.S.-based Pakistan Policy Working Group says Pakistan may be the single greatest challenge facing the next president and makes recommendations for strengthening U.S. policy toward Pakistan.
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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.
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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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