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September 19, 2008
Interview
Martin S. Indyk, the former U.S. ambassador to Israel, discusses the new leader of the country's ruling Kadima party, Tzipi Livni.
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September/October 2008
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
Israel should pull back settlements and give up its '67 gains in order to secure its '48 victory.
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September/October 2008
Podcast
From the September/October 2008 issue of Foreign Affairs: The war of 1948 created both a Jewish state and a Palestinian problem.
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August 13, 2008
Daily Analysis
Two years after the UN-brokered cease-fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah gunmen in southern Lebanon, lasting peace remains elusive.
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August 4, 2008
Interview
Gerald M. Steinberg, an expert on Israeli politics, says Prime Minister Ehud Olmert could remain in office well beyond his planned resignation next month.
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July 31, 2008
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and The Economist.
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July 23, 2008
Podcast
Jerusalem-based journalist and author Yossi Klein Halevi discusses the U.S. presidential race as perceived by Israelis.
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July 9, 2008
Academic Module
This module features teaching notes and supplemental resources for Crisis Guide: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, an in-depth, multimedia look at the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its geopolitical repercussions.
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Updated: July 9, 2008
Daily Analysis
Diplomacy on the Iranian nuclear dispute picks up new intensity. So do reports of a preemptive Israeli attack on Iran.
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June/July 2008
Must Read
Shmuel Bar reflects on the lessons Israel has learned about deterring terrorists.
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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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