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September 18, 2006

United States
$33b a month doesn’t cut it …

The TIC laid an egg.  $33b in net logn-term capital inflows isn't anywhere near enough to finance the US current account deficit.  The monthly US current account deficit is now in the $75-80b range. …

May 27, 2016

United States
The Violent Extremism that Dare Not Speak Its Name

The Department of State and USAID have just issued a report entitled the "Joint Strategy on Countering Violent Extremism." There are some ideas in this "strategy" for what is now called CVE, but a…

October 5, 2020

United States

August 14, 2019

Pakistan
Tilting at More than Windmills in South Asia

A turn toward Pakistan and away from India, as well as a race for the exits from Afghanistan, would be unwise.

A member of the NATO military forces stands guard during a change of command ceremony at Resolute Support in Kabul on September 2, 2018.

June 5, 2013

Turkey
The Situation in Turkey

OPERATOR: It is now my pleasure to turn the conference over to Bernard Gwertzman. BERNARD GWERTZMAN: Hi. I'm Bernard Gwertzman of the Council on Foreign Relations. And it's my pleasure to moderate …

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