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June 14, 2018

Laos
A Great Place to Have a War

Teaching Notes for A Great Place to Have a War, written by CFR Senior Fellow Joshua Kurlantzick, on the story of the CIA's covert war in Laos during the Vietnam War.

A Great Place to Have a War Teaching Notes

March 7, 2007

Iraq
Iraq: After the Surge

On the cusp of the 4th anniversary of the Iraq war, the implications of the troop surge for the future of Iraq are yet unclear. In the Council Special Report “After the Surge: The Case for U.S. Milit…

Podcast

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The World That Wasn’t: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century

Henry Wallace is the most important, and certainly the most fascinating, almost-president in American history. As FDR’s third-term vice president, and a hero to many progressives, he lost his place o…

March 11, 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa Unlikely to Join Nigeria in Fight Against Boko Haram

Following a press briefing by Nigerian Defense Minister Mansur Dan-Ali, Nigerian media are saying that South Africa is joining the fight against Boko Haram, the radical jihadist movement that has kil…

SANDF_BokoHaram

November 17, 2008

United States
Auto Industry Bailout

The drying up of credit markets, first in securitization, then in bank lending, has spilled over into the real economy. As the graph indicates, the absence of credit to finance car purchases has le…

Auto Industry Bailout