Council on Foreign Relations
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The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries. More » (Source: Council on Foreign Relations)
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Foreign Affairs
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Kaizar Campwala
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Focus on West Bank, Not Negotiating
... the Obama administration is putting too much emphasis on "negotiations." He says, "The tragedy here is that this focus on the negotiating table has led the United States ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Altering Afghanistan's Balance of Power
Marines along with foreign and Afghan forces began a major offensive in the city of Marja in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province on Saturday, with the goal of regaining control ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
The Good and Bad News about Afghan Opium
Some rare good news is coming out of Afghanistan these days. Internationally led counternarcotics efforts have gained momentum, opium cultivation is decreasing, and more ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Tragedy and Opportunity for Haiti
The January 12 earthquake that devastated Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, is the first test of the Obama administration's ability to mount a full-scale international disaster ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Crisis Guide: Climate Change
(Multimedia) Fashioning an appropriate response to the Earth's changing climate may be the most difficult challenge facing world policymakers in the early twenty-first century.Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
An Afghan Path Toward Stability
U.S. involvement is essential in two areas: bolstering Afghan security forces and helping civilian leaders craft a new type of stability compact based on governance models. ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
U.S. War in Afghanistan
(Interactive) Tracking a warPosted by Kaizar Campwala -
Afghan Elections: A Perilous Time
Ahmed Rashid, a leading expert on Afghanistan, says the August 20 presidential election is "critically important" to achieving political stability in that country. "Political ...Posted by Emma Asomba -
Holbrooke's Briefing on Trip to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Brussels, July 2009
Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, gave this press conference on July 29, 2009 following his trip to the region.Posted by Emma Asomba -
ISPU: Police and Law Enforcement Reform in Pakistan
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Focus on West Bank, Not Negotiating
... the Obama administration is putting too much emphasis on "negotiations." He says, "The tragedy here is that this focus on the negotiating table has led the United States ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Crisis Guide: Climate Change
(Multimedia) Fashioning an appropriate response to the Earth's changing climate may be the most difficult challenge facing world policymakers in the early twenty-first century.Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Parsing Iran's 'Momentous' Internal Drama
The weight of the world now rests on the shoulders of Mir-Hossein Mousavi. I expect that Khamenei’s people have privately sent signals to him that they’re ready for a ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Crisis Guide: The Korean Peninsula
(Interactive) The Korean crisis has drawn the region into ongoing multilateral discussions—Six-Party Talks—and tensions over how to handle the Kim Jong-Il regime. In 2003, the nations ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
“We hate you guys … but there is nothing much we can do”
Private Chinese savers presumably wouldn’t want to buy Treasuries at current rates. But China’s current exchange rate regime compels China to buy dollars when private ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton's Trip To Asia
he Japanese are clearly very happy that Secretary Clinton is beginning with her Asia trip with Japan. And they clearly are reassured that Japan still counts in Washington's ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
The U.S. Economic Stimulus Plan
Economists disagree on the wisdom of extensive stimulus spending, as well as the particulars of the current U.S. plan. Given the current economic climate, most mainstream ...Posted by Dale Penn -
Mitchell's Prospects for Lasting Israeli-Palestinian Accord 'Slim to None'
... it's clear to me that they've substituted at this stage process for substance. They have no intention of making major changes in America's approach to the Arab-Israeli ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
A Smarter Intelligence Policy
The President-elect must recognize that he alone, by virtue of his position as the final reader and primary consumer of the Intelligence Community's analysis, already has the ...Posted by Eben Kaplan -
A Pakistan Connection?
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari told the Financial Times that even if the militants are linked to the LeT, "who do you think we are fighting?" Some experts say India's ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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