[RED DEMOCRATICA] ESPECIAL : BOLETIN : The World This Week: Nuclear Weapons - Obama's First 100 Days - Swine Flu - more

May 1, 2009 View this newsletter as a web page on CFR's website. In this Issue: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy Global Health Crisis: Swine Flu President Obama's First 100 Days North Korea's Nuclear Calculations U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy A new CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force, co-chaired by former secretary of defense William J. Perry and former national security adviser Brent Scowcroft, examines the challenges that the Obama administration faces in crafting its nuclear weapons policy. Read more Foreign Affairs: "The Mushroom Cloud That Wasn't," by Michael Krepon Op-ed: "For Obama and Medvedev, Bombs Away," by Micah Zenko (Guardian) Council Special Report: Deterring State Sponsorship of Nuclear Terrorism, by Michael Levi Gwertzman Interview with Leslie Gelb on Iran's nuclear program Book: On Nuclear Terrorism, by Michael Levi CFR experts on Proliferation Global Health Crisis: Swine Flu CFR's Laurie Garrett says sharp differences in the lethality of the swine flu cases in Mexico and the United States pose a "tricky" situation for global health authorities trying to put proper controls in place to contain the disease. Read more Media Conference Call Audio, Transcript: Laurie Garrett on the swine flu outbreak Podcast: Stephen Flynn says the United States remains unprepared for a major epidemic Interview with Michael Osterholm, Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), University of Minnesota on the swine flu outbreak Foreign Affairs: "Unprepared for a Pandemic," by Michael Osterholm CFR experts on Global Health President Obama's First 100 Days CFR President Emeritus Leslie Gelb discusses what President Obama's first 100 days in office have revealed about his foreign policy strategy. Read more Op-ed: "Obama's Doing the Best with a Short Stack," by Gideon Rose (Los Angeles Times) Foreign Affairs: "Jonestown: Will Obama's National Security Council Be 'Dramatically Different?'" by I.M. Destler Interview: Shannon O'Neil on the president's meeting with Latin American leaders at the Summit of the Americas Op-ed: "Obama's First 100 Days," by Max Boot (Commentary) Expert Brief with James Goldgeier on the president's trip to Europe Gwertzman Interview with Charles Kupchan on Obama's trip to Europe Op-ed: "Obama and North Korea: The First 100 Days," by Scott Snyder (GlobalSecurity.org) Interview with Julia Sweig on Cuba's view of the Obama administration CFR experts on Presidency, U.S. Strategy and Politics North Korea's Nuclear Calculations CFR's Scott Snyder says Pyongyang's retreat from talks to end its nuclear programs may be part of a looming change in leadership and a desire to alter the terms of engagement with Washington. Read more Council Special Report: Preparing for Sudden Change in North Korea by Paul Stares and Joel Wit Interview with Sheila Smith on engaging North Korea Backgrounder: North Korea after Kim Op-ed: "Prepare for North Korean Instability," by Paul Stares (Los Angeles Times) Interactive: Crisis Guide on the Korean peninsula CFR experts on East Asia, Proliferation

CFR President Richard Haass's Memoir of Two Iraq Wars Richard Haass was one of a handful of top government officials involved in the decision-making process during both Iraq conflicts. In his new book, War of Necessity, War of Choice, he explains precisely how and why the two Iraq wars resulted from two very different policymaking processes and two fundamentally different approaches to U.S. foreign policy.     What if the U.S. Dollar Plummets? CFR's Center for Preventive Action published a new Contingency Planning Memorandum, "If the Dollar Plummets." Authored by CFR Fellow for Geoeconomics Brad Setser, the memorandum examines potential triggers and indicators of such a crisis and posits concrete policy options to limit U.S. vulnerability to the possibility of a plummeting dollar.     The World Next Week Podcast The World Next Week is an audio preview of world events in the week ahead. Presented by CFR.org's executive editor Michael Moran and Foreign Affairs' managing editor Gideon Rose, it is one of CFR.org's most popular podcasts. Listen to the Friday, May 1 podcast by clicking here.     CFR Experts in the News Interrogations (5/1): Richard Haass writes that those who argued that harsh interrogation techniques were legal should not be prosecuted, in the Wall Street Journal. U.S. Economy (4/30): Roger Kubarych discusses the factors behind Washington's optimism over economic recovery, in Nikkei Financial Daily. Interrogations (4/27): Michael Gerson discusses the Justice Department's release of the memos on coercive interrogations, in the Washington Post. Homeland Security (4/28): Stephen Flynn asks, "Is homeland security still on the nation's radar screen?" in the American Interest. United Arab Emirates (4/24): Elliott Abrams urges Congress to quickly approve the "123 Agreement" with the UAE, in the Washington Times. U.S. Foreign Policy (4/24): Stephen Sestanovich argues that the President needs a strategy for dealing with Congress on foreign policy issues, in the Washington Post. War (4/24): Max Boot discusses the stigmatization--and necessity--of mercenaries, in the National Interest. Development (4/23): Stewart Patrick reviews Too Poor for Peace? by Lael Brainard and Derek Chollet, in the Environmental Change and Security Report.

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