May 15, 2009 View this newsletter as a web page on CFR's website.
 | | | | | |  | | After the Stress Tests CFR's Roger Kubarych gauges what the results of much anticipated stress tests will mean for the future of the U.S. banking industry. Read more Council Special Report: Lessons of the Financial Crisis by Benn Steil Blog: Brad Setser on why demand for U.S. treasuries has not waned Stephen C. Freidheim Symposium on Global Economics Video, Audio, Transcript: Joseph Nye, Philip Zelikow, Sebastian Mallaby, and Richard Medley discuss the global consequences of the financial crisis Symposium Keynote Audio, Video, Transcript: Christina Romer, of the Council of Economic Advisers, on "Growth without Bubbles" CFR Conference Panel Session Audio, Video, Transcript: "The Financial Crisis and Global Financial and Monetary Cooperation" with Daniel Drezner, Sebastian Mallaby, Steven Dunaway, and Michael Elliott CFR experts on Economics, Financial Crises | |  | | | | | | | |  | | United States Elected to UN Human Rights Council The election of the United States to the much criticized UN Human Rights Council must be used by Washington to help revive the UN's entire rights architecture, writes CFR's Kara McDonald. Read more CFR Meeting Audio, Video, Transcript: "American Leadership and Global Governance in an Age of Nonpolarity" with Nicholas Burns, David Gordon, Ellen Laipson, Stewart Patrick, and Richard Haass Backgrounder: UN Human Rights Council CFR Meeting Audio, Video, Transcript: "The Use Of Force And Accountability In International Law: A U.S. Perspective," with Matthew Waxman, John Bellinger, David Scheffer, and Jeffrey Toobin Expert Brief: Stewart Patrick and Kaysie Brown on the Obama administration's slow reaction to defiance by Sudanese Presiden Omar al-Bashir Backgrounder: UN human rights reporting and U.S. foreign policy Interactive Crisis Guide on Darfur, Sudan CFR experts on Human Rights, Global Governance
| | | | | Contingency Planning Memorandum on Iraq | | | In a second Contingency Planning Memorandum by CFR's Center for Preventative Action (CPA), Senior Fellow for Defense Policy Stephen Biddle assesses four interrelated scenarios in Iraq that could potentially derail peace and stability. Titled "Reversal in Iraq," the memorandum argues that slowing the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq will be less costly both politically and militarily in the long run. To read the first Contingency Planning Memorandum, "If the Dollar Plummets," by Brad Setser, click here. | | | | | | 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 acting editor Robert McMahon and Foreign Affairs' managing editor Gideon Rose, it is one of CFR.org's most popular podcasts. Listen to the Friday, May 15 podcast by clicking here. | | | | | | CFR Experts in the News | | | Pandemics (5/18) Laurie Garrett discusses the origins and path of H1N1 swine influenza, in Newsweek. China (5/14): Jerome Cohen discusses the one year anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake, in the South China Morning Post. U.S. Foreign Policy (5/14) Leslie Gelb discusses foreign policy bestsellers in "The Daily Beast." U.S. Leadership (5/14): Richard Haass argues that sometimes the bar of military sucess must be set low, in the Washington Post. Afghanistan (5/13): Max Boot writes: "President Obama and his aides continue to impress with their handling of Afghanistan," in the Los Angeles Times. East Asia (5/12): Scott Snyder discusses Taiwan's strategic positioning in the region, on GlobalSecurity.org. Economic History (5/8): Amity Shlaes discusses Wendell Willkie's criticisms of New Deal policies, in Forbes. U.S. Economy (5/8): Sebastian Mallaby argues that stress tests should be made permanent to prevent future financial blowups, in the Washington Post. | | | | | |
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