June 12, 2009 View this newsletter as a web page on CFR's website.
 | | | | | |  | | The Influence of Iran's President Though Iranian presidents are subordinate to the Supreme Leader, says Mohsen Milani, they still wield considerable power, giving the country's upcoming presidential elections a potential to influence future policy, including its nuclear program. Read more
Book: Guardians of the Revolution--Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollah, by Ray Takeyh Op-ed: "Lebanon's Triumph, Iran's Travesty," by Elliott Abrams (New York Times) Backgrounder on presidential power in Iran
Foreign Affairs: "Tehran's Take," by Mohsen Milani Interactive: Timeline of U.S.-Iran relations since World War II Op-ed: "Will Iran Become Our Ally?" by Leslie Gelb (The Daily Beast) Gwertzman Interview with Farideh Farhi on the foreign policy factor in Iran's presidential race CFR experts on Iran | |  | | | | | | | |  | | A Nuclear System Under Strain North Korea poses an ongoing test for the international system set up to control nuclear weapons. CFR's new Global Governance Monitor details how the nonproliferation regime is weakening and urges U.S. leadership to bolster it. Read more Independent Task Force Report: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy by William Perry, Brent Scowcroft, and Charles Ferguson Op-ed: How to Reduce the Nuclear Threat," by William Perry, Brent Scowcroft, and Charles Ferguson (Wall Street Journal) Council Special Report: Deterring State Sponsorship of Nuclear Terrorism, by Michael Levi CFR Workshop Transcript: "What Should Be Done in the Near Term to Strengthen the Nonproliferation Regime?" with Dennis Gormley, Lawrence Scheinman, Henry Sokolski, Paul Lettow, and Charles Ferguson CFR experts on Proliferation | | | | | This Week on ForeignAffairs.com | | | Foreign Affairs' weekly eNewsletter brings all the content on its website, ForeignAffairs.com, directly to your inbox. Special features include interactive discussions with authors, essential reading lists by the experts, and author updates on timely topics in the news. To receive these exclusive updates not found in the print magazine, sign up 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, June 12 podcast by clicking here. | | | | | | CFR Experts in the News | | | Presidency (6/12): Charles Kupchan writes about three lessons that President Obama can learn from President Wilson in Newsday. United States (6/10): Noah Feldman argues that many of the greatest Supreme Court justices have been "downright mean," in the New York Times. Global Health (6/10): Laurie Garrett discusses the World Health Organization's Pandemic Alert Systems in the New York Times. Immigration (6/8): Edward Alden argues, "the U.S. can't afford to keep turning away the best and the brightest," in the Wall Street Journal. Iran (6/9): Steven Cook explores the question, "Why haven't the Israelis attacked Iran's nuclear facilities?" in Foreign Policy. International Finance (6/9): Amity Shlaes argues,"Europe's stunning fiscal outlays permitted it to pursue tighter monetary policy, while the U.S. used monetary policy as a substitute for European-scale fiscal spending" in Bloomberg News. Afghanistan (6/8): Jeffrey Mankoff argues, the United States cannot win in Afghanistan while ignoring Central Asia in Foreign Policy. Wars and Warfare (6/5): Max Boot reviews Masters and Commanders, by Andrew Roberts; in the New York Times. Health (6/5): Michael Gerson argues, "Barack Obama hasn't yet gotten around to his top legislative priority: health-care reform," in the Washington Post. Human Rights (6/3): Michael Gerson asks,"In Cairo, will [President Obama] have anything to say to those fighting for human rights?" in the Washington Post. Iraq (6/2): Lydia Khalil discusses the "quiet success story" of Iraqi Kurdistan, in a Brookings Institution working paper. | | | | | |
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