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Friday, June 26, 2009

[RED DEMOCRATICA] BOLETIN : The World This Week: Iran - Iraq and Afghanistan - Cap and Trade - more

June 26, 2009

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		In this Issue:
		How to Deal with the Iranian Regime
		Maintaining Progress in Iraq and Afghanistan
		Avoiding Climate Protectionism

How to Deal with the Iranian Regime

CFR President Richard Haass says in the aftermath of the Iranian regime's crackdown on post-election protesters, the Obama administration will need to revive efforts to negotiate an end to Tehran's nuclear program. Read more

Foreign Affairs: "Clerical Error--Can Iran's Reformers Exploit Fissures in the Regime?" by Suzanne Maloney

Op-ed: "Obama's Three-Part Case on Iran," by Dan Senor and Christian Whiton (Time)

Daily Analysis: Treading carefully on Iran

Gwertzman Interview with Isobel Coleman on Iran's reform and women's rights movements

Op-ed: "Realism on Iran? It's Called Freedom," by Michael Gerson (Washington Post)

Timeline: U.S.-Iran relations since World War II

Foreign Affairs: "Rise of the Sultans--How Far Will Iarn's Rulers Go to Consolidate Their Power?" by Akbar Ganji

Op-ed: "Leave Iran to Iranians," by Leslie Gelb (Daily Beast)

Backgrounder on Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps

Gwertzman Interview with Farideh Farhi on the political turmoil in Iran

Book: Guardians of the Revolution--Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs by Ray Takeyh

CFR experts on Iran

Maintaining Progress in Iraq and Afghanistan

Violence has hit Iraqi cities ahead of a scheduled U.S. troop pullout. CFR's Stephen Biddle suggests that slowing the U.S. withdrawal is the best strategy for avoiding a reversal of progress in Iraq. Read more

Op-ed: "General McChrystal's New Way of War," by Max Boot (Wall Street Journal)

Backgrounder: U.S. security agreements and Iraq

Expert Brief: "Funding the U.S. Counterinsurgency Wars" with Stephen Biddle

Policy Options Paper: "From AfPak to PakAf--A Response to the New U.S. Strategy for South Asia," by Daniel Markey

Op-ed: "Is It Worth It?" by Stephen Biddle (American Interest)

Timeline: The Iraq war

Article: "Stability in Iraqi Kurdistan: Reality or Mirage?" by Lydia Khalil (Brookings Institution)

CFR experts on Afghanistan, Iraq

Avoiding Climate Protectionism

As Congress considers the Waxman-Markey climate bill, CFR's Michael Levi says the bill should adjust the way it proposes cushioning some vulnerable U.S. industries to avoid stirring protectionist fears. Read more

CFR Meeting Transcript, Audio, Video: "Climate Change and American Foreign Policy: Security Challenges, Diplomatic Opportunities," with Senator John Kerry

Council Special Report: The Canadian Oil Sands, by Michael Levi

Testimony: "Challenges and Opportunities for
U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change," by Elizabeth Economy

Backgrounder on economic challenges for climate change policy

Testimony: "The Global Implications of a Warming Arctic," by Scott Borgerson

Oped: "Living on Canada's Oil," by Michael Levi (Slate)

Backgrounder on the debate over greenhouse gas and cap and trade

Interactive: Crisis Guide on climate change

CFR experts on Energy and Evironment, Climate Change

	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 26 podcast by clicking here.

	This Week in Foreign Affairs
	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.

	CFR Experts in the News
	Israel (6/25): Elliott Abrams argues, "Hillary is wrong about the Israeli settlements," in the Wall Street Journal Trade (6/23): Amity Shlaes considers the elimination of the job of U.S trade representative, on Bloomberg.com. North Korea (6/22): Scott Snyder analyzes North Korea's approach to "getting what it wants from the United States," on GlobalSecurity.org. Iran (6/17): Dan Senor and Christian Whiton argue that the Orange Revolution in Ukraine can serve as a democratic reform model in Iran, in theWall Street Journal. Zimbabwe (6/17): Michael Gerson writes that Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's power-sharing agreement with Mugabe is a "calculated risk" in the Washington Post. South Korea (6/16): Jack Pritchard, John Tilelli Jr., and Scott Snyder consider "a new chapter for U.S.-South Korea alliance" in the Baltimore Sun.

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