[RED DEMOCRATICA] The World This Week: North Korea - Africa - Iran - more

 

August 7, 2009 View this newsletter as a web page on CFR's website. In this Issue: Pyongyang's Pardons Secretary Clinton's Trip to an Uneasy Continent Events in Iran 'Polarizing' Nation Further Pyongyang's Pardons CFR Korea expert Scott Snyder says the visit to Pyongyang by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, which won pardons for two U.S. journalists, provided a rare opportunity to gauge North Korea's views as nuclear talks remain stalled. Read more Council Special Report: Preparing for Sudden Change in North Korea, by Paul Stares and Joel Wit Interactive: Crisis Guide - The Korean Peninsula Interview: Four experts, Charles Ferguson, Paul Stares, David Kang, and Charles Pritchard offer policy options for the United States in North Korea Op-ed: "Bird in Hand," by Kara McDonald (ForeignPolicy.com) Interview with Roberta Cohen on raising human rights concerns with North Korea Op-ed: "Clinton to Pyongyang - Criteria for Success," by Scott Snyder (GlobalSecurity.org) CFR experts on North Korea, Proliferation Secretary Clinton's Trip to an Uneasy Continent Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's seven-nation trip to Africa will highlight U.S. security concerns from Somalia to Nigeria and expand on efforts to engage leading African states on governance and trade issues, says CFR's Princeton Lyman. Read more CFR Meeting Transcript, Audio, Video: "Zimbabwe's Present and Future - A Conversation with Morgan Tsvangirai" Interactive: Map of Africa's volatile horn Council Special Report: Avoiding Conflict in the Horn of Africa - U.S. Policy Toward Ethiopia and Eritrea, by Terrence Lyons Backgrounder: The African Growth and Opportunity Act Foreign Affairs: "Africa's Capitalist Revolution," by Ethan Kapstein Backgrounder on Al-Shabaab and its insurgency against Somalia's transitional government CFR experts on Africa Events in Iran 'Polarizing' Nation Further With the reelection of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad now formalized, Iranian expert Farideh Farhi says there is now "the possibility of increased radicalism among the population." Read more Independent Task Force Report: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy, by William Perry, Brent Scowcroft, and Charles Ferguson Backgrounder: Iran's presidential power Interactive: History of U.S.-Iran relations Book: Guardians of the Revolution - Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs, by Ray Takeyh Foreign Affairs Live: "Iran in Crisis" with Suzanne Maloney, Mohsen Milani, and Gideon Rose Interactive: Global Governance Monitor on nonproliferation CFR experts on Iran, Proliferation

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 editor Robert McMahon and Foreign Affairs' managing editor Gideon Rose, it is one of CFR.org's most popular podcasts. Listen to the Friday, August 7 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 Southeast Asia (8/6): Joshua Kurlantzick reviews two recent works on Cambodia, in the London Review of Books. International Law (8/6): Jerome Cohen and Jeremy Daum comment on China's efforts to reform its "state secrets" laws, in the South China Morning Post. Russia (8/3): James Goldgeier questions whether Cold War mentalities on the part of Russia and the U.S. still need to be overcome twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, in Policy Review. Afghanistan (8/3): Max Boot discusses detention policy in Afghanistan, in The Weekly Standard. Israel (8/1): Elliott Abrams comments, "The [Obama] administration views the Israeli-Palestinian issue as the root of all problems, while Israel is focused on Iran's nuclear threat," in the Wall Street Journal. Taiwan (7/28): Jerome Cohen and Yu-Jie Chen argue that leading Taiwan's KMT party is an opportunity for President Ma Ying-jeou, in the Wall Street Journal Asia. Economics (7/28): Amity Shlaes discusses the Federal Reserve "monarchy," on Bloomberg.com. Afghanistan (7/26): Daniel Markey argues, "U.S. policies in Afghanistan will be determined by trends on the ground," more than by any grand strategy, in The Des Moines Register. North Korea (7/22): Scott Snyder discusses the retrenchment of North Korea's domestic policy, in GlobalSecurity.org.

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