August 28, 2009 View this newsletter as a web page on CFR's website.
 |  | | | | | |  | | CIA Probe and the Torture Debate The U.S. attorney general's decision to conduct a preliminary review of past CIA interrogations awakens spirited debate over the scope of the intelligence community's counterterrorism practices. Read more Working Paper: "War About Terror - Civil Liberties and National Security After 9/11," by Daniel Prieto Interview: "The Detrimental Potential of a CIA Review," with former CIA station chief Burton Gerber Podcast: "Intelligence Policy Likely Destined for Revisions, Not Rollback," with law professor Sanford Levinson Gwertzman Interview with Steven Simon on how the U.S. can strike a balance on counterterrorism policies Foreign Affairs: "Book Review - Intelligence for an Age of Terror," by Lawrence Freedman CFR experts on Intelligence, Counterterrorism | | | | | | | | |  | | After Elections, Guiding Afghans Journalist Elizabeth Rubin says after Afghanistan's election results are sorted out, U.S. officials must become more closely involved in improving Afghan governance. Read more Op-ed: "In Afghanistan, the Choice is Ours," by Richard Haass (New York Times) Interactive: Timeline on the U.S. war in Afghanistan Interview with Daniel Markey on Pakistan's stake in the Afghan election Interview: Ahmed Rashid on the presidential election in Afghanistan Media Conference Call Transcript, Audio: Stephen Biddle, who recently returned from a trip to Afghanistan, discusses U.S. military strategy there Article: "Karzai in His Labyrinth," by Elizabeth Rubin (New York Times Magazine) Interview with Stephen Biddle on the U.S. commitment to improving Afghan governance Op-ed: "Why the Taliban Won," by Leslie Gelb (The Daily Beast) Foreign Affairs: "Flipping the Taliban - How to Win in Afghanistan," by Fotini Christia and Michael Semple CFR experts on Afghanistan, Pakistan
| | | | | Live Chat with Edward Alden | | | This Thursday, September 3, CFR and Politico.com will co-host a live chat with CFR Senior Fellow Edward Alden on the Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration policy he recently directed. The live chat is open to all and will take place from 12:00pm until 1:00pm ET. To receive instructions on how to participate, email DCPressRSVP@cfr.org. | | | | | | 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 28, podcast by clicking here. | | | | | | CFR Experts in the News | | | Human Rights 8/26: Elliott Abrams critiques Secretary Clinton's human rights policy in the National Review. Iran 8/23: Mohamad Bazzi warns, "imperial Iran is not going away," in the Wall Street Journal. Global Health (8/20): Laurie Garrett, A. Mushtaque Chowdhury, and Ariel Pablos-Méndez discuss universal health coverage, in The Lancet. Climate Change (8/20): Richard Haass comments on the prospects for meaningful agreements at the Copenhagen Consensus conference, in the South China Morning Post. China (8/20): Jerome Cohen states, "imposing artificial 'stability' at the expense of justice can no longer work for a changing China," in the South China Morning Post. U.S. Strategy (8/20): Paul Lettow writes on how the U.S. can create a coherent strategic planning process, in the American Interest. Nonproliferation (8/20): Charles Ferguson writes about Cold War lessons for today's nuclear disarmament debate, on Atlantic-Community.org. Russia (8/19): James Goldgeier considers US-Russia relations beyond the Cold War, in the Policy Review. | | | | | |
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