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[RED DEMOCRATICA] The World This Week: Iran - Afghanistan - Climate Change - more

October 2, 2009

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		In this Issue:
		What Iran Wants
		Resourcing an Afghan Strategy
		Decoupling China in the Climate Debate

What Iran Wants

As Iran begins talks with world powers, the Iranian foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki tells CFR.org that Tehran will push for recognition of its legal right to enrich uranium, and seek to broaden negotiations to include political, economic, and security partnerships. Read more

Op-ed: "Beware of Iranians Bearing Talks" by Ray Takeyh

Interview: "'The Right' to Question Iran" with Joseph Nye

Interactive: Global Governance Monitor on nuclear nonproliferation

Interview: "The Significance of Iran's 'Secret' Nuclear Plant" with Michael Levi

Backgrounder: The lengthening list of Iran sanctions

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

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

CFR experts on Proliferation, Iran

Resourcing an Afghan Strategy

U.S. military leaders are calling for more troops to execute U.S. strategy in Afghanistan. Six analysts offer their views on how President Barack Obama should respond. Read more

Media Conference Call Audio, Transcript: Kim Barker and Stephen Biddle, who contributed to Stanley McChrystal's assessment of the war, discuss U.S. military strategy in Afghanistan

Op-ed: "Obama Can't Downsize to Success in Afghanistan" by Max Boot (Los Angeles Times)

Interview: "An Afghan Path Toward Stability" with Clare Lockhart

Op-ed: "Obama's Befuddling Afghan Policy" by Leslie Gelb (Wall Street Journal)

Congressional Testimony: "Assessing the Case for War in Afghanistan" by Stephen Biddle

Timeline: U.S. war in Afghanistan

CFR experts on Afghanistan, Defense Strategy

Decoupling China in the Climate Debate

CFR's Elizabeth Economy says it is "not unreasonable" to seek binding commitments from China and India on emissions that would take effect a decade from now. She also recommends decoupling China from other developing nations in climate negotiations. Read more

CFR Meeting Audio, Transcript, Video: "Achieving a Deal on Climate Change - A European Union View on Copenhagen" with European Commission president José Manuel Barroso

Foreign Affairs: "Copenhagen's Inconvenient Truth - How to Salvage the Climate Conference" by Michael Levi

Interview: "India's Climate Change Forecast" with India's environment minister Jairam Rameshon

Interactive: Crisis Guide - Climate Change

Foreign Affairs: "The Other Climate Changers - Why Black Carbon and Ozone Also Matter" by Jessica Seddon Wallack and Veerabhadran Ramanathan

Independent Task Force Report: Confronting Climate Change - A Strategy for U.S. Foreign Policy by George Pataki, Thomas Vilsack, and Michael Levi

CFR experts on Climate Change, Energy

	First Takes of the G20 Summit
	Marc Levinson, CFR senior fellow for international business, summarizes the main aspects of the G20's closing communiqué in this CFR.org First Take. Stewart Patrick, director of CFR's International Institutions and Global Governance Program, wrote this First Take in response to the announcement that the G20 would replace the G8 as the leading forum for global economic coordination. First Takes, a new feature by CFR.org, are concise, timely pieces of analysis of breaking news events by CFR experts.

	Regional Diplomacy on Honduras
	In a new audio podcast Latin America expert Shannon O'Neil discusses the political crisis in Honduras with CFR.org's Stephanie Hanson. In the interview O'Neil argues Brazil is "taking ownership" of diplomacy on Honduras in part because the Organization of American States has been unable to effectively manage the crisis.

	CFR Experts in the News
	Turkey (9/28): Steven Cook discusses the political instability in Turkey, in Survival. Afghanistan (9/28): Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson argue that rebuilding Afghanistan is not in American interests, in Survival. China (9/28): Joshua Kurlantzick writes about China's growing influence on the global stage, in the National Post. U.S. Politics (9/27): Leslie Gelb comments on the passing of columnist Bill Safire, in Forbes Online. Iran (9/22): Mohamad Bazzi looks ahead to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech to the UN, in GlobalPost. International Institutions (9/21): Stewart Patrick considers the changing landscape of world politics, in the Washington Quarterly. U.S. Politics (9/21): Amity Shlaes recalls the achievements of Irving Kristol and considers the future of neoconservatism, on Bloomberg.com.

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