[RED DEMOCRATICA] The World This Week: Afghanistan - Iraq - China - more

 

October 23, 2009 View this newsletter as a web page on CFR's website. In this Issue: Painting Democracy on Afghanistan Iraq's Worrisome Political Process Avoiding a U.S.-China Trade Showdown The Sudan Policy Adjustment Painting Democracy on Afghanistan Afghanistan expert Thomas Johnson says Western efforts to force a runoff election will not produce a legitimate leader in the eyes of Afghan voters, and could further destabilize the country. Read more Op-ed: "There's No Substitute for Troops on the Ground" by Max Boot (New York Times) Interview: "Ending the Afghan Election Crisis" with Peter Manikas Op-ed: "In the Afghan War, Aim for the Middle" by Richard Haass (Washington Post) Timeline: The U.S. war in Afghanistan Op-ed: "Is There a Middle Way?" by Stephen Biddle (The New Republic) Foreign Affairs: "The Art of Afghan Alliance Building" by CFR Murrow Press Fellow Kathy Gannon Congressional Testimony: "Assessing U.S. Options for Afghanistan" by Stephen Biddle CFR experts on Afghanistan, Defense Strategy Iraq's Worrisome Political Process Mideast expert Joost Hiltermann says Iraq appears to be headed for an uncertain, and potentially violent, political season with no clear dominant faction emerging ahead of January parliamentary elections. Read more Gwertzman Interview: "Reappraising U.S. Withdrawal from Iraqi Cities" with former CFR Murrow Press Fellow Jane Arraf Op-ed: "The Incurable Vietnam Syndrome" by Max Boot (Weekly Standard) Timeline: The Iraq war Op-ed: "The Kurdish Issue Flares Up in Iraq" by Dan Senor (Wall Street Journal) Book: War of Necessity, War of Choice - A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars by Richard Haass Contingency Planning Memorandum: "Reversal in Iraq" by Stephen Biddle CFR experts on Iraq Avoiding a U.S.-China Trade Showdown Morgan Stanley's Stephen Roach says China's currency is a "red herring" in the global imbalances debate, and instead the U.S. should focus on China's social safety net and boosting U.S. savings. Read more CFR China 2025 Conference Transcript: "China Goes Global" with Adam Segal, Evan Feigenbaum, Michael Levi, and David Shinn Foreign Affairs: "The Unbalanced Triangle - What Chinese-Russian Relations Mean for the United States" by Stephen Kotkin China 2025 Conference Transcript: "China's Economic Outlook" with Stephen Roach and Elizabeth Economy Op-ed: "The Darker Side of the Chinese Miracle" by Jerome Cohen (South China Morning Post) China 2025 Conference Transcript: Keynote address by Assistant Secretary Of State For East Asian And Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell CFR Meeting Video, Audio: "The U.S.-Chinese Economic Relationship: Symbiotic or Antagonistic" with Zachary Karabell, Stephen Roach, and Adam Segal CFR experts on China The Sudan Policy Adjustment CFR's John Campbell says the new U.S. policy on Sudan, which offers broader engagement to the Sudanese regime, is a positive development that acknowledges the changed nature of Sudan's conflict. Read more Interactive: Crisis Guide - Darfur Interview: "Seeking a New Path to Stability in Sudan, and Africa," with Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson Backgrounder: "Sudan's Fractured Internal Politics" Expert Brief: "Stopping Bashir - Obama's 'Never Again' Moment of Truth" by Stewart Patrick and Kaysie Brown Testimony: "Strengthening U.S. Diplomacy to Anticipate, Prevent, and Respond to Conflict in Africa" by Princeton Lyman Foreign Affairs: Reader Q&A with former U.S. special envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios CFR experts on Sudan, Africa

New Book by Dan Senor "The West needs innovation; Israel's got it," write CFR Adjunct Senior Fellow Dan Senor and the Jerusalem Post's Saul Singer, in Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle, a new CFR book. They argue that the Israeli economic model, based on innovation, can help the United States, in particular, "get out of its economic hole."     New Working Paper on Global Imbalances In Global Imbalances, National Rebalancing, and the Political Economy of Recovery, Jeffry Frieden argues that global macroeconomic imbalances powered the financial boom and bubble that eventually caused the current crisis. The process of rebalancing raises important domestic and international political issues, to which policymakers must pay attention if recovery is not to collapse into conflict Steven Dunaway's recent Council Special Report, Global Imbalances and the Financial Crisis, also addresses this issue.     CFR Experts in the News Syria (10/22): Mohamad Bazzi analyzes Syria's attempts to rejoin the Arab political order after years of isolation, in The National. Iran (10/22): John Bellinger III discusses the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, in the Washington Post. Financial Crises (10/19): Benn Steil argues that "the U.S. must accept that it will not be possible to devalue its way out of its savings problem," in the Financial News. Homeland Security (10/18): Edward Alden reviews two new books on homeland security, in the Washington Post. North Korea (10/16): Paul Stares says U.S. goals are hard to achieve with Kim Jong Il still in power, in the Los Angeles Times. Taiwan (10/15): Jerome Cohen argues that foreign critics are valuable "because their distance gives them a different perspective," in the South China Morning Post. Iran (10/13): Richard Haass argues that all nuclear proliferation is not equal, in the Financial Times. U.S. Policy (10/13): Edward Alden writes that current immigration policy is hurting the scientific community on Forbes Online. Iran (10/12): Elliott Abrams writes that President Obama's stance on Iran is "disastrous," in the Weekly Standard.

EXPLORE CFR'S WEBSITE

Browse Content by

Region

Issue

Publication Type

The Think Tank

For the Media

For Educators

About CFR

		Privacy Policy The Council on Foreign Relations does not share email addresses with third parties. Council on Foreign Relations 58 East 68th Street New York, NY 10065 Tel. +1 212.434.9400 Fax: +1 212.434.9800

Council on Foreign Relations • 58 East 68th Street • New York, NY 10065

Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Send to a Friend | Preferences | Report Spam

Powered by MyNewsletterBuilder

 del.icio.us    Digg    reddit    Facebook    StumbleUpon    Twitter

__._,_.___

Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic

Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Calendar

Red Democratica 10 years "On line" (1998-2008)!
Http://reddemocratica.blogspot.com
Boletin Diario :
Http://reddemocratica01.blogspot.com
Foro Debate :
Http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion

Ahora en FACEBOOK : Red Democratica

Http://www.caretas.com.pe/2000/1631/articulos/protesta.phtml
Http://www.caretas.com.pe/2000/1612/articulos/debate.phtml

Celebrando 10 anos "On Line"..2009

Keep the candle burning

I have a dream
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/about_king/interactiveFrame.htm

FORUM TPSIPOL: RED DEMOCRATICA (1998-1999).
Informacion : Http://tpsipol.home-page.org

Para enviar un message , enviar a: eleccion@yahoogroups.com
Para suscribirse al Forum , enviar un mensaje a : eleccion-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Para salir del Forum, enviar un mensaje en blanco : eleccion-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)
Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe

Recent Activity

Visit Your Group

Give Back

Yahoo! for Good

Get inspired

by a good cause.

Y! Toolbar

Get it Free!

easy 1-click access

to your groups.

Yahoo! Groups

Start a group

in 3 easy steps.

Connect with others.

.

__,_._,___