Friday, January 29, 2010

[RED DEMOCRATICA] The World This Week - State of the Union - Iraq - Afghanistan - more

 

From the Council on Foreign Relations

January 29, 2010

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In this Issue:

The Tricky Path to U.S. Revival

Iraqi Elections: Political Tremors?

Success in Afghanistan Hinges on Karzai Reforms


The Tricky Path to U.S. Revival

President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address focused heavily, as expected, on domestic economic recovery and reasserting U.S. competitiveness. CFR President Richard Haass and five other CFR experts noted different aspects of the challenges facing Obama. Read more

Gwertzman Interview: "Obama's Biggest Foreign Policy Quandary" with Richard Haass

Foreign Affairs: "From Hope to Audacity - Appraising Obama's Foreign Policy" by Zbigniew Brzezinski

Op-ed: "Obama Ready to Short U.S. With Japan Inc. Talk" by Amity Shlaes (Bloomberg)

Interactive: Crisis Guide - The Global Economy

Gwertzman Interview: "Obama's First Year - 'Great Expectations, and Daunting Realities'" with James Lindsay

Interactive: Global Governance Monitor on Finance

CFR experts on Grand Strategy, Economics

Iraqi Elections: Political Tremors?

Reports of Sunnis being banned from Iraq's March 7 elections are a reminder of the dangerous fault lines in Iraqi politics, which the United States can best influence with support rather than interference, says CFR's Brett McGurk. Read more

Interview: "Avoiding Crisis in Iraq's Political Minefield" with Reidar Visser

Contingency Planning Memorandum: "Reversal in Iraq" by Stephen Biddle

Foreign Affairs: "Blacklisted in Baghdad - Can Washington Fix Iraq's Election Crisis?" by Reidar Visser

Interview: "Iraqi Politics - Uncertainty Ahead" with Jane Arraf, Baghdad correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor

Op-ed: "Iraq Bombings - Manipulating the Political Scene" by Rachel Schneller (Islam Online)

Interactive: Timeline on the Iraq War

CFr experts on Iraq, Defense Strategy

Success in Afghanistan Hinges on Karzai Reforms

Just back from his latest trip to Afghanistan, CFR defense analyst Stephen Biddle says that the allied command is guardedly optimistic that they will eventually succeed there. Read more

Op-ed: "New Doubts About Afghanistan" by Leslie Gelb (Daily Beast)

CFR Meeting Transcript, Video, Audio: "U.S Policy in Afghanistan" with Special Representative for Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke

Op-ed: "Messages from Afghanistan" by Marisa Porges (GlobalPost)

Foreign Affairs: "Q&A with Kim Barker on Afghanistan"

Op-ed: "Drones - War from Afar" by Micah Zenko (ISN)

Interactive: Timeline on the U.S. war in Afghanistan

Op-ed: "U.S. and Allies Must Detain Afghan Prisoners" by Max Boot (Washington Post)

CFR experts on Afghanistan, Defense Strategy

 
Experts Assess Northeast Asian Security

There is growing cooperation between countries in Northeast Asia, concludes a new CFR project on the region's security architecture. Directed by Senior Fellow Sheila Smith, the two-year project initiated a policy dialogue between Japanese, South Korean, Chinese, and U.S. experts on Northeast Asian regionalism.

 
 
Dispatches from Davos

This week ForeignAffairs.com offers Editor James Hoge's daily updates and analysis from the 2010 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Read his "Davos Journal" here.

 
 
On the CFR Blogs

ASIA UNBOUND

Adam Segal on the potential for China to shape its own Internet

Josh Kurlantzick on the state of human rights at the end of 2009

Scott Snyder on the future and form of South Korea's nuclear program

Sheila Smith on the potential relocation of the Futenma Marine Air Station in Japan

More from the Asia Program

 
 

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