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

 

February 19, 2010 View this newsletter as a web page on CFR's website. In this Issue: Altering Afghanistan's Balance of Power Cyberterrorism Hype Versus Fact The Heat on China's Exchange Rate Altering Afghanistan's Balance of Power The U.S.-led offensive against the Taliban stronghold of Marja is an important part of the "hold-and-build" strategy to extend Afghan government control into restive provinces, says CFR expert Max Boot. Read more Gwertzman Interview: "Afghanistan Success Hinges on Karzai Reforms" with Stephen Biddle Interactive: Timeline on the U.S. War in Afghanistan Op-ed: "New Doubts About Afghanistan" by Leslie Gelb (Daily Beast) Expert Brief: "The Good and Bad News about Afghan Opium" with George Gavrilis Foreign Affairs: Q A with Kim Barker on Afghanistan CFR experts on Afghanistan Cyberterrorism Hype Versus Fact The recently released Annual Threat Assessment warned of cyberattacks, but that doesn't mean al-Qaeda is capable of cyberterrorism, says CFR's Robert Knake. Read more Interview: "Prioritizing U.S. Cybersecurity" with analyst James Lewis Op-ed: "The Chinese Internet Century" by Adam Segal (Foreign Policy) CFR Meeting Audio, Video: "Cybersecurity - A Critical Infrastructure Challenge and the Need for Global Cooperation" with Massimo Sarmi, CEO of Poste Italiane Foreign Affairs: "Securing the Information Highway - How to Enhance the United States' Electronic Defenses" by Wesley Clark and Peter Levin Podcast: "Google, China, and Dueling Internets?" with Adam Segal CFR experts on Cybersecurity The Heat on China's Exchange Rate International pressure must continue on China to allow its currency to appreciate, which would provide an important boost to the global economic recovery, writes CFR's Steven Dunaway. Read more Op-ed: "China's Foreign Exchange Reserves - Unintentional Means to a Strategic End" by Nicole Lewis (Huffington Post) Backgrounder: "Confronting the China-U.S. Imbalance" Op-ed: "Central Banks Enter Age of Improvisation" by Benn Steil (Financial News) Interactive: Crisis Guide - The Global Economy Geo-Graphics Blog: "How Global Are Global Imbalances?" Interview: "The Sovereign Debt Dilemma" with Sebastian Mallaby Interactive: Global Governance Monitor on Finance CFR experts on China, Economics

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' Associate Editor Joshua Yaffa, it is one of CFR.org's most popular podcasts. Listen to the February 19 podcast by clicking here.     More From CFR.org One year after the Obama Administration announced its financial stiumlus package, this backgrounder rates its effectiveness. In an interview with CFR.org, Tibet expert Robert Barnett says tensions over the first visit of the Dalai Lama to the Obama White House indicate China's mounting domestic concerns even as it exercises glowing global clout.     On the CFR Blogs GEO-GRAPHICS Chart depicting Greece's soaring credit default swap spread More from the Center for Geoeconomic Studies ASIA UNBOUND Sheila Smith on recent setbacks for Japan's new DPJ government Scott Snyder on the pending Korea-U.S. free trade agreement Josh Kurlantzick on current challenges facing the Burmese regime Mores from the Asia Program

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