[RED DEMOCRATICA] CFR.org Daily Brief, July 29, 2010

 

July 29, 2010 View this newsletter as a web page on CFR's website. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - Key Parts of Immigration Law Blocked - Cameron Raises Pakistan's Ire - Medvedev Expands FSB Powers - Castro Autobiography Due in August Top of the Agenda: Key Parts of Immigration Law Blocked U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton blocked key parts of Arizona's immigration law from taking effect (WashPost). Bolton focused on the most controversial parts of the law, notably sections calling for police officers to check a person's immigration status (NYT) while enforcing other laws. The ruling sets up a lengthy battle that will create fodder for midterm elections and could end up before the Supreme Court (AP). Republican leaders warned that the ruling will hurt Democrats in November (Politico). In her ruling (PDF), Bolton said, "Requiring Arizona law enforcement officials and agencies to determine the immigration status of every person who is arrested burdens lawfully present aliens because their liberty will be restricted while their status is checked." However, the ruling did not help assuage concerns of Mexicans in the United States (Reuters) who say they feel xenophobia is on the rise. Analysis Bolton's ruling means the United States is essentially back to looking to Washington for a durable solution, says CFR's Ted Alden. The Arizona case will almost certainly end up in the Supreme Court, with its issues of state versus government responsibilities on a major issue, says CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin. In this CFR expert roundup, four religious leaders discuss the role of the religious community in the immigration debate. Background Read the full text of Arizona's Senate Bill 1070. "Unfortunately, reform has been held hostage to political posturing and special-interest wrangling--and to the pervasive sentiment in Washington that tackling such a thorny and emotional issue is inherently bad politics," U.S. President Barack Obama said in this July 1 speech on immigration reform. SOUTH ASIA: Cameron Raises Pakistan's Ire While on a visit to India to strengthen trade ties, British Prime Minister David Cameron ignited a diplomatic row with Pakistan (Guardian) when he accused the country of exporting terrorism. It was the second time this week that Cameron's statements have raised hackles. While in Turkey on Monday, he called the Gaza Strip a "prison camp" (BBC), infuriating Israelis. There should be a thorough house cleaning within the Pakistani army, and a crackdown on the Lashkar-e-Taiba group, says Brookings Institute's Bruce Riedel. Afghanistan: At least twenty-five people were killed and more than twenty injured when a bus traveling through Farah Province hit a roadside mine (NYT), a tactic used by Taliban insurgents. PACIFIC RIM: Japanese Tanker Damaged Near Oman A Japanese tanker loaded with crude oil was damaged in the Strait of Hormuz (Guardian). Though the owners of the vessel blamed a possible terrorist attack for the blast, port officials in the United Arab Emirates port of Fujairah, where the damaged ship anchored for repairs, said they believed the explosion was caused by a freak wave (WSJ). China: China's stock market, one of the worst performers in the first half of the year, has rebounded as investors bet that aggressive government efforts to control the economy have peaked (WSJ). EUROPE: Medvedev Expands FSB's Powers Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a bill expanding the powers of the Federal Security Service (AP), the main successor to the KGB, by allowing the agency to issue official warnings to people whose actions are seen to be creating the conditions for crime. Human rights groups deplore the bill, saying it's a return to the Soviet era (Telegraph), when the KGB persecuted dissidents. Poland: A suspected former guard at Poland's Belz concentration camp has been charged with participation in the killing of 430,000 Jews (Guardian). Charges against 88-year-old Samuel Kunz were filed in a youth court because he was still a minor when the alleged crimes occurred, with judges to decide whether he will be tried as an adult or an adolescent (AP). MIDDLE EAST: Russia Condemns EU Sanctions Russia condemned a new round of EU sanctions on Iran, dimming hopes of Moscow and the West forming a more united front against Iran's nuclear program (Reuters). The United States has said it's looking to arrange high-level talks with Iran on a potential nuclear fuel-swap deal (JPost) proposed last October but never acted on by Tehran. There are questions about whether Tehran will see sanctions as a serious threat to regime stability and change course, says CFR's Meghan O'Sullivan in this interview. Egypt: Two policemen went on trial following charges of beating a twenty-eight-year-old man to death in Alexandria, in a case that has highlighted police brutality in Egypt, drawn protests from Egyptians, and added to international concerns about Egypt's human rights abuses (Hurriyet). The aging of Egypt's ruling regime and an imminent shift to a generation connected to the world by Internet and satellite indicate that change in Cairo is inevitable (Economist), although no one is sure what form it will take. AMERICAS: Castro Autobiography Due in August Former Cuban president Fidel Castro plans to release an autobiography next month (Bloomberg), The Strategic Victory, about the years leading up to the 1959 revolution. He made the announcement on the Cuba Debate website, but did not name the book's publisher. The twenty-five-chapter book, to be followed by a second volume, includes stories about his childhood and chronicles how his band of three hundred rebels prevailed over the army of dictator Fulgencio Batista (VOA). United States: Pfc. Bradley Manning, a military analyst charged with providing classified documents and video to WikiLeaks earlier this year, is the Pentagon's main focus as it looks into the recent release of 91,000 Afghanistan records to WikiLeaks (WSJ), according to Defense Department officials. The Atlantic Wire offers this roundup of backlash opinion on the WikiLeaks release of Afghanistan documents. AFRICA: South Africa Unions Threaten Strike A coalition of unions representing as many as nine hundred thousand public sector workers--government employees including doctors, nurses, teachers, police, and office workers--have told the South African government they will go on strike indefinitely in seven days (BBC) if their pay demands aren't met. Somalia: The African Union summit bowed to UN pressure (AllAfrica) and reversed its decision to change its peacekeeping mission in Somalia into a peace-enforcing one.

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