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Friday, May 22, 2009

[RED DEMOCRATICA] BOLETIN : The World This Week: Guantanamo - Carbon Emissions - Iran - more

May 22, 2009

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		In this Issue:
		Political Battles Over Guantanamo
		Debate Revs Up On Emissions Controls
		Political Motives in Iran's Missile Test
		Divisions on Mideast Peace

Political Battles Over Guantanamo

President Obama has reinforced his call to shut down the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, saying its flaws have weakened national security. But opponents say the camp has made the U.S. safer and predict legislative obstacles on transferring detainees. Read more

Podcast: Marisa Porges on the details on closing Guantanamo

Working Paper:"War About Terror: Civil Liberties and National Security After 9/11" by Daniel Prieto

Op-ed: "Don't Just Close Gitmo, Give it Back," by Julia Sweig (Washington Post)

Backgrounder on closing Guantanamo

Foreign Affairs: "The September 12 Paradigm," by Robert Kagan

Op-ed: "The Interrogation Memos and the Law," by Richard Haass (Wall Street Journal)

CFR experts on Intelligence, Counterterrorism

Debate Revs Up On Emissions Controls

New U.S. regulations for car emissions will impose gradual costs on consumers. But proposed broader emissions controls to address climate change have sharpened debate in Congress over the distribution of economic burdens, this backgrounder explains. Read more

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

Interview: Six experts on cap and trade's economic impact

CFR Meeting Audio, Video, Transcript: "Tackling Climate Change" with Paula Dobriansky, Bill Antholis, Michael Levi, and Jessica Matthews

Interactive: Crisis guide on climate change

CFR experts on Climate Change, Energy

Political Motives in Iran's Missile Test

CFR's Gulf expert Thomas Lippman says the timing of Iran's missile test, touted at a campaign stop by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was not accidental. Read more

Independent Task Force: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy by William Perry, Brent Scowcroft, and Charles Ferguson

ForeignAffairs .com: "Misreading the Map: The Road to Jerusalem Does Not Lead Through Tehran," by Leon Hadar

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

Gwertzman Interview with Linton Brooks: "Iran is the 'Most Difficult Challenge' for the Nonproliferation Regime"

CFR experts on Proliferation, Iran


			Divisions on Mideast Peace While Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu tried to project "a friendly partnership" in their meeting, CFR's Steven Cook says they remain at odds on a two-state solution and Iran. Read more Gwertzman Interview: with Martin Indyk on the Netanyahu-Obama meeting Media Conference Call Transcript: Elliott Abrams and James Hoge on strategic relations between the U.S. and Middle Eastern nations Book: Restoring the Balance, A Middle East Strategy for the Next President edited by Richard Haass and Martin Indyk CFR experts on the Middle East, Israel

	New CFR Report on Canadian Oil Sands
	A newly-released Council Special Report, The Canadian Oil Sands: Energy Security vs. Climate Change, explores both the energy security and climate change implications of expanded oil sands production. Authored by Michael Levi, it assesses current and future trends in the oil sands, and evaluates the potential impacts of a range of policy options. Read here.

	Richard Haass Discusses New Book on "Meet The Press"
	On Sunday, May 17, Richard Haass appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" and discussed with host David Gregory his new book War of Necessity, War of Choice. Watch the interview here.

	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 acting editor Robert McMahon and Foreign Affairs' managing editor Gideon Rose, it is one of CFR.org's most popular podcasts. Listen to the Friday, May 22 podcast by clicking here.

	CFR Experts in the News
	Russia (5/20): Stephen Sestanovich argues for a "much-needed" new strategy toward Russia in the New York Times. International Finance (5/17): Sebastian Mallaby warns that the international tensions of the 1930s were not just about trade, in the Washington Post. North Korea (5/16): Scott Snyder analyzes what North Korea has said about prospects for renewed diplomacy with the U.S., on GlobalSecurity.org. U.S. Budget Deficit (5/15): Benn Steil argues why Keynes was wrong, on Forbes Online. Pakistan (5/15): Micah Zenko argues that the adjustment of Predator operations in Pakistan is a "creative and unprecedented arrangement," in the Guardian UK. U.S. Foreign Policy (5/14): Richard Haass argues that "partial success" is preferable to "expensive failures," in the Washington Post. China (5/14): Jerome Cohen discusses the one year anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake, in the South China Morning Post. Afghanistan (5/13): Max Boot writes: "President Obama and his aides continue to impress with their handling of Afghanistan," in the Los Angeles Times.

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