Friday, July 3, 2009

[RED DEMOCRATICA] The World This Week: Iraq - U.S.-Russia Relations - Afghanistan - more



From the Council on Foreign Relations

July 3, 2009

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In this Issue:

A Shaky Iraq's Sovereign Step

Obama-Medvedev Summit

Funding the U.S. Counterinsurgency Wars


A Shaky Iraq's Sovereign Step

The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraqi cities was a relatively easy benchmark to meet, analysts say. Many are unsure whether the country can withstand a complete U.S. pullout in less than two years. Read more

Gwertzman Interview with Kenneth Pollack on the political situation in Iraq

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

Book: War of Necessity, War of Choice--A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars, by Richard Haass

Op-ed: "Mission Not Accomplished," by Leslie Gelb and Jeanne-Paloma Zelmati (Democracy: A Journal of Ideas)

Foreign Affairs: "The Precedents for Withdrawal From Vietnam to Iraq," by Bennett Ramberg

CFR Meeting Audio and Video: Richard Haass discusses his book War of Necessity, War of Choice with Ted Koppel

Interactive: Timeline on the Iraq war

CFR experts on Iraq

Obama-Medvedev Summit

As President Obama travels to Moscow in an attempt to "reset" U.S. ties with Russia, CFR's top Russia expert, Stephen Sestanovich, says there is a potential for some hard bargaining to take place over arms control. Read more

Media Conference Call Audio, Transcript: Charles Ferguson, Stephen Sestanovich, and Bernard Gwertzman discuss the agenda for the upcoming summit of U.S. and Russian leaders.

Contingency Planning Memorandum: "Crisis Between Ukraine and Russia," by Steven Pifer

CFR Meeting Audio, Video: Jeffrey Mankoff and Richard Haass discuss Mankoff's new book Russian Foreign Policy: The Return of Great Power Politics

Foreign Affairs: "The Russia File," by Robert Legvold

CFR Meeting Transcript: Roundtable on Public Diplomacy: Moscow, Washington, And The Future Of The Political Opposition In Russia, with Dan Senor and Boris Nemtsov

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

Interactive: Global Governance Monitor on nuclear nonproliferation

CFR experts on Russian Federation, Proliferation

Funding the U.S. Counterinsurgency Wars

On Thursday, U.S. marines launched an offensive to take back the Helmand River Valley in southwestern Afghanistan from Taliban militants. As the military shifts its strategy toward counterinsurgency in both Afghanistan and Iraq, CFR's Stephen Biddle argues Congress must also shift its spending priorities to fund the new demands of modern warfare. Read more

Foreign Affairs: "Flipping the Taliban--How to Win Afghanistan," by Fotini Christia and Michael Semple

Op-ed: "Collateral Damage in Afghanistan is Unavoidable," by Micah Zenko (Guardian UK)

Article: "Is it Worth it? The Difficult Case for War in Afghanistan" by Stephen Biddle (American Interest)

Op-ed: "Beyond Af-Pak," by Jeffrey Mankoff (Foreign Policy)

CFR experts on Afghanistan, Defense Policy and Budget

 
Crisis Guide: The Global Economy

CFR.org has launched a new online multimedia feature, Crisis Guide: The Global Economy, the latest installment in its Emmy Award-winning Crisis Guide series. Using a comprehensive array of audio, video, imagery, and text, the guide addresses the causes and consequences of the global economic crisis with rigorous economic and geopolitical analysis. View the Crisis Guide here.

 
 
This Week on ForeignAffairs.com

The July/August issue of Foreign Affairs is now available online and on newsstands. Browse the latest articles here.

Also on ForeignAffairs.com: Special features such as interactive discussions with authors, essential reading lists by the experts, and author updates on timely topics in the news. To receive these exclusive updates not found in the print magazine, sign up here for Foreign Affairs' weekly eNewsletter.

 
 
CFR Experts in the News

US Foreign Policy (7/6): Peter Beinart discusses what today's foreign policy makers can learn from Franklin D. Roosevelt, in Time Magazine.

U.S. Economic History (7/6): Amity Shlaes considers Franklin D. Roosevelt's policies during the Great Depression, in Time Magazine.

India (7/2): Daniel Markey discusses how India can develop its "foreign policy 'software,'" in Asia Policy.

Iran (6/26): Lydia Khalil calls Iran's recent tumult the "latest installment in Iran's unresolved revolution," in the Christian Science Monitor

Israel (6/25): Elliot Abrams argues that "Hillary is wrong about the Israeli settlements," in the Wall Street Journal.

Trade (6/23): Amity Shlaes considers the elimination of the job of U.S trade representative, on Bloomberg.com.

Global Health (6/19): Laurie Garrett and Kammerle Schneider assess the use of antibiotics in feed animals, and the rise of antibiotic resistant pathogens, for the Center for Global Development.

U.S. Strategy and Politics (6/22): Leslie Gelb argues that President Obama is right to keep his distance--this is what Iranians want, and they have smart, sophisticated reasons for it, on The Daily Beast.

North Korea (6/22): Scott Snyder analyzes North Korea's approach to "getting what it wants from the United States," on GlobalSecurity.org.

 
 

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