[RED DEMOCRATICA] The World This Week: Iraq - Ukraine-Georgia - Financial Crisis - more

 

July 24, 2009 View this newsletter as a web page on CFR's website. In this Issue: The Next Chapter in Iraq Delivering Tough Love to Ukraine, Georgia Iran's Political Crisis Continues Assessing the Economic Recovery The Next Chapter in Iraq Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and President Barack Obama struck a note of cooperation in their latest meeting. But some Western observers worry the Obama administration is not focused enough on Iraq's simmering problems. Read more Op-ed: "The Kurdish Issue Flares Up in Iraq," by Daniel Senor (Wall Street Journal) Article: "Stability in Iraqi Kurdistan-Reality or Mirage?" by Lydia Khalil (Brookings Institution) Contingency Planning Memorandum: "Reversal in Iraq," by Stephen Biddle Gwertzman Interview: "The Crisis Between Kurds and Iraqi Government Needs U.S. Mediation," with Daniel Serwer Interactive: Timeline on the Iraq war CFR experts on Iraq Delivering Tough Love to Ukraine, Georgia Veteran Eurasia expert Steven Pifer says Vice President Joseph Biden's trip to Ukraine and Georgia was meant to balance President Barack Obama's Moscow summit earlier in the month, but in both countries, Biden had to convey tough messages. Read more Contingency Planning Memorandum: "Crisis Between Ukraine and Russia," by Steven Pifer Gwertzman Interview with Charles Ferguson on the nuclear issues at the recent U.S.-Russia Summit Book: Russian Foreign Policy- The Return of Great Power Politics, by Jeffrey Mankoff Foreign Affairs: "The Key to Kiev- Ukraine's Security Means Europe's Stability," by Adrian Karatnycky and Alexander Motyl CFR Meeting Video, Audio: Jeffrey Mankoff and Richard Haass discuss Russian Foreign Policy: The Return of Great Power Politics Foreign Affairs: "The Russia File," by Robert Legvold CFR experts on Russia, Eastern Europe Iran's Political Crisis Continues Expert Shaul Bakhash says a speech by former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and a call for a referendum by former President Mohammad Khatami have given new life to the opposition. Read more Foreign Affairs: "Clerical Error- Can Iran's Reformers Exploit Fissures in the Regime?" by Suzanne Maloney Gwertzman Interview with Mark Fitzpatrick on negotiating with Iran Backgrounder: Iran's media landscape Interactive: Timeline on U.S.-Iran relations Expert Roundup: Four experts discuss Iran after the uprising CFR experts on Iran, Proliferation Assessing the Economic Recovery Peter Orszag, Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, addressed CFR in New York this week about the U.S. economic recovery. Watch, Listen, Read more Interactive: Crisis Guide-The Global Economy Working Paper: "Credit Default Swaps," by the Squam Lake Working Group on Financial Regulation Follow The Money Blog: "Two Trillion and Counting…" by Brad Setser Working Paper: "A New Information Infrastructure for Financial Markets," by the Squam Lake Working Group on Financial Regulation Council Special Report: Lessons of the Financial Crisis, by Benn Steil Report: "Gross or Net International Financial Flows-Understanding the Financial Crisis," by Karen Johnson CFR experts on Economics, Financial Crises

Janet Napolitano to Speak at CFR On Wednesday, July 29, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. (EST), watch Janet Napolitano, U.S. secretary of homeland security, deliver an address at CFR live via webcast. Register to watch by clicking 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, July 24 podcast by clicking here.     CFR Experts in the News North Korea (7/22): Kara McDonald argues, "one of the strongest multilateral sanctions architectures ever created already exists to pressure North Korea," on ForeignPolicy.com. U.S. Foreign Policy (7/20): Leslie Gelb remembers Robert McNamara, in Time Magazine. Middle East (7/20): Elliott Abrams argues that Palestinians will lose on a settlement freeze, on the National Review Online. Global Health (7/18): Peter Navario discusses the changes that need to be made so that PEPFAR is effective, in The Lancet. International Law (7/17): John Bellinger considers the Vienna Convention, in the New York Times. U.S. Foreign Policy (7/16): Peter Beinart discusses Hillary Clinton's speech at CFR, in the Daily Beast. Energy (7/13): Isobel Coleman and Congressman Steve Israel discuss solar villages, on Huffington Post. U.S. Policy (7/13): Jeb Bush, Mack McLarty, and Edward Alden discuss immigration reform, in the Los Angeles Times. Somalia (7/13): Steven Simon discusses Islamic militants in Somalia, in the New York Times. China (7/9): Jerome Cohen argues that "mainland rights lawyers are risking careers," in the South China Morning Post. Economics (7/9): Amity Shlaes compares today's economic policy with that of the 1980s, on Bloomberg.com. NATO (7/9): James Goldgeier discusses NATO's 60th anniversary, in the Harvard International Review. Russia (7/6): Charles Ferguson and Amitai Etzioni consider a deal between the U.S. and Russia, on the Huffington Post.

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