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Friday, September 18, 2009

[RED DEMOCRATICA] The World This Week - Missile Defense - Afghanistan - Climate Change

September 18, 2009

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		In this Issue:
		Obama's Timely Missile Reset
		Assessing the Case for War in Afghanistan
		Deadlock in Global Climate Negotiations

Obama's Timely Missile Reset

In this First Take, CFR's James Lindsay says President Obama's decision to alter missile defense plans in Eastern Europe makes sense from a military standpoint but he faces challenges in selling the strategy to Americans. Read more

Independent Task Force Report: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy, which addresses missile defense, by Charles Ferguson, William Perry, and Brent Scowcroft

Backgrounder: Iran's nuclear program

Op-ed: "The Road to Tehran Does Not Run Through Moscow," by Jeffrey Mankoff (Huffington Post)

Backgrounder: National missile defense

Gwertzman Interview: "Talks on Nuclear Issue Unlikely with 'Unsettled' Iran," with Ray Takeyh

Backgrounder: Missile defense technology

CFR experts on Proliferation, Defense Strategy

Assessing the Case for War in Afghanistan

During a recent hearing of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations CFR's Stephen Biddle assessed the case for war in Afghanistan. He told the committee, "This war is neither the obvious necessity that its strongest supporters claim, nor the clear loser that its opponents typically see." Read more

Op-ed: "In Afghanistan, the Choice is Ours," by Richard Haass (New York Times)

Interactive: Timeline on U.S. war in Afghanistan

Op-ed: "Don't Waste the Afghan Election Crisis," by Daniel Markey (Foreignpolicy.com)

Interview on Afghanistan's troop deficit problem with Kimberly Kagan of the Institute for the Study of War

Op-ed: "How to Win in Afghanistan," by Max Boot (Wall Street Journal)

Media Conference Call Transcript, Audio: Stephen Biddle, who accompanied General McChrystal on a trip to Afghanistan, discusses U.S. military strategy there.

Op-ed: "Afghanistan is not 'Obama's War,'" by Daniel Senor and Peter Wehner (Wall Street Journal)

CFR experts on Afghanistan

Deadlock in Global Climate Negotiations

Ahead of UN climate meetings next week, CFR's Michael Levi discusses the challenges of reaching a new international climate deal before the Copenhagen conference in December. Read more

Foreign Affairs: "The Other Climate Changers - Why Black Carbon and Ozone Also Matter," by Jessica Seddon Wallack and Veerabhadran Ramanathan

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

Foreign Affairs: "The Low-Carbon Diet - How the Maket Can Curb Climate Change," by Joel Kurtzman

Interactive: Crisis Guide - Climate Change

Foreign Affairs: "Copenhagen's Inconvenient Truth - How to Salvage the Climate Conference," by Michael Levi

Op-ed: "Climate Change Realism," by Richard Haass (South Morning Post)

Interview on the future of U.S. climate policy with Eileen Claussen of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change

CFR experts on Climate Change, Energy

	New Book on the Rise of the Muslim Middle Class
	In Forces of Fortune: The Rise of the New Muslim Middle Class and What It Will Mean for Our World, Vali Nasr presents a paradigm-changing revelation that will transform the understanding of the Muslim world at large. He reveals that there is a vital but unseen rising force in the Islamic world—a new business-minded middle class—that is building a vibrant new Muslim world economy and that holds the key to winning the cold war against Iran and extremists. For more, click 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 editor Robert McMahon and Foreign Affairs' managing editor Gideon Rose, it is one of CFR.org's most popular podcasts. Listen to the Friday, September 18, podcast.

	CFR Experts in the News
	Economics (9/15): Amity Shlaes argues that Obama invites the same financial meltdown he promises to avoid, on Bloomberg.com. Foreign Policy (9/14): Richard Haass writes on the "geopolitics of golf," in Newsweek. Japan (9/14): Sheila Smith discusses the new, leading Democratic Party of Japan, in Newsweek. Indonesia (9/13): Joshua Kurlantzick says the reelection of President Yudhoyono was "the capstone of a triumphant decade for Indonesia," in the Boston Globe. Foreign Policy (9/11): Leslie Gelb considers Obama's next six crises, on the Daily Beast. North Korea (9/11): Scott Snyder considers the challenge of preparing for instability in North Korea, on GlobalSecurity.org. Middle East (9/8): Elliot Abrams counteracts arguments that portray life among the Palestinians as unbearable and getting worse, in the Washington Post. Japan (9/6): Sheila Smith argues that Japan's foreign policy stance under its new leadership should be of concern to the U.S., in the Honolulu Advertiser.

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