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[RED DEMOCRATICA] The World This Week: Pakistan - Globlal Economy - Iran - more

October 16, 2009

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		In this Issue:
		The U.S.-Pakistan Trust Deficit
		A Russian Hurdle on Iran Policy
		Why China May Stumble

The U.S.-Pakistan Trust Deficit

Amid the latest spate of attacks in Pakistan, furor over a U.S. aid package shows continuing distrust between the two countries. CFR's Daniel Markey and Lisa Curtis of the Heritage Foundation discuss challenges facing U.S. policy in the region. Read more

Op-ed: "In the Afghan War, Aim for the Middle" by Richard Haass (Washington Post)

Foreign Affairs: "The Art of Afghan Alliance Building" by Kathy Gannon

Testimony: "Assessing U.S. Options for Afghanistan" by Stephen Biddle, before the House Armed Services Committee

CFR Meeting Audio, Transcript: "Pakistan - Beyond The War On Terror" with the Foreign Minister of Pakistan Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi

Backgrounder: Pakistan's security forces

Policy Options Paper: "From AfPak to PakAf - A Response to the New U.S. Strategy for South Asia" by Daniel Markey

Backgrounder: "Pakistan's Fragile Foundations"

CFR experts on Pakistan, Aghanistan

A Russian Hurdle on Iran Policy

CFR's Stephen Sestanovich says the Obama administration believes it has put relations with Russia on "a more practical" basis on a range of issues but convergence remains elusive on how to address Iran's nuclear program. Read more

Op-ed: "A Different Regime Change in Iran" by Richard Haass (Financial Times)

Backgrounder: Iran's ballistic missile program

Op-ed: "Détente and the Bunker" by Elliott Abrams (Weekly Standard)

Interview: "Solving the Syrian Puzzle"with Mohamad Bazzi

Timeline: U.S.-Iran relations

Gwertzman Interview: "The Road Ahead for U.S.-Iran Relations" with John Limbert

CFR experts on Iran

Why China May Stumble

China's continued impressive growth is by no means assured, writes CFR's Steven Dunaway. Without basic changes to its economic model, including rule of law reforms, it could face considerable struggles, he says. Read more

Working Paper: "The Gloomy Prospects for World Growth" by Steven Dunaway

CFR Meeting Audio, Video: "The Global Financial Crisis - Causes and Consequences" with Alan Greenspan and Peter G. Peterson

Foreign Affairs: "The Dollar and its Defecits" by Fred Bergsten

Contingency Planning Memorandum: "If the U.S. Dollar Plummets" by Brad Setser

Interactive: Crisis Guide - The Global Economy

Foreign Affairs: "The Dollar Dilemma" by Barry Eichengreen

Interactive: Global Governance Monitor on global finance

CFR experts on China, Economics

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	Turnover on the UN Security Council
	The UN Security Council's annual rotation of non-permanent members this year may present problems for U.S. interests, including containing nuclear proliferation, says CFR's International Affairs Fellow in Residence Kara McDonald in this new Expert Brief.

	CFR Experts in the News
	North Korea (10/16): Paul Stares writes that Kim Jong Il is still in comlpete control of North Korea, in the Los Angeles Times. Taiwan (10/15): Jerome Cohen argues that foreign critics are valuable "because their distance gives them a different perspective," in the South China Morning Post. U.S. Strategy (10/7): Ray Takeyh discusses Obama's approach to diplomatic engagement, in the Boston Globe. Religion (10/7): Walter Russell Mead examines the book of Job in the Old Testament and its meaning in today's political stage, in the American Interest. Wars and Warfare (10/6): Leslie Gelb on how to win the war in Afghanistan, on the Daily Beast. Geoeconomics (10/6): Matthew Slaughter argues that it is time to tackle America's widening inequality, in the Financial Times. International Broadcasting (10/5): Robert McMahon stresses the importance of sustaining U.S. broadcasting throughout the world, in Foreign Service Journal. Afghanistan (10/1): Leslie Gelb and Peter Bergen present two options for Afghanistan strategy, in Time. China (10/1): Jerome Cohen traces the first 60 years of the People's Republic of China, in the South China Morning Post.

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