November 20, 2009 View this newsletter as a web page on CFR's website.
 | |  | | | | | |  | | Disillusionment in Afghanistan CFR's Kim Barker, on return from a recent trip to Kabul, says Afghans are disillusioned with both the reelection of President Hamid Karzai and what they perceive as the U.S. desire for an exit strategy. Read more Interactive: Timeline on the U.S. war in Afghanistan Gwertzman Interview: "Karzai's Moment of Opportunity" with Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan Foreign Affairs: "The L-Word in Afghanistan - Can the United States Provide What Kabul Needs?" by Mark Moyar Op-ed: "The U.S. Needs to Teach Hamid Karzai a Thing or Two" by Max Boot (Los Angeles Times) CFR Meeting Video, Audio, Transcript: U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan with John Kerry Op-ed: "Vietnam's Lesson for Afghanistan" Ray Takeyh (Boston Globe) Interview: "More Afghan Troops Needed to Secure Afghanistan" with Maj. Gen. Richard Formica, a commanding general in Afghanistan Op-ed: "Pull the Plug on the Afghan Surge" by Charles Kupchan and Steven Simon (Financial Times) CFR experts on Afghanistan | | | | | | Public Opinion on Global Issues | | | CFR's International Institutions and Global Governance program (IIGG) launched an online digest of U.S. and global public opinion data on international issues. This project aggregates and analyzes existing polling data on issues such as terrorism, nuclear proliferation, the environment, energy security, the global economy, economic development, and human rights, among others. IIGG developed this resource in partnership with the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland. View it here. | | | | | | Symposium on Organized Crime | | | This week CFR held a symposium addressing the illicit transnational flow of goods, money, information, and people that increasingly dominates U.S.-Latin America relations. Directed by Shannon O'Neil, this meeting featured panels on organized crime and transnational threats, local and national policy responses, and regional and multilateral responses to organized crime. Listen and watch the symposium here. | | | | | | CFR Experts in the News | | | Israel (11/16): Steven Cook asks if Palestinian leadership is going to use violence against Israel to strengthen domestic support, in The New Republic. Nigeria (11/12): John Campbell considers efforts to reform Nigeria's oil and gas industry, on the GlobalPost. Pakistan (11/12): Daniel Markey assesses Pakistani partnerships with the U.S., in the National Bureau of Asian Research. Diplomacy (11/10): Elliott Abrams argues that the Obama administration is pursuing a confusing and unclear policy towards Israel, in the National Review. Economics (11/10): Amity Shlaes on economists during different eras, on Bloomberg.com. Germany (11/9): James Goldgeier examines what the fall of the Berlin Wall meant for the Republican party, on Politico.com. Israel (11/9): Elliott Abrams asks, "can anything else possibly go wrong for the Obama administration's Middle East policy?" in the Weekly Standard. Iraq (11/9): Max Boot writes, "despite the headlines about bombings in Baghdad, the situation has improved immeasurably," in the Weekly Standard. Afghanistan (11/9): Leslie Gelb says the U.S. military's request to increase troops should be scrutinized, on the Daily Beast. | | | | | |
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