Friday, December 18, 2009

[RED DEMOCRATICA] The World This Week - Pakistan - Iraq - Guantanamo - more

 

From the Council on Foreign Relations

December 18, 2009

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In this Issue:

U.S.-Pakistan Relationship

Securing Iraq

Closing Guantanamo Bay

U.S.-Pakistan Relationship

President Obama says Pakistan is crucial to the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan. But five Pakistani experts argue the Pakistan part of Obama's strategy is flawed. Read more

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

CFR Meeting Audio, Video, Transcript: "U.S. Policy in Afghanistan" with Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke

Article: "Pakistani Partnerships with the United States - An Assessment" by Daniel Markey (National Bureau of Asian Research)

Podcast: "Pakistan's Security Fears" with Asma Jahangir, chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan

Interactive: Pakistan's Troubled Tribal Belt

CFR experts on South Asia

Securing Iraq

The recent spate of bombings in Baghdad is testing the U.S. commitment to withdrawal, and Iraqi political leaders' ability to maintain their grip on power, says expert Sam Parker. Read more

Op-ed: "Iraq Bombings - Manipulating the Political Scene" by Rachel Schneller (Islam Online)

Interactive: Timeline on the Iraq war

Op-ed: "No Exit" by Richard Haass (Newsweek)

Expert Brief: "Avoiding Elections at Any Cost in Iraq" by Rachel Schneller

Op-ed: "Iraq the Model?" by Lydia Khalil (Small Wars Journal)

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

CFR experts on Iraq, Defense Strategy

Closing Guantanamo Bay

President Obama's decision to transfer Guantanamo inmates to an Illinois prison could speed closure of the facility, but the move has raised security and civil liberties concerns. Read more

Gwertzman Interview: "Obama 'Straddling Debate' on Prosecuting the 9/11 Prisoners" with Matthew Waxman

Op-ed: "Can We Retrain Terrorists?" by Marisa Porges (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Media Conference Call Audio, Transcript: "Trial of Accused 9/11 Terrorists" with Steven Simon, John Bellinger III, and Lydia Khalil

Op-ed: "Don't Just Close Gitmo, Give It Back" by Julia Sweig (Washington Post)

Backgrounder: World opinion on U.S. treatment of terrorism suspects

Article: "The Mission Determines the Coalition - The United States and Multilateral Cooperation after 9/11" by Stewart Patrick (Cambridge University Press)

Working Paper: War About Terror - Civil Liberties and National Security After 9/11 by Daniel Prieto

Backgrounder: Closing Guantanamo

CFR experts on Terrorism, International Law
 
New CFR.org Homepage

The redesign brings many new and improved features to CFR.org, including an embedded multimedia player, a new expert blog, "Asia Unbound," and an extended site index for easier access to CFR resources. View the new CFR.org.

 
 
Squam Lake Working Group

CFR's Center for Geoeconomic Studies (CGS) distributed a series of papers by fifteen top economists offering guiding principles for financial regulation reform. View the complete Squam Lake Working Group series.

 
 
On the CFR Blogs

GEO-GRAPHICS

Venezuela's credit risk

The Eurozone's sovereign risk and deficits

More from the Center for Geoeconomic Studies

ASIA UNBOUND

Joshua Kurlantzick on Thailand's southern insurgency

Michael Levi guest-blogging from Copenhagen

Evan Feigenbaum on the future of U.S.-India relations

Adam Segal on China's green technology innovation

Sheila Smith on Japan's relocation options for the U.S. marine base in Futenma

Scott Snyder on what H1N1 treatment in North Korea can do for North-South relations

Elizabeth Economy on the diversity of U.S. views of China

More from the Asia Program

 
 

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