Friday, January 22, 2010

[RED DEMOCRATICA] The World This Week - Guantanamo - Financial Crisis - Haiti - more

 

From the Council on Foreign Relations

January 22, 2010

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In this Issue:

Should Guantanamo Bay Be Closed?

Financial Regulation's Fatal Flaw

Rebuilding Haiti: The Work of Decades

Gaza and Strains in Israeli-Turkish Relations


Should Guantanamo Bay Be Closed?

Four experts, among them CFR's John Bellinger, discuss how legal and political developments should affect the Obama administration's promise to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Read more

Op-ed: "A Good Thing for Guantanamo" by Marisa Porges (New York Times)

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

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

Backgrounder: Closing Guantanamo

Op-ed: "Camp Nowhere" by Marisa Porges and April Longley Alley (Foreign Policy)

CFR experts on International Law, Terrorism

Financial Regulation's Fatal Flaw

Congress' call for a new federal agency to oversee insurers still relies too heavily on ill-equipped state regulators to stem risks posed by bond insurers, traders, and reinsurers, writes CFR's Marc Levinson. Read more

Backgrounder: "The Road to Financial Regulatory Reform"

CFR Meeting Transcript, Audio, Video: "Stimulus in a Volatile Financial World" with World Bank economist Justin Yifu Lin

Interactive: Crisis Guide - The Global Economy

CFR Meeting Audio: "Global Economic Trends" with economist Joseph Stiglitz

Op-ed: "Obama's Next Trillion Spending Might Be Worth It" by Amity Shlaes (Bloomberg)

Interactive: Global Governance Monitor on Finance

Op-ed: "Central Banks Enter Age of Improvisation" by Benn Steil (Financial News)

CFR experts on Financial Crises, International Finance

Rebuilding Haiti: The Work of Decades

Haiti's earthquake created a need for a tremendous short-term relief effort but also long-term reconstruction that could take decades and cost billions, says former Peace Corps director Mark Schneider. Read more

Conference Call Audio: "International Response to the Crisis in Haiti" with Kara McDonald

Op-ed: "America's Uncertain Presence in Haiti's Uncertain Future" by Max Boot (Commentary)

Expert Brief: "Tragedy and Opportunity for Haiti" by Kara McDonald

Podcast: "Helping Haiti Beyond the Quake" with the International Peace Institute's Edward Luck

CFR experts on the Caribbean, Civil Reconstruction

Gaza and Strains in Israeli-Turkish Relations

New strains in the Israeli-Turkish relationship stem from Turkey's concerns over conditions in Gaza and sloppy diplomacy on both sides, says CFR's Steven Cook. Read more

Op-ed: "All Process, No Peace" by Elliott Abrams (Weekly Standard)

Interactive: Crisis Guide - The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Op-ed: "Love the Rhetoric, Admire the Oratory - Where's the Action?" by Mohamad Bazzi (The National)

Book: Start-Up Nation - The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle by Daniel Senor and Saul Singer

Article: Interview with Elliott Abrams on the West Bank resurgence (The Atlantic)

CFR experts on the Middle East

 
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On the CFR Blogs

GEO-GRAPHICS

Chart on what happens when the Federal Reserve stops buying government debt

More from the Center for Geoeconomic Studies

ASIA UNBOUND

Adam Segal on lessons learned from the Google-China dispute

Elizabeth Economy on the central problem of China's rise

More from the Asia Program

 
 

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