Friday, February 26, 2010

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From the Council on Foreign Relations

February 26, 2010

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In this Issue:

A Strategy for Iran

Halting Steps in New Delhi

Fixing the Global Climate Science Process

Obama's Flawed Export Plan


A Strategy for Iran

The recent IAEA report finding strong evidence of Iran's efforts to develop a nuclear warhead suggests the U.S. should start working on strategies that include sanctions and building stronger alliances in the region, says nuclear expert David Albright. Read more

Op-ed: "Only One Force Can Stop Iran Now - Its People" by Richard Haass (The Times of London)

Foreign Affairs: "After Iran Gets the Bomb - Containment and Its Complications" by James Lindsay and Ray Takeyh

Op-ed: "The Wrong Way on Iran" by Leslie Gelb (Daily Beast)

First Take: "The Tough New IAEA Line on Iran" by Michael Levi

Op-ed: "The Force Needed to Contain Iran" by James Lindsay and Ray Takeyh (Washington Post)

Interactive: Global Governance Monitor on Nonproliferation

CFR experts in Iran, Proliferation

Halting Steps in New Delhi

The resumption of high-level talks between India and Pakistan in New Delhi, while positive, do not mean the two sides are close to any breakthroughs on the issues that divide them, writes CFR's Evan Feigenbaum. Read more

Media Conference Call Audio: "U.S. Strategy in Pakistan and Afghanistan" with Daniel Markey and Kim Barker

CFR Meeting Audio, Video, Transcript: Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid and scholar Marvin Weinbaum give an update on Pakistan

Contingency Planning Memorandum: "Terrorism and Indo-Pakistani Escalation" by Daniel Markey

CFR Meeting Audio, Transcript, Video: "A Conversation with Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh"

Interactive: Pakistan's Troubled Tribal Belt

CFR experts on South Asia

Fixing the Global Climate Science Process

With some findings of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in question, four experts, including CFR's Michael Levi, debate how much the premier climate science review panel may need to make changes. Read more

Op-ed: "A New Approach to Tackling Climate Change" by Jagdish Bhagwati (Financial Times)

Foreign Affairs: "Beyond Copenhagen - Why Less May Be More in Global Climate Talks" by Michael Levi

Backgrounder: Alternative views on climate change

Interactive: Crisis Guide - Climate Change

Foreign Affairs: "The New Energy Order - Managing Insecurities in the Twenty-first Century" by David Victor and Linda Yueh

CFR experts on Climate Change

Obama's Flawed Export Plan

News that global trade contracted in 2009 underscores the need for Obama's trade strategy to include negotiating exchange rates with Asian countries and promoting free trade agreements, says IIE's Gary Hufbauer. Read more

Asia Unbound Blog: "The G20 and the Labor Ministerial Meeting" by Jagdish Bhagwati

Op-ed: "How to Destroy American Jobs" by Matthew Slaughter (Wall Street Journal)

Expert Brief: "The Vanishing WTO" by Marc Levinson

Op-ed: "America Risks Being Left Behind in Asia" by Evan Feigenbaum (Financial Times)

Geo-Graphics Blog: "Obama's Export Ambitions" by the Center for Geoeconomic Studies

Interview: "The Tricky Path to U.S. Revival" - An assessment of Obama's State of the Union address by six CFR experts

CFR experts on Trade

 
March/April Issue of Foreign Affairs Magazine

Articles in this issue include:

James Lindsay and Ray Takeyh on what happens after Iran acquires a nuclear bomb;

Evan Feigenbaum on the fate of the U.S.-India partnership; and

Charles Kupchan on how the United States can court its adversaries.

More articles, reading lists, author interviews, and other web-only content can be viewed at: www.foreignaffairs.com.

 
 
Public Event: Rubin and Mallaby on the Global Economy

Former secretary of the treasury and CFR Board Co-Chairman Robert Rubin and director of CFR's Center for Geoeconomic Studies Sebastian Mallaby will discuss the global economy at 92nd Street Y in New York City on March 2 at 8:00 p.m. To purchase tickets at a discounted rate of 20% off, click here and use code RR20.

 
 
On the CFR Blogs

ASIA UNBOUND

Adam Segal on tensions between technological innovation and security needs

Jagdish Bhagwati on G20-level talks on global labor standards

Josh Kurlantzick on Obama's to-do list in Indonesia

Elizabeth Economy on the realities of the U.S.-China relationship

More from the Asia Program

 
 

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