December 24, 2010 View this newsletter as a web page on CFR's website. In this Issue: Why New START Was Ratified Obama's Foreign Policy at Midterm: Fiscal Clouds WikiLeaks and Challenges to Internet Freedom Precarious Balancing Act on the Korean Peninsula Why New START Was Ratified Support of the U.S. national security establishment was crucial in gaining Senate ratification of New START, but follow-on arms control agreements with Russia face a tough road, says CFR's Stephen Sestanovich. Read more Council Special Report: Toward Deeper Reductions in U.S. and Russian Nuclear Weapons by Micah Zenko Op-ed: "A Tale of Two Treaties" by Michael Levi (USA Today) Media Conference Call: "New START Treaty and Its Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy" with Kay King and Micah Zenko Task Force Report: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy by William Perry, Brent Scowcroft and Charles Ferguson Op-ed: "Tackling Tactical Nuclear Weapons" by Micah Zenko (Foreign Policy) Interactive: Timeline of U.S.-Russia Arms Control CFR experts on Russia, Proliferation Obama's Foreign Policy at Midterm: Fiscal Clouds President Obama's foreign policy triumphs so far include getting support for tougher Iran sanctions, but there were also missteps in the Middle East and elsewhere, and the failure to restore fiscal stability has undercut U.S. power, says CFR's James Lindsay. Read more Foreign Affairs: "American Profligacy and American Power - The Consequences of Fiscal Irresponsibility" by Roger Altman and Richard Haass Book: How Enemies Become Friends - The Sources of Stable Peace by Charles Kupchan Foreign Affairs: "A Third Way to Palestine - Fayyadism and Its Discontents" by Robert Danin Book: Power Rules - How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy by Leslie Gelb Op-ed: "Let's Un-Surge in Afghanistan" by Richard Haass (Wall Street Journal) CFR experts on U.S. Strategy and Politics WikiLeaks and Challenges to Internet Freedom The WikiLeaks controversy reveals inconsistencies in the U.S. government's approach to Internet speech and the responsibilities of private companies in control of what is now considered public space, says CFR's Adam Segal. Read more Council Special Report: Internet Governance in an Age of Cybersecurity by Robert Knake Foreign Affairs: "The Digital Disruption - Connectivity and the Diffusion of Power" by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen Op-ed: "Joint Efforts for a Secure Cyberspace" by Adam Segal (The Economic Times) Foreign Affairs: "Democracy in Cyberspace - What Information Technology Can and Cannot Do" by Ian Bremmer CFR Meeting Audio, Video, Transcript: "Foreign Affairs LIVE - The Pentagon's New Cybersecurity Strategy" with William Lynn, Secretary of Defense CFR experts on Cybersecurity Precarious Balancing Act on the Korean Peninsula South Korea's exercises on Yeonpyeong are a response to last month's North Korean attack and growing public anger, says CFR's Scott Snyder, who urges greater China-U.S. cooperation on the Korean peninsula and strengthening South Korean defenses. Read more Task Force Report: U.S. Policy Toward the Korean Peninsula by Charles "Jack" Pritchard, John Tilelli Jr., and Scott Snyder Blog: "North Korea 'Backs Off'?" by Evan Feigenbaum First Take: "Trilateral Call - China Restrain Pyongyang" by Sheila Smith Op-ed: "Kimpossible" by Joshua Kurlantzick (The New Republic) Contingency Planning Memorandum: Military Escalation in Korea by Paul Stares Interactive: Crisis Guide - The Korean Peninsula CFR experts on the Korean Peninsula

New Issue of Foreign Affairs Magazine The January/February issue of Foreign Affairs is now online and will hit newsstands on December 28. Articles in this issue include: Clay Shirky on the political power of social media; Robert Blackwill on plan B for U.S. strategy in Afghanistan; and Robert Danin on a third way to Palestinian statehood. More articles, reading lists, author interviews, and other web-only content can be viewed at: www.foreignaffairs.com.     The World Next Year Podcast CFR.org Editor Robert McMahon and CFR Director of Studies James Lindsay preview world events in the year ahead in this special edition of the weekly podcast "The World Next Year." Listen and subscribe to the podcast.     On the CFR Blogs THE WATER'S EDGE Lindsay wraps up the week's U.S. foreign policy news in today's "Friday File." ASIA UNBOUND Evan Feigenbaum on the politics of inflation in Asia Joshua Kurlantzick on why the U.S. is in denial about Burma's nuclear ambitions AFRICA IN TRANSITION Campbell warns of the serious possibility of increased bloodshed in Cote d'Ivoire. MICHAEL LEVI Levi discusses Iran's struggles to match gasoline supply with demand. Read and weigh in on CFR's expert blogs.

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