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- Issue Guide: North Africa and Middle East Protests
- Congressional Quarterly: Learning by Example
- AP: 'Cheap' Bread to Cost Billions in New Egypt
- Covering Cairo (Audio)
- Covering Cairo (Video)
- The Center for Public Integrity: The false promise and big profits of ‘mini-med’ health plans
- In Japan, Expats Divide on Whether to Stay
- Scientific American: China Syndrome: Going Nuclear to Cut Down on Coal Burning
- After the Arab Spring
- The Debate Over U.S. Libya Intervention
- Obama Failing as Commander in Chief
- Obama's Libya Speech Will Bring Belated Clarity on His Policy
- Bleak History Lessons for Libya’s Future
- Santos, Chávez, and a Venezuelan Kingpin
- Assessing Brazil’s Agenda at Home and Abroad (Video)
- In Libya, How Obama Can End a Mission that Started Badly
- The Libya Dilemma: The Limits of Air Power
- Ridding Syria of a Despot
| Issue Guide: Japan's Triple Crisis Posted: 28 Mar 2011 12:42 PM PDT This issue guide provides a range of background and analysis on Japan's earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis. |
| Issue Guide: North Africa and Middle East Protests Posted: 28 Mar 2011 12:37 PM PDT This issue guide provides a range of background and analysis on the protests in the Middle East and North Africa. |
| Congressional Quarterly: Learning by Example Posted: 28 Mar 2011 10:43 AM PDT Before a historic earthquake-tsunami combination killed thousands and triggered a partial meltdown at one of its nuclear power plants, Japan won a reputation around the world for being extraordinarily prepared for disaster. In the aftermath of Fukushima Daiichi, Washington must now evaluate if the United States could do any better than – or even as well as – Japan in similar circumstance. |
| AP: 'Cheap' Bread to Cost Billions in New Egypt Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:24 AM PDT For over a half-century the Egyptian government has sold cut-rate wheat flour to bakeries for the production of bread. Many Egyptians rely on this subsidy, but in the face of a looming global food crisis, the program may cost billions of dollars for the new Cairo leadership. |
| Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:00 AM PDT
Ayman Mohyeldin discusses his experiences reporting from the ground in the Middle East, including covering the recent Tahrir Square protests in Cairo, serving as one of the only foreign journalists based in the Gaza Strip, being embedded with the U.S. military in Iraq, and producing exclusive reports from elsewhere in the region. This meeting is part of the Voices of the Next Generation series, which seeks to bring CFR members together with fresh, young voices in the foreign policy discourse. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:00 AM PDT
Ayman Mohyeldin discusses his experiences reporting from the ground in the Middle East, including covering the recent Tahrir Square protests in Cairo, serving as one of the only foreign journalists based in the Gaza Strip, being embedded with the U.S. military in Iraq, and producing exclusive reports from elsewhere in the region. This meeting is part of the Voices of the Next Generation series, which seeks to bring CFR members together with fresh, young voices in the foreign policy discourse. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Center for Public Integrity: The false promise and big profits of ‘mini-med’ health plans Posted: 28 Mar 2011 08:56 AM PDT In 2014 "mini-meds" or health care policies that feature high deductibles, modest benefits and low annual caps on medical coverage will be banned. Wendell Potter analyzes how many large insurance companies are securing wavers to continue providing the heavily contested, but highly profitable policies. |
| In Japan, Expats Divide on Whether to Stay Posted: 28 Mar 2011 08:53 AM PDT David S. Abraham says that while the disaster in Japan has brought the nation closer together, it has divided the community of foreigners living there. |
| Scientific American: China Syndrome: Going Nuclear to Cut Down on Coal Burning Posted: 28 Mar 2011 08:48 AM PDT In the wake of the accident of Fukushima Daiichi, Davd Biello reports that China will temporarily pause its plan to build the most new nuclear reactors in the world, but it will not halt it. |
| Posted: 28 Mar 2011 08:12 AM PDT Steven A. Cook warns that as violence worsens in Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, and Syria, dreams of a democratric Middle East may be more of a nightmare in the short run. |
| The Debate Over U.S. Libya Intervention Posted: 28 Mar 2011 06:29 AM PDT As President Obama prepares to present his case for the Libya intervention, congressional members are squaring off over it. The president is on solid legal ground, but it could erode if Libyan operations continue for months, says CFR's Matthew Waxman. |
| Obama Failing as Commander in Chief Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:35 AM PDT Robert D. Blackwill says that while the Obama administration deserves credit for its foreign policy achievements, the president is mismanaging the three wars in which the United States is now engaged. |
| Obama's Libya Speech Will Bring Belated Clarity on His Policy Posted: 27 Mar 2011 07:11 AM PDT Leslie H. Gelb says President Obama's upcoming speech on U.S. intervention in Libya should satisfy those who are searching for evidence of a common sense and sustainable U.S. foreign policy. |
| Bleak History Lessons for Libya’s Future Posted: 27 Mar 2011 06:38 AM PDT Richard N. Haass provides three scenarios the United States will likely face in dealing with Libya and says the question of whether to intervene is now of less importance than what to do next. |
| Santos, Chávez, and a Venezuelan Kingpin Posted: 26 Mar 2011 06:18 AM PDT Joel D. Hirst says the Obama administration must move with urgency to secure the extradition of Walid Makled García "el Turco" from Colombia to the United States. |
| Assessing Brazil’s Agenda at Home and Abroad (Video) Posted: 25 Mar 2011 09:00 AM PDT Following President Obama's first official visit to South America, Kellie Meiman Hock, Riordan Roett, and Julia E. Sweig discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with Brazil's rise, as well as the future of U.S.-Brazil relations. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| In Libya, How Obama Can End a Mission that Started Badly Posted: 25 Mar 2011 08:33 AM PDT Gideon Rose says that in Libya, the Obama administration may prove once again that American presidents are better at starting wars than ending them. |
| The Libya Dilemma: The Limits of Air Power Posted: 25 Mar 2011 06:26 AM PDT Stephen Biddle argues that the use of air power in Libya is "intervention on the cheap" that allows the United States to attempt to protect its values and interests in the region wihtout a serious commitment. |
| Posted: 25 Mar 2011 05:47 AM PDT Elliott Abrams says that as the wave of revolts in the Middle East spreads to Syria, the United States must make clear its opposition to the Assad regime. |
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