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Report on Progress toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan, June 2008

Council on Foreign Relations — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:44:40 -0400

Report

Building Robust Broadcast Media in Sub-Saharan Africa

Council on Foreign Relations — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:44:31 -0400

Kahlil Byrd, cofounder of the African Public Broadcasting Foundation, discusses the potential for building robust broadcast media in sub-Saharan Africa.

Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq, June 2008

Council on Foreign Relations — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:24:48 -0400

Report

Democratization and Its Discontents

Council on Foreign Relations — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:24:22 -0400

Washington can promote political reform best by backing off.

Olympic Pressure on China

Council on Foreign Relations — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:11:36 -0400

As the Olympics draw near, critics are attacking Beijing for its policies on the environment, the press, Sudan, and Tibet.

Seoul's Beef

Council on Foreign Relations — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:59:01 -0400

Seoul's conservative government is struggling to reconcile its foreign policy goals with the popular sentiments of its people.

CFR LIVE WEBCAST: Rethinking Maternal Health

Council on Foreign Relations — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:37:10 -0400

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Secretary of State Rice's Remarks at the Afghanistan Donors' Conference

Council on Foreign Relations — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:40:02 -0400

Speech

Southern Africa's Zimbabwe Divide

Council on Foreign Relations — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:08:17 -0400

As the date of Zimbabwe's run-off election approaches and violence spreads, questions hang over regional mediation efforts, which so far show little promise.

Trafficking in Persons Report, 2008

Council on Foreign Relations — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:30:36 -0400

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Letter from Members of Iraqi Parliament to Congress

Council on Foreign Relations — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:47:11 -0400

Letter

Advancing Freedom and Democracy Reports, May 2008

Council on Foreign Relations — Fri, 23 May 2008 09:46:26 -0400

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China's Olympian Challenges

Council on Foreign Relations — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:38:25 -0400

Minky Worden of Human Rights Watch says China is struggling with its role in the international community.

Slavery and Supply Chains: What Businesses Can Do to Fight Human Trafficking (Audio)

Council on Foreign Relations — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:45:48 -0400

Listen to Ambassador Mark Lagon discuss ways the U.S. government and the private sector can work together to combat human trafficking.

Slavery and Supply Chains: What Businesses Can Do to Fight Human Trafficking (Video)

Council on Foreign Relations — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:46:59 -0400

Watch Ambassador Mark Lagon discuss ways the U.S. government and the private sector can work together to combat human trafficking.

Romney Says Olympic Sponsors Are Concerned about Their Brand Images

Council on Foreign Relations — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:37:10 -0400

Mitt Romney, president and CEO of the organizing committee for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002, says China should take “symbolic action” to let the world know it is willing to listen to their concerns about its human rights record.

Quarterly Report to Congress, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, April 2008

Council on Foreign Relations — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:02:06 -0400

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Iraq Reconstruction Five Years On

Council on Foreign Relations — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:24:52 -0400

Report

Baghdad and Kurds Close the Gap

Council on Foreign Relations — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:32:27 -0400

Oil and the status of Kirkuk continue to divide Iraq's central government and the Kurdish region, but signs of political progress are emerging.

After Guantánamo

Council on Foreign Relations — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:52:45 -0400

The U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay has become a stain on the United States' reputation. Shutting it down will cause new problems. Rather than hold terrorism suspects in preventive detention, the United States should turn them over to its criminal justice system.

Nationalism in China

Council on Foreign Relations — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:03:55 -0400

Nationalism in China, surging amid protests over Beijing's rule in Tibet, increasingly fills the role Maoism played before China embraced capitalism.

Friedman: Chinese Believe Tibetans, Other Ethnic Groups Should be Incorporated into One China

Council on Foreign Relations — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:03:35 -0400

Edward Friedman, an expert on Chinese nationalism, says China’s ethnic Han majority views minorities like Tibetans and Uighurs as "people who should be incorporated into the larger Chinese state."

Gyngell: East Asia Worries about 2008 Democrats’ Trade Rhetoric

Council on Foreign Relations — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:50:39 -0400

Allan Gyngell, a former Australian diplomat, says there is concern in Australia and East Asia that the next U.S. president might retreat from the United States' support for free trade.

Afghanistan National Development Strategy, 2008-2013

Council on Foreign Relations — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:21:24 -0400

National Strategy

Pope Benedict XVI's Speech at the United Nations

Council on Foreign Relations — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:41:41 -0400

Speech

Piontkovsky: Russia Nearing End of ‘Confrontational Cycle’ with West

Council on Foreign Relations — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:37:53 -0400

Russian analyst Andrei A. Piontkovsky says the next U.S. president could face a more conciliatory policy from the Kremlin and new Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.

Access to Justice in China

Council on Foreign Relations — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:28:36 -0400

China has a range of options for its citizens to access justice, but experts say none of them are particularly effective.

Liberation from Africa’s Liberators

Council on Foreign Relations — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:06:54 -0400

As Zimbabwe’s postelection deadlock continues, experts wonder when African leaders will start criticizing their peers.

Ahadi: Afghanistan’s Economic Fortunes

Council on Foreign Relations — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:40:35 -0400

Afghan Finance Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Ahadi says security and development could lead to a boom in his country’s natural resource sector.

Human Rights Report, UN Assistance Mission for Iraq, July - August 2005

Council on Foreign Relations — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:44:30 -0400

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