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Offering short analysis in Q&A form from the editorial staff of the Council on Foreign Relations on vital foreign policy and national security topics several times a week and frequent interviews with CFR authors on their latest books.
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EU Concerns over Mideast Migrants | Massive flight from Middle East and North African turmoil has highlighted immigration problems plaguing the European Union, says Jean-Phillipe Chauzy of the International Organization for Migration. He says the EU must address comprehensive reform and al | 4/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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An Unlikely Breadwinner Under the Taliban | The story of a young woman's entrepreneurial success during the Taliban reign in Afghanistan is an argument for international investment in women, says CFR's Gayle Tzemach Lemmon. | 4/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ROTC Returns to the Ivy League | The repeal of the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy in December 2010 has led some Ivy League universities to reconsider a campus homecoming for ROTC after four decades of exile. | 4/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Building Blocks of Successful Revolutions | Peter Ackerman, an expert on civil resistance movements, says nonviolent revolutions that have a shared vision of future governance are more likely to be successful than those that turn violent, such as Libya's. | 3/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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U.S.-Pakistan Intel Ties in Trouble | Increasing distrust between the CIA and Pakistan's ISI over the Raymond Davis case could threaten efforts to fight militancy along the Afghan border. Experts Daniel Markey and Shuja Nawaz discuss policy options to restore the relationship. | 3/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Al-Jazeera: The World Through Arab Eyes | Al-Jazeera has been instrumental in covering protests in the Arab world. The Washington bureau chief for al-Jazeera Arabic, Abderrahim Foukara, suggests Western perceptions of the channel are adapting to its pervasive influence in the Arab and Musl | 2/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wikipedia's Global Future | As Wikipedia celebrates its tenth anniversary, Joseph Reagle, a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, sees an opportunity for significant growth in non-English-speaking parts of the world. | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Will the Volcker Rule Work? | As federal regulators flesh out financial reform specifics, questions remain about how the Volcker Rule--aimed at preventing banks from taking overly risky bets--will work, and whether it will make the financial system safer. | 1/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Egypt's Copt Crisis | The recent bombing of a Coptic Church in Egypt underscores deep sectarian tensions and reflects the need for a more open and tolerant society, says CFR's Steven Cook, but Egypt's government would rather ignore underlying political causes. | 1/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Maintaining an American Lead in Technology | To keep its edge in technological innovation against India and China, the United States must focus on open immigration policies, strengthening political and social networks, and more, says CFR's Adam Segal. | 1/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Peace Penalty for Afghan Women? | As the United States backs reconciliation talks with the Taliban, many Afghan women fear a rollback of their rights. The international community must ensure that discussions of Afghanistan's future include its women, says CFR's Gayle Lemmon. | 11/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Putting the Endgame before the War | Iraq and Afghanistan represent just two of the costly wars that the United States launched without a sustainable political endgame, says Gideon Rose, author of a new book examining U.S. military interventions since World War I. | 11/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Debating Chinese Protectionism | Do China's policies pose a threat to trading partners and the global economy or is that exaggerated? Morgan Stanley's Stephen Roach and the Peterson Institute's Gary Hufbauer discuss. | 10/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Obama's Midterm Economics | Obama's proposals to cut business taxes and boost infrastructure spending are worth a try, says CFR's Sebastian Mallaby, but more monetary stimulus by the Fed could "come back to bite." | 9/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Downside of Discrete Military Operations | Washington has for decades relied on limited military force to achieve political objectives abroad. In a new book, CFR's Micah Zenko argues these tactics, while politically popular, rarely achieve their aims. | 9/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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WikiLeaks' Fallout for U.S.-Pakistan Ties | South Asia experts Shuja Nawaz and Bruce Riedel say the WikiLeaks documents pose challenges to an already strained U.S.-Pakistan relationship. They say the Obama administration should expand military and civilian assistance to the country, along with a f | 7/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kosovo's 'Moment of Opportunity' | The International Court of Justice ruling on the legality of Kosovo's independence declaration creates a "moment of opportunity," says former British ambassador David Gowan, but CFR's John Bellinger cautions that it isn't likely to set a precedent for ot | 7/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Growing Economic Ties in the Strait | A new trade deal promises to bring Taiwan and China closer economically, but tensions on security issues remain, says Taiwanese Minister Johnny Chiang. | 7/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Managing Afghanistan's Mineral Hopes | A new spotlight on mineral wealth has spurred debate on the prospects for rescuing Afghanistan's feeble economy. The country's minister of mines and two World Bank experts discuss how to manage Afghan resources. | 6/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kyrgyzstan and Military Base Politics | Amid Kyrgyzstan's domestic upheaval, the status of an important U.S. military base could become shakier, says expert Alexander Cooley of Columbia University. | 6/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Pentagon's Butter and Guns Debate | While the secretary of defense targets the military services' hardware for future trims, Pentagon budget expert Todd Harrison says personnel costs should be the real target. | 6/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In Praise of Hedge Funds | Unlike "too big to fail" financial firms, hedge funds spot market bubbles and assume their own losses, says CFR's Sebastian Mallaby. | 6/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Facebook, Google, and Online Privacy | Facebook and Google have aroused concerns about encroachments on privacy online, but media expert Jeff Jarvis says policymakers need to be careful not to overreact and encroach on the Internet's value as a public sphere and lifeline in closed societies. | 5/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mixed Outlook for Mideast Proximity Talks | The"proximity talks" being conducted between Israelis and Palestinians probably won't lead to a final status agreement, say CFR experts Elliot Abrams and Steven A. Cook, but they could lead to the framework for a Palestinian state on the West Bank. | 5/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boosting U.S. Growth with Trade | The Obama administration needs to do more to promote free trade and should get tough with intellectual property violators abroad, says the U.S. Council for International Business's Jonathan Huneke at World Trade Week. | 5/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Oil Spill's Ripple Effect | The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is not just a problem to clean up, says CFR's Michael Levi, it has serious commercial implications for some oil firms and has dimmed the prospects of U.S. climate legislation. | 5/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Islamic Feminists Transforming the Muslim World | CFR's Senior Fellow Isobel Coleman discusses her new book about the rising empowerment of Muslim women in the Mideast and its potential to transform human rights in the region | 4/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mideast Not Ripe for Obama Plan | While the time isn't ripe for an Obama administration peace plan, the White House should try to reignite proximity talks and possibly work to develop terms of reference and a structure for future final status talks, says CFR President Richard N. Haass. | 4/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Volcanic Ash Clouds EU Economy | Iceland's volcanic disruption poses long-term problems for European airlines, says European economist Jacob Kirkegaard, and it could also depress the EU's overall GDP this quarter because of curtailed business travel. | 4/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kyrgyzstan Needs Return To Democratic Path | After a spasm of violent protests that caused Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to flee the capital, the international community must push the new transitional government to set the country back on a democratic path, says CFR Central Asia expert Evan Fe | 4/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 30 Episodes |
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