May 8, 2009 View this newsletter as a web page on CFR's website.
 | | | | | |  | | U.S.-Afghan-Pakistan Summit Beyond the immediate pledges of support that emerged from the U.S.-Afghan-Pakistan summit, President Obama should convey a long-term U.S. commitment to the region to sustain the trust of his partners, says CFR's Daniel Markey. Read more
Gwertzman Interview with Bruce Riedel on Pakistan's internal political dynamics Policy Options Paper: From AfPak to PakAf: A Response to the New U.S. Strategy for South Asia, by Daniel Markey Symposium: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and U.S. National Security Symposium with Daniel Markey, Lisa Curtis, Ronald Neumann, Karen DeYoung, Clare Lockhart, John Nagl, J. Alexander Thier, Kori Schake, and Joseph Lieberman Council Special Report: Securing Pakistan's Tribal Belt, by Daniel Markey
Op-ed: "Are U.S. Missile Strikes in Pakistan a Dud Policy?" by Micah Zenko (Christian Science Monitor) Interactive: Map of Pakistan's tribal areas Op-ed: "Obama's New Buddies," by Leslie Gelb (The Daily Beast) Backgrounder on how to stabilize Pakistan by boosting its private sector Foreign Affairs: "How Dangerous Are the Taliban?" by John Mueller Podcast on making aid to Pakistan work, with Isobel Coleman and Charles North CFR experts on Pakistan | |  | | | | | | |  | | Convention on Law of the Sea An upswing in piracy attacks off the coast of Somalia, the rise of new naval powers such as China and India, and a rapidly melting polar ice cap in the Arctic are but a "few of the pressing issues that give mounting urgency for the United States to join the convention," says CFR's Scott Borgerson. Read more Expert Brief with Scott Borgerson on how to address the crisis in the United States' oceans Foreign Affairs: "The Great Games Moves North," by Scott Borgerson CFR Meeting Transcript: Strange Bedfellows- the Law of the Sea and its Stakeholders, with John Norton Moore, James Watkins, and Scott Borgerson Foreign Affairs: "What to Read on Pirates," by Max Boot Testimony: "U.S. National Security Interests in the Arctic," Scott Borgerson before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs CFR experts on Polar Regions, Natural Resource Management | | | | | | | | |  | | U.S. Strategic Partnership with Russia As Secretary of State Clinton holds talks with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, CFR's Jeffrey Mankoff argues that "the success of attempts to build a strategic partnership will largely rest with Russia." Read more Task Force Report: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy, a report of an Independent Task Force co-chaired by William J. Perry and Brent Scowcroft, and directed by Charles Ferguson Gwertzman Interview with Linton Brooks on dealing with Russia on arms control matters Book: Russian Foreign Policy, The Return of Great Power Politics, by Jeffrey Mankoff CFR Meeting Transcript, Audio, Video: U.S. policy toward Russia, with Graham Allison, Maurice Greenberg, Gary Hart, Dimitri Simes, and Peter Osnos Testimony by Stephen Sestanovich on prospects for engagement with Russia before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee CFR experts on Russia, Proliferation
| | | | | Haass Discusses New Book in New York, May 27 | | | CFR President Richard Haass and CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric will discuss Haass's new book, War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars, at the 92nd Street Y in New York on May 27. To read Couric's interview with Haass published in Avenue magazine, click here. For information on the event click here and enter "HA15" for a special promotional rate of $15. | | | | | | The World Next Week Podcast | | | The World Next Week is an audio preview of world events in the week ahead. Presented by CFR.org's acting editor Robert McMahon and Foreign Affairs' managing editor Gideon Rose, it is one of CFR.org's most popular podcasts. Listen to the Friday, May 8 podcast by clicking here. | | | | | | CFR Experts in the News | | | U.S. Economy (5/7): Matthew Slaughter argues that "President Obama's recent soundbites suggest an uncompetitive auto industry," in the Wall Street Journal. IAEA (5/6): Charles Ferguson discusses the selection of the next director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, on ForeignPolicy.com. Pakistan (5/6): Leslie Gelb discusses President Obama's aid package to Pakistan, in "The Daily Beast." War (5/5): Richard Haass argues that justifiable war is a more useful concept than just war, on Washingtonpost.com. Pandemics (5/5): Stephen Flynn and Irwin Redlener argue that the United States would fail a pandemic preparedness stress test, on CNN.com. U.S. Politics (5/4): Michael Gerson remembers Congressman Jack Kemp, in the Washington Post. Foreign Policy (5/4): Richard Haass discusses the difficulties surrounding dissent in policymaking, in Newsweek. Iran (5/4): Elliott Abrams reviews The Persian Night by Amir Taheri, in Commentary. Pandemics (5/4) Laurie Garrett discusses the origins and path of H1N1 swine influenza, in Newsweek. Iraq (5/4): Richard Haass argues that the second Iraq war was a war of choice - and a blunder, in the "Huffington Post." North Korea (5/3): Scott Snyder discusses the potential contradictions in the Obama administration's policy toward North Korea, on GlobalSecurity.org. Cuba (5/3): Julia Sweig argues for not only closing Guantanamo base, but for giving it back to Cuba, in the Washington Post. China (5/2): Jerome Cohen discusses the National Human Rights Act of China, and the gap between its language and its practice, in the South China Morning Post. HIV/AIDS (5/1): Michael Gerson discusses the "invisible epidemic," in the Washington Post. | | | | | |
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