2009

Counterterrorism
commentary
Power to the People: Rebooting Conventional Diplomacy
Cheryl Benard, Edward O'Connell
Feb 27, 2009
The Huffington Post
The story of how President Obama engineered a grass-roots campaign, mobilizing formerly disengaged U.S. citizens with new media and new technologies, has reached almost mythological proportions. Less well known is the story of similar grass-roots efforts emerging in local communities around the world, write Cherl Benard and Edward O'Connell.
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Afghanistan
commentary
In Afghanistan, It's Deadly at the Top
Cheryl Benard
Feb 23, 2009
Los Angeles Times
Rather than perpetuating a love-hate-kill relationship with their leaders, Afghans need to develop respect for the laws and institutions of their new democracy, writes Cheryl Benard.
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Security Cooperation
commentary
A Trans-Atlantic Moment
F. Stephen Larrabee, Julian Lindley-French
Feb 22, 2009
The Washington Times
The election of Barack Obama provides an important opportunity to revitalize the trans-Atlantic security partnership. This partnership has served both sides well in the past. But after eight years of deep ideological differences during the Bush administration, it is badly frayed and in need of new leadership and new vision, write F. Stephen Larrabee and Julian Lindley-French.
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International Diplomacy
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Obama's Foreign Policy Team and U.S.-Korean Relations
Chaibong Hahm
Feb 16, 2009
Joangang Ilbo
The concrete contours of President Obama's foreign policy team have finally begun to emerge. What is intriguing is how many assignments are being given to those who have worked on the Korean peninsula, writes Chaibong Hahm.
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Afghanistan
commentary
Going the Distance
Seth G. Jones
Feb 15, 2009
The Washington Post
Afghanistan has a reputation as a graveyard of empires, based as much on lore as on reality.... Yes, the situation is serious, but it's far from doomed. We can still turn things around if we strive for a better understanding of the Afghan insurgency and work to exploit its many weaknesses, writes Seth G. Jones.
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Israel
commentary
What the Israeli Right Owes to Hamas
Claude Berrebi
Feb 13, 2009
Foreign Policy
This week's Israeli election results spotlight two notable trends. First, the Hamas attacks that prompted Israel's war in Gaza, and the war's aftermath, have moved the Israeli political center further toward the right. Second, where you stand depends in large part on where you live, writes Claude Berrebi.
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Mexico
commentary
Could Mexico Fail?
Brian Michael Jenkins @BrianMJenkins
Feb 13, 2009
Homeland Security Today
The lawlessness along the mexicanborder has gone way beyond alocal crime wave: there has beena dramatic increase in armed robberies, not by lone gunmen but by heavily armed gangs. Kidnappings and homicides are way up—and not just murders but beheadings.... It is starting to look like a terrorist campaign, writes Brian Michael Jenkins.
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Arms Proliferation and Control
commentary
Asia's Nonproliferation Laggards: China, India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia
Charles Wolf, Jr.
Feb 9, 2009
Wall Street Journal Asia
The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction ranks as one of the biggest challenges facing the Obama administration. Luckily, Mr. Obama has a tool to combat this threat, in the form of the Proliferation Security Initiative.... The trick now will be to convince key Asian countries to participate, writes Charles Wolf Jr.
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Politics and Government
commentary
The Secret Briefing Obama Needs on Day One
Gregory F. Treverton
Jan 22, 2009
Foreign Policy
A select few Americans will ever see the president's daily brief -- a digest of the intelligence community's most closely guarded secrets. But trust me, Barack Obama is going to need much more useful information than he is getting now, writes Gregory F. Treverton.
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Science and Technology
commentary
A Smarter Economic Stimulus Package
Martin Wachs
Jan 21, 2009
CNN
President Obama's infrastructure plan doesn’t yet carry a price tag. We only know that it will be big.... The trick is how it will be done. It will not be enough to simply rebuild and repair critical infrastructure systems. We need to reinvent the systems themselves, writes Martin Wachs.
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International Affairs
commentary
Challenges Ahead for the EU's Security and Defense Policy
Christopher S. Chivvis
Jan 16, 2009
GlobalSecurity.org
On its 10th anniversary, the European Union can look back on its Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) with some sense of accomplishment. But the next 10 years may prove more difficult, writes Christopher S. Chivvis.
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Iran
commentary
Defeating Hamas Will Not Defeat Iran
Dalia Dassa Kaye
Jan 14, 2009
Foreign Policy
In the absence of clarity of what Israel hopes to leave behind in Gaza, some observers speculate that the offensive against Hamas has a second target: Iran.... Although Hamas surely benefits from Iranian support, Iran's regional position has little to do with Hamas, writes Dalia Dassa Kaye.
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2009

Power to the People: Rebooting Conventional Diplomacy

In Afghanistan, It's Deadly at the Top

A Trans-Atlantic Moment

Obama's Foreign Policy Team and U.S.-Korean Relations

Going the Distance

What the Israeli Right Owes to Hamas

Could Mexico Fail?

Asia's Nonproliferation Laggards: China, India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia

The Secret Briefing Obama Needs on Day One

A Smarter Economic Stimulus Package

Challenges Ahead for the EU's Security and Defense Policy

Defeating Hamas Will Not Defeat Iran

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