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- A Strong Case for a New START, Max
Bergmann and Samuel Charap
- Understanding U.S.-Pakistan Relations,
Caroline Wadhams
- Climate Security is a Security Issue,
Laura Conley
- Uncertain Outcomes in Iraq Election, Ryan
Scheeler
- Interpreting Karzai's Comments, Brian
Katulis
- The Regional Aspect of Iraq's Elections,
Brian Katulis
- Pakistani Taliban a Persistent Threat,
Caroline Wadhams
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Max Bergmann and Samuel Charap, "A Strong Case for a
New START," Center for American Progress, April 6, 2010
New START,
the agreement between the United States and Russia on a successor to
the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, is a historic achievement that
will increase the United States’ safety and security. It will
help us move beyond the outdated strategic approaches of the Cold War
and reduce the threat of nuclear war, and marks a significant step in
advancing President Barack Obama’s vision of a world without
nuclear weapons. It also shows that his policy of constructive
engagement with Russia is working.
Click here to
read the full article.
Caroline Wadhams,
"Understanding U.S.-Pakistani Relations," Middle East Bulletin interview, April 6, 2010
President Obama is trying to change the nature of the relationship
between the United States and Pakistan, to move it beyond a
military-to-military relationship to a more comprehensive partnership.
A main objective of the dialogue was to start facilitating that shift
by strategizing over how to make the partnership work better. For
example, as part of the dialogue, they launched a series of working
groups made up of members of both countries to discuss major issues of
concern—such as security, energy, agriculture and economic
issues. But, the overall goal was to decrease the distrust, listen to
each other, understand each other’s priorities, and begin a
process of moving forward on these objectives in numerous areas beyond
just military cooperation.
Click here to
read the full interview.
Laura Conley,
"Climate is a Security Issue," Center for American Progress, April 5,
2010
The 2010 Joint Operating Environment report, recently released by the
U.S. Joint Forces Command, rightly recognizes climate change as one of
10 trends “most likely to impact the Joint Force.” The JOE
is a periodic planning document created by USJFCOM, the military
command responsible for developing ideas to better integrate and
coordinate the work of our nation’s individual armed services.
The report does not have the stature of the Defense Department’s
Quadrennial Defense Review, but it does serve as “an intellectual
foundation” for future force development. It is therefore
heartening to see the report draw attention to this serious and
understudied national security concern. Yet in this case the old
aphorism isn’t quite true: well begun isn’t nearly half
done.
Click here to
read the full article.
Ryan Scheeler,
"Uncertain Outcomes in Iraq Election," Center for American Progress,
April 6, 2010
The Iraq election votes have been fully counted, but the question of
who will emerge as the winner of the 2010 Iraq parliamentary elections
still remains surprisingly unanswered. The front-runners are
clear—the secular Iraqiya coalition is currently ahead in the
number of seats won in parliament, with the mainly Shiite State of Law
bloc closely behind—but anything is possible in the struggle
between these two parties.
Click here to
read the full article.
Reuters -
Brian Katulis comments on recent remarks by Afghan President Hamid
Karzai alleging fraud by the international community in last year's
presidential election: "Karzai will be with us
for the next five years and I think it is a more difficult road to
embark on if [the international community tries] to undermine Karzai.
... Many see the comments for what they are worth -- trying to shore up
his domestic political base."
Voice of America
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Brian Katulis analyzes the regional dimensions of Iraq's parliamentary
elections: "All of the neighboring countries have in some way quietly
played some sort of role, and it's almost an election about the future
of the Middle East and what it will look like. Will it lean more
closely towards Iran? Will the new government seek to integrate itself
with all of its neighbors?"
Voice of America
- Caroline Wadhams discusses the recent attack by the Pakistani Taliban
on the U.S. consulate in Peshawar: "Part of the reason that they are
attacking aggressively is because they are feeling under siege; they
are feeling threatened by Americans on the Afghan side... they are
definitely feeling under siege by the Pakistani military."
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U.S.-Russia
Relations in a New Era: One Year After the 'Reset'
April 14, 2010, 9:00-10:00 AM
On April 8, Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitri
Medvedev will meet in Prague to sign the New START, the successor to
the original landmark Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. The historic
treaty makes good on President Obama's top priority for the "reset" of
U.S.-Russia relations. Going forward, the two countries now have the
opportunity to broaden and deepen their relationship.
Please join the Center for American Progress for a
discussion featuring William J. Burns, undersecretary of state for
political affairs, the Department of State's third-ranking official and
its senior career diplomat. The event will also mark the launch of
the Center's report "Assessing the Reset and the Next Steps for U.S.
Russia Policy," written by Dr. Samuel Charap.
Introduction by:
Rudy
deLeon, Senior Vice President of National Security and
International Policy, Center for American Progress
Featured speaker:
William
J. Burns, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs
Moderated by:
Samuel
Charap, Associate Director for Russia and Eurasia, Center for
American Progress
For more information and to RSVP, click here.
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