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"Council on Foreign Relations"-Annapolis - Finance - Africa - Lebanon

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From the Council on Foreign Relations

November 29, 2007

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In this Issue:

Tehran and Annapolis

Kohn Calls for "Nimble" Policymaking in Response to Financial Turbulence

China in Africa

Lebanon's Presidential Politics

Tehran and Annapolis

As Arabs and Israelis meet in Annapolis, Iran and its militia proxies, not invited to the party, brood on the sidelines. Read more

Media Conference Call: Richard N. Haass on Mideast Peace Talks

CFR Fellows Respond to Annapolis Conference

Gwertzman Interview with Martin S. Indyk, Director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution

CFR Experts on the Middle East

Kohn Calls for "Nimble" Policymaking in Response to Financial Turbulence

At a meeting at the Council on November 28, Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors Donald L. Kohn discussed the role central banks should have in international financial markets. Read more

Council Book: Regional Money Integration, by Peter B. Kenen

CFR.org Interview with Brad W. Setser: Understanding the Falling Dollar

CFR Experts on Economics

China in Africa

Interview: Yang Guang, director of the Institute of West Asian and African Studies, says China and the United States "do not have strategic conflicts" in Africa.

Council Book: Beyond Humanitarianism - What You Need to Know About Africa and Why It Matters

Podcast with Harry G. Broadman: Chinese Investment Spurs Africa to Domestic Economic Reform

Council Meeting Video Highlight: World Energy Outlook 2007 - China and India Insights

CFR Experts on China and Africa

Lebanon's Presidential Politics

Interview: Mohamad Bazzi, former Mideast bureau chief for Newsday, expects haggling ahead Lebanon's new deadline to pick a president.

Article: "Syria's Dangerous Gambits" by Mohamad Bazzi (The Nation)

Article: "Strengthen Regional Cooperation" by Charles A. Kupchan (Democracy: A Journal of Ideas)

CFR Experts on Lebanon and Syria

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CFR Experts in the News

Islam (11/28): Charles Kupchan argues that Tariq Ramadan "may well be able to modestly advance Islam's dialogue with the West," on huffingtonpost.com.

Currency (11/29): Brad Setser makes the case for oil-exporting Gulf states to stop pegging to the dollar in this Peterson Institute paper.

Rwanda (11/28): Michael Gerson writes that, in Rwanda, there is a "need to somehow deliver the next generation from shapeless rage," in the Washington Post.

Campaign 2008 (11/28): Peter Beinart writes that Obama must convince voters that his original antiwar stance still matters, in the Washington Post.

Climate Change (11/26): Sebastian Mallaby writes that the world is far from unity around climate change policy, in the Washington Post.

Middle East (11/27): Steve Andreasen and Steven Simon write that voters should consider which candidate will advocate the need for a deeper economic and political commitment to the region, in the Star-Tribune.

Pakistan (11/27): Daniel Markey and Husain Haqqani debate whether the U.S. should abandon its support of Musharraf, in Foreign Policy.

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