Friday 9 July 2010

July 8, 2010

DEFENSE & NATIONAL SECURITY

- Building a Better Security Budget: Ask the Expert – John Norris, Center for American Progress, July 1, 2010 – web link: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/07/norris_video.html

- The Counterinsurgency’s Impossible Trilemma by Lorenzo Zambernardi, The Washington Quarterly, July 2010 – web link: http://twq.com/10JULY/index.cfm?id=397

- New START Is No Mistake by Steven Pifer and Strobe Talbott, Brookings Institution, July 7, 2010 – web site: http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2010/0707_start_talbott_pifer.aspx

- Obama’s National Space Policy: Subordinating National Security to Arms Control by Baker Spring, Heritage Foundation, June 6, 2010 – web link: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/07/Obamas-National-Space-Policy-Subordinating-National-Security-to-Arms-Control

- The Political Battle in Iraq by Kenneth Pollack, Brookings Institution, June 30, 2010 – web link: http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2010/0630_iraq_trip_pollack.aspx


EAST ASIA

- China – Pakistan Relations by Jamal Afridi, Council on Foreign Relations Backgrounder, July 6, 2010 – web link: http://www.cfr.org/publication/10070/chinapakistan_relations.html




ECONOMICS & FINANCE

- It Depends on What the Definition of ‘Austerity’ Is by Veronique de Rugy, The American: The Journal of the American Enterprise Institute, July 1, 2010 – web link: http://www.american.com/archive/2010/june-2010/it-depends-on-what-the-definition-of-austerity-is

- The Rising Threat of Deflation by John H. Makin, American Enterprise Institute Outlook Series, July 2010 – web link: http://www.aei.org/outlook/100971

- State of the States 2010: How the Recession Might Change States – The Pew Center on the States, February 2010 – web link: http://tinyurl.com/yax33mz



ENVIRONMENT

- A Chilling Response to the Gulf Oil Spill – interview with Jack Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations, July 2, 2010 – web link: http://www.cfr.org/publication/22573/chilling_response_to_gulf_oil_spill.html?breadcrumb=%2Fissue%2F17%2Fenergyenvironment

- Law of Sea Implications for Gulf Spill – interview with Caitlyn Antrim, Council on Foreign Relations, July 2, 2010 – web link: http://www.cfr.org/publication/22585/law_of_sea_implications_for_gulf_spill.html?breadcrumb=%2Fissue%2F17%2Fenergyenvironment




FOREIGN POLICY

- Diplomacy Derailed: The Consequences of Diplomatic Sanctions by Tara Maller, The Washington Quarterly, July 2010 – web link: http://twq.com/10JULY/index.cfm?id=399


IMMIGRATION

- Brick by Brick: A Half-Decade of Immigration Enforcement and the Need for Comprehensive Immigration Reform by C. Stewart Verdery, Center for American Progress, June 28, 2010 – web link: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/06/brick_by_brick.html

- Obama’s Unclear Path on Immigration Reform by Edward Alden and Bernard Schwartz, Council on Foreign Relations, July 1, 2010 – web link: http://www.cfr.org/publication/22583/obamas_unclear_path_to_immigration_reform.html

- Rethinking Immigration Policy in the U.S. – web chat with Darrel West, Brookings Institution, July 7, 2010 – web link: http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2010/0707_immigration_chat.aspx

- Why Immigration Reform Matters to Metro by Audrey Singer and Jill Wilson, Brookings Institution, July 6, 2010 – web link: http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2010/0706_immigration_singer.aspx


MIDDLE EAST

- ‘Critical’ Moment for Obama, Netanyahu – interview with Robert Danin, Council on Foreign Relations, July 6, 2010 – web link: http://www.cfr.org/publication/22587/critical_moment_for_obama_netanyahu.html

- Fire the Mideast Policy Team! By Leslie H. Gelb, Council on Foreign Relations, July 7, 2010 – web link: http://www.cfr.org/publication/22608/fire_the_mideast_policy_team.html?breadcrumb=%2Fissue%2F

- Impact of Iran Sanctions Legislation: An Energy Perspective by Frank A. Verrastro and Nitzan Goldberger, Center for Strategic & International Studies, June 29, 2010 – web link: http://csis.org/publication/impact-iran-sanctions-legislation

- Nudging Israel Forward by Martin S. Indyk, Brookings Institution, July 7, 2010 – web link: http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2010/0707_obama_netanyahu_indyk.aspx

- The Shifting Sands of State Power in the Middle East by Alastair Crooke, The Washington Quarterly, July 2010 – web link: http://twq.com/10JULY/index.cfm?id=396

- Sustainability is Elusive for Persian Gulf Regional Security System by Brian Katulis, Center for American Progress, June 29, 2010 – web link: http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/print/5918


SOUTH ASIA

- Could the Taliban Take Over Pakistan’s Punjab Province? By Ahmad Majidyar, Middle Eastern American Enterprise Institute Outlook Series, June 2010 – web link: http://www.aei.org/outlook/100967


U.S. POLITICS

- California Dreaming: New Primary System Unlikely to Reduce Partisan Polarization and Gridlock in the Golden State by Alan I. Abramowitz, University of Virginia Center for American Politics, July 1, 2010 – web link: http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball



- Election 2010: Senate Balance of Power – Rasmussen Report, July 7, 2010 – web link: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/election_2010_senate_balance_of_power

- For House Democrats: More Favorable Terrain Than ’94 by Rhodes Cook, University of Virginia Center for American Politics, June 24, 2010 – web link: http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/frc2010062401

- Potential Impact of the Latino Electorate in the 2010 Elections – The Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, June 2010 – web link: http://tinyurl.com/2g6tl7b

- Voting Intentions Even, Turnout Indicators Favor GOP – Pew Research Center, July 1, 2010 – web link: http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1650/midterm-election-outlook-voter-turnout-especially-older-voters-favors-gop



Additional Resources:

Foreign Press Center Web Site – www.fpc.state.gov
Congressional Research Service Reports - http://www.fpc.state.gov/c18185.htm
U.S. Government Reports - http://fpc.state.gov/c18184.htm


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