Posted By:  CFR Posted On:  Aug 28, 2008	Morning Update: Iraq, Russia, National Security
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) was named the Democratic Party’s official presidential nominee (Reuters) Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention. He will officially accept the nomination tonight. Former President Bill Clinton addressed the convention...... [view]

Posted By:  CFR Posted On:  Aug 27, 2008	Obama and the ‘Gelb-Biden’ Plan for Iraq
DENVER — As Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE), Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) running mate, prepares to take center stage here, questions swirl around his most prominent contribution to the Iraq debate: the plan for a federalized Iraqi state he proposed in May 2006 jointly with CFR President Emeritus...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 27, 2008	How Russia Clobbered Georgia and Lost the War
(Prof. Piotr Dutkiewicz for RIA Novosti) - Some critics have pointed to the conflict in Georgia as another example of botched Bush administration foreign policy, but in fact America's real strategy was brilliantly executed and it achieved exactly the intended outcome. Unfortunately it's not an...... [view]

Posted By:  CFR Posted On:  Aug 26, 2008	Foreign Policy and ‘Swing States’
One of the (few) nice things about being housed 15 miles from the site of the actual convention – yes, hotel rooms downtown were tough to come by even for CFR – is the serendipitous conversations you find yourself having in the Marriott breakfast nook, in the taxi queue. In this case, as I...... [view]

Posted By:  CFR Posted On:  Aug 26, 2008	Where the World Plays in Denver
From the CFR/ Foreign Affairs booth here* at the Democratic National Convention, sandwiched between the workspaces of TIME, the Christian Science Monitor and the huge space shared by the Washington Post and Slate , foreign policy issues appear not to rank very highly so far on the radar...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 26, 2008	NATO – the paper alliance
(John Laughland for RIA Novosti) - As the dust settles on the conflict in South Ossetia - and as it vanishes progressively from the headlines in the Western press - one thing has become overwhelmingly clear. It is that Georgia will now never join NATO and that the balance of power in the world...... [view]

Posted By:  CFR Posted On:  Aug 25, 2008	Morning Update: Biden’s Foreign Policy
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) announced on Saturday that former Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the Democratic senator from Delaware, will be his running mate. Biden’s views on a range of foreign policy issues can be seen on his CFR.org bio page here . In February...... [view]

Posted By:  nursheikha Posted On:  Aug 19, 2008	Along the streets of El Kantara, Kafr El Sheikh -Egypt. Semi-rural life.
a year ago today Originally uploaded by © photosbyiman.com This pic’s not exactly Kafr El Sheikh but its similar to the kind of street I’m living in at the moment. U-huh, not exactly The Hyatt but there’s nothing short of drama here. One house number,...... [view]

Posted By:  CFR Posted On:  Aug 4, 2008	Morning Update: An Energy Security Plan
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) will unveil his “New Energy for America” plan ( Chicago Sun-Times ) on Monday in Lansing, Michigan. Under the plan, Obama would grant a rebate to help Americans cope with high gas prices, seek to create five million new “green...... [view]

Posted By:  CFR Posted On:  Jul 31, 2008	Morning Update: A Trade Policy Debate
The Wall Street Journal is hosting an online debate on trade policy between an economic adviser to Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), Daniel Tarullo, and an economic adviser to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Phillip Levy. Both have offered differed responses to collapse of the WTO...... [view]

Posted By:  CFR Posted On:  Jul 29, 2008	Debating the Surge
As the presidential candidates continue to debate the success of the troop surge, the American Prospect has convened a diverse group of Iraq experts to weigh in . Included in the panel are CFR Senior Fellow for Defense Policy Stephen Biddle , Global Americana Institute President Juan Cole ,...... [view]

Trent Center for Sustainable Development
Submitted By:   tcsd Phone:  778-238-2790 E-mail:  tcsd@live.ca	Vision:   At the Trent Centre for Sustainable Development, our vision is to see the Middle East evolve into a productive, sustainable region with a vibrant youth and student population that is involved in their community's politics......   [view]

Beanies for Baghdad.com
Submitted By:   dsward Website:  http://www.beaniesforbaghdad.com/ Phone:  812 402 1547 E-mail:  info@beaniesforbaghdad.com	Vision:   To provide beanie babies, toys and other items to the soldiers to be distributed to children in war-torn lands. Many of these children have nothing and friendships are made and tense situations are made calm by this......   [view]

Submitted By:   EEADYN Event Date:  Jul 15, 2008 & Time: 0:00 AM-0:00 AM Event Location:  mountainous resort near Cluj-Napoca [view]

Turda Democracy Gatherings

Submitted By:   jenniferkloes Event Date:  Jul 25, 2008 & Time: 0:00 AM-0:00 AM Event Location:  Amman, Jordan [view]

Iraqi Refugee Solidarity Initiative