Briefing Book
List of Briefing Book articles
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VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images Losing at the IMF
The Obama administration set out to reform the international financial system, but now finds itself on the defensive. What went wrong?
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Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Eight Ways to Deal With Iran
The Iranian nuclear program is a complex threat to international peace and stability. In this ambitious paper, former national security advisor Stephen J. Hadley says that stopping it requires an equally complex and sophisticated strategy.
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SAMUEL KUBANI/AFP/Getty Images Are We Focusing on the Wrong Nuclear Threat?
Americans are wringing their hands about the grave threat that a nuclear Iran would pose to the United States. But the numbers tell a different story.
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Uriel Sinai/Getty Images How Obama Missed an Opportunity for Middle East Peace
Why did the president ignore the only part of the "peace process" that was working?
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JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/GettyImages) Japan Awakens
The Japanese military is emerging from decades of pacifism. But do the country's political leaders have the vision and the will to make the country strong again?
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ROMEO GACAD/AFP/Getty Images The American Pivot to Asia
Why President Obama's turn to the East is easier said than done.
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Spencer Platt/Getty Images Follow the Money
A simple reform created for stopping terrorist financiers could dramatically strengthen international sanctions, and cut off the flow of funds to some of the world’s worst regimes.
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RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images Is Pakistan’s Army as Islamist as We Think?
New data suggest it may be even more liberal than Pakistani society as a whole.
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QASSEM ZEIN/AFP/Getty Images Bridges to Somewhere
More austerity won't save the global economy. Building infrastructure just might.
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Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Slouching Toward 2011
President Obama's Afghanistan withdrawal timetable is running up against a hard reality: Afghan forces are nowhere near ready to take responsibility for their country's security.
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JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images Nukes Forever
Barack Obama is spending billions to maintain and upgrade America's nuclear weapons. But his opponents say it's not enough. Will they ever be satisfied?
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Majid Saeedi/Getty Images How to Safeguard Afghanistan’s Mineral Riches
A six-step guide.
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568071_unscresized2.jpg Why the Iran Sanctions Matter
It's easy to criticize the U.N. Security Council's new resolution targeting Iran. But it might prove a surprisingly effective tool in tightening the noose on the regime in Tehran.
