Nov 22, 2009
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- ReportNov 13, 2009
Afghanistan has greatly increased its production of opium since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. In 2001 the national production of opium was negligible; however following 2001 it grew exponentially until it reached its peak in 2007, producing quantities of opium that far exceeded the production levels of the past three decades.
ReportNov 13, 2009In 2007, a series of high-profile scandals involving contaminated blood thinner, toxic toothpaste, and melamine-laced pet food demonstrated the threat that unsafe food and drug imports pose to U.S. public health and international trade. Contaminated and adulterated products have sickened and killed U.S. consumers, fueled protectionism, raised business costs, and destabilized markets.
ReportNov 13, 2009The advent of the Obama administration offers an important opportunity to launch a serious dialogue on strengthening transatlantic collaboration on global health issues. This dialogue will require high-level commitment and engagement from both Europe and the United States. And it will naturally emanate from each side’s internal processes and strategic approach to global health.
- NewsletterNov 12, 2009
Recently, Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, in an address at the Center for a New American Security, called on China to provide “strategic reassurance” that its intentions were peaceful. Many Chinese argue this term is an important test balloon to establish a new principle for the Obama administration’s approach to Sino-U.S. relations.
- Critical QuestionsNov 12, 2009
During the past seven years of negotiations between the Western powers and Iran, Iran has persistently claimed that its uranium enrichment and heavy water reactor facilities are aimed at producing nuclear fuel for power generation. The Western powers, however, suspect that the program is intended to develop nuclear weapons.
- NewsletterNov 10, 2009
As President Obama’s Asia trip begins, it is useful to look at how the table is set for the most complex relationship an American president must manage:
ReportNov 10, 2009At a time of mounting population pressures, environmental declines, and growing demand for water, the Paul H.
- NewsletterNov 10, 2009
The first issue of the Wider Europe publication from the Lavrentis Lavrentiadis Chair in Southeast European Studies features articles by:
Janusz Bugajski
- ReportNov 10, 2009
For the United States and Korea, the global economic crisis was not just a sea change, but a tsunami. Nations riveted just weeks earlier by issues like terrorism and proliferation were consumed by talk of economic collapse and unprecedented fiscal and monetary actions seeking to avoid a second Great Depression.
- NewsletterNov 10, 2009
The Transnational Threats Update is produced by the Transnational Threats Project and provides monthly reports and analysis on terrorism, drug trafficking, organized crime, money laundering, and arms trafficking. The newsletter draws on several U.S.
