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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 4/26/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Henry Sokolski argues that current U.S. political will to reduce nuclear dangers should be channeled into a practical set of control measures that are more likely to secure bipartisan support and can begin to be implemented without the legal consent of other states. [more]
How can the United States defend its national and commercial interests against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Obama Might Learn from the Past: Bending History in the Direction of Justice</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/01/26/what-obama-might-learn-from-the-past-bending-history-in-the-direction-of-justice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is the nature of the political process that presidents campaign outside history and must then live within it. For Barack Obama, this meant promising a speedy withdrawal from Iraq, a stronger focus on defeating Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, firm but respectful relations with Russia and China, engagement with opponents like Iran, and progress with our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the Shadow of Failure: Obama&#8217;s Quest for Constructive Engagement</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/01/26/in-the-shadow-of-failture-obamas-quest-for-constructive-engagement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cary Fraser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Barack Obama completes his first year in office, he faces challenges that will test his considerable political skills to the very limit. While many voted for Obama because was able to project an image of calm competence that was notably lacking in both John McCain and George W. Bush, the Wall Street crisis and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama and U.S. Foreign Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/01/26/obama-and-u-s-foreign-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KC Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Historians, of all people, should understand the dangers of prematurely evaluating a President’s foreign policy record. Quite apart from all that we learn as archives open, the passage of time provides perspective. To take an obvious example: while few contemporary observers would celebrate it now, at the time, Ronald Reagan’s approach to Afghanistan was heralded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Assessment of Obama&#8217;s First Year</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/01/26/an-assessment-of-obamas-first-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walter Hixson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is, of course, still too early after one year to evaluate the foreign policy or the presidency of Barack Obama.  That said preliminary analysis illuminates both the best and the worst about American culture and the foreign policy that flows from it.
The best part is Obama himself.  This culture is not likely to produce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 1/25/10</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/01/25/weekly-digest-12510/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Assuring Afghanistan’s future will require more than a military and civilian surge and better Afghan governance. A diplomacy surge is also required. Specifically, in the words of a recent statement signed by 20 former foreign ministers led by Madeleine K. Albright, “there needs to be a regional solution to Afghanistan’s problems.” [more]
With its dynamic free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 1/19/10</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/01/19/weekly-digest-11910/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times wonders what the American role in Haiti is going to be after the current disaster is dealt with. The sad reality is that it’s hard to imagine a better future for Haiti absent a great deal of American involvement, but it’s equally hard to see what strategic calculation could justify such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 9/28/09</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2009/09/28/weekly-digest-92809/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new “must-read book” for President Obama’s war team is “Lessons in Disaster” by Gordon M. Goldstein.  This book’s intimate account of White House decision-making is almost literally being replayed in Washington (with Holbrooke himself as a principal actor) as the new president sets a course for the war in Afghanistan. [more]
President Barack Obama&#8217;s week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest – 9/21/09</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2009/09/21/weekly-digest-%e2%80%93-92109/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama&#8217;s trip to the United Nations this week is the most significant by a U.S. president since September 2002. That year, President George W. Bush challenged the world body to prove its continued &#8220;relevance,&#8221; by enforcing its resolutions against Iraq. [more]
Last week&#8217;s flare-up in China-US trade tensions might derail critical conversations at the G20. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia (and Oil) On My Mind</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2009/05/03/georgia-and-oil-on-my-mind/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shafr.org/2009/05/03/georgia-and-oil-on-my-mind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 04:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Buzzanco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In early August 2008, Russian officials ordered air strikes against Georgia, a republic directly south of it and bordered by Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, and sent tanks and troops into South Ossetia, a region in northern Georgia that had claimed its independence from the central government in Tbilisi.  The Russians explained that peacekeeping units they [...]]]></description>
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