Foreign Policy

Arabs Should Act Now -- Not Wait for Obama

James Zogby | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Foreign Affairs, Obama Middle East, Hamas, Israel, Obama Foreign Policy, Obama Israel, Foreign Policy, Politics News
James Zogby

We must acknowledge that when Obama takes the oath of office on January 20th, he is likely to find a rather unappetizing situation laid out before him in the Middle East.

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Throwing Out the Bathwater, but Keeping the Baby

Emma Belcher | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wmd, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Nuclear Weapons, National Security, Proliferation Security Initiative, Global Security, Security, Wmds, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Emma Belcher

Despite squandering widespread global sympathy and much-needed support for U.S. foreign policy since 9/11, the Bush administration's Proliferation Security Initiative has been a foreign-policy coup.

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: Masterstroke, Mousetrap, Or Both?

William Bradley | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

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William Bradley

Potential Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Is it a masterstroke by President-elect Obama? A mousetrap for the Clintons? Is it even happening at all?

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Obama, Richardson and Building American Leadership in a Complex World

David Paul | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton 2008, President Obama, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Obama Transition, Chuck Hagel, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Foreign Policy, Obama Cabinet, Politics News
David Paul

Of the Secretary of State choices, Governor Richardson brings both a depth of experience and a philosophical commitment to Barack Obama's leadership style.

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Where are the Jews? Why is Israel Missing from the G20?

Adam Hanft | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israel Economy, Israel g20, Israel, Middle East, g20, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Adam Hanft

Am I the only person wondering why Israel isn't included in the G20? Could it be the extra cost of the Kosher food?

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Welcome Back, America. We've Missed You.

Huzir Sulaiman | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama Asians, Global Reaction, Global Reaction Obama Win, Election Results, Asia, Barack Obama, Global Reaction u.s. Election, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Huzir Sulaiman

On exactly the opposite side of the globe from Chicago, the tropical noonday sun outside my window juxtaposed with televised images of your happy midn...

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If Foreign Policy Were a Castle

Scott Malcomson | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hanan Ashrawi, Middle East, Israel, Palestine, Obama, Obama Transition, Foreign Policy, Salzburg, Politics News
Scott Malcomson

I was a little surprised by how much Europe bashing went on at the seminar I'm attending Austria, considering that it was mostly Europeans, and in Europe.

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Realpolitik vs. Reality

Philip Slater | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Machismo, Obama, Foreign Policy, International Policy, Barack Obama, Politics News
Philip Slater

It's time for Americans to grow up, get their heads out of the sand, and put Realpolitik to bed. Our policy of treating every nation's territory as our personal property is not 'realistic', it's just short-sighted.

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Why Obama Should Not Pick a Republican Secretary of Defense

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Hagel, Republican Party, Military, Defense, Secretary of State, Richard Lugar, Barack Obama, Obama's Cabinet, Secretary of Defense, Foreign Policy, Obama Cabinet, Obama Secretary of State, Hagel Secretary of State, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

The Republicans overall now are hideous in matters of defense and foreign policy. Encouraging their perceived supremacy in those topics is a very bad idea for the country.

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Obama Soft Power, Smart Power

Nancy Snow | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: White House, Obama Foreign Policy, Global War on Terror, President Bush, Barack Obama, Obama Soft Power, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Nancy Snow

Those of us who view ourselves as moderate independents may be the most satisfied with what comes out of the sausage factory, er, legislative process under Obama.

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How to Spend the Honeymoon

Walden Bello | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: White House, Obama Transition, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, War on Terror, Obama Election Day, Obama Inauguration, President Obama, Obama Administration, Barack Obama Acceptance Speech, Obama Al Qaeda, Obama Foreign Policy, Obama White House, Barack Obama War on Terror, Obama First 100 Days, Obama Election Night, Politics News
Walden Bello

The first 100 days of Obama's presidency will be, in the usual fashion, a honeymoon with the American people.

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Now is Our Time: Ask Barack for a Just Foreign Policy

Robert Naiman | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bolivia, Venezuela, Pakistan, Palestine, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Latin American, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Military Budget, Politics News
Robert Naiman

Obama promised to improve U.S. relations with Latin America, invoking the example of FDR, whose "Good Neighbor" policy swore off U.S. military intervention.

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Obama to the World: Yes We Can

Charles J. Brown | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Obama Election Day, Dean Acheson, President Obama, George W. Bush, Harry Truman, Barack Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, George Marshall, Politics News
Charles J. Brown

Obama has the opportunity to remake the way the United States pursues its interests in the world, and to restructure the institutions that make it happen. Obama to the world: yes we can.

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When Randy Met Sarah

Lionel Beehner | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain, Alaska, Russia Georgia Conflict, Foreign Policy, Sarah Palin, Randy Scheunemann, Politics News
Lionel Beehner

Randy Scheunemann always struck me as someone whose views of the world were too sketchy and scary to be taken seriously. It is fitting that he and Sarah Palin found each other.

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More Views on Obama from China

Michael Standaert | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Trade Friction, China, Climate Change, Foreign Policy, Barack Obama China, Obama China, China Policy, Politics News
Michael Standaert

While president-elect Obama may have campaigned on a platform of change, don't expect much divergence from past administrations in the way the U.S. deals with China.

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Obama and Africa: The Change We Have Been Waiting For?

Howard W. French | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Clinton, Africa, Obama's Cabinet, Genocide, Obama, United States, China, Congo, Foreign Policy, Rwanda, Politics News
Howard W. French

The 53 countries of Africa have remained profoundly attached to a vision of America as land of justice, opportunity and freedom. Obama's election will only make such feelings much more intense.

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Sam Stein

Norquist Plots GOP Resurrection, Goes After Bush's Churchill Complex

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Party, Iraq War, Ronald Reagan, Gop Ressurection, Bush GOP, Norquist Taxes, Grover Norquist, Reagan Foreign Policy, Gop Rebirth, Norquist Bush, Bush Reagan, Bush Churchill, Foreign Policy, Politics News

Hoping to pick up the pieces after an electoral drubbing, anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist held one of his famous Wednesday meetings yesterday to plo...

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Why We All Ought To Read The Book President-Elect Obama Has Been Reading

David Quigg | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Barack Obama Presidential Transition, Iraq War, Politics News, Steve Coll, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Books, 9/11, Obama Administration, Ghost Wars, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Foreign Policy, Politics News
David Quigg

The second-best news I heard during these last few historic days didn't make tears stream like the moment Obama soared above 270, didn't cause me to g...

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An Idea Whose Time Had Come

Taylor Marsh | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Joe Biden, Democrats, 2008 Election, Economy, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Taylor Marsh

Barack Obama wasn't simply a man running for higher office. He embodies the dream that is America.

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Obama -- The Return of American Freedom

Louise Blouin | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, American Freedom, Tibet, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, China, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Louise Blouin

With the upcoming presidential election, Americans have a unique opportunity to choose a president who can restore America's dignity and moral authority both at home and abroad.

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My Son Is Why We Fight So Hard

Teresa McCoy | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, Barack Obama 2008, 2008 Campaign, John McCain, Barack Obama, War, Obama Iraq War, Bush Administration, Falluja, McCain Iraq War, Election 2008, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, Campaign 2008, Home News
Teresa McCoy

My son served in Falluja for 16 months. He lost his best friend on that battlefield, and the experience profoundly changed him. When they sent our son home, he was only a shell of his former self.

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Financial Crisis Offers Real Opportunity for a New American Leadership

David Paul | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: US Georgia Russia Conflict, Foreign Affairs, Angela Merkel, Neoconservatives, Financial Crisis, Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, Politics News
David Paul

"The prospect of hanging concentrates the mind." Samuel Johnson. After decades of fretting over the low American savings rate, Americans are putting ...

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Beyond the Lesser of Two Evils

Eric Stoner | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, 2008 Election, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Voting, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Eric Stoner

Those skeptical of voting - at least for either major party - are invariably confronted with some version of the "lesser of two evils" argument. It's ...

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What Can't Be Cut

Josh Ruxin | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, 2008 Presidential Race, Foreign Aid, Usaid, Poverty, Pepfar, US Foreign Aid, Global Poor, Tuberculosis, Recession, HIV/AIDS, Foreign Loans, Financial Crisis, Fighting Malaria, The ONE Campaign, Politics News
Josh Ruxin

It's time to send a clear signal to the Obama and McCain camps that issues of the poor world-wide are not disposable because of market downturns.

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There Will Be a Crisis, No Matter Who Is President

Charles J. Brown | Posted 10.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Barack Obama Foreign Policy, John McCain Attack Ads, Joe Biden, Election 2008, John McCain Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Business News
Charles J. Brown

It's been over a week since Joe Biden said that world events would test Obama in his first six months in office: "Mark my words. It will not be six ...

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