Voting for the European Parliament began today in Britain and the Netherlands. Over the next four days, more than 375 million people in 27 countries are eligible to cast a ballot. Despite the importance of the parliament, most analysts fear turnout will be low. Voting numbers have fallen as the European Union has expanded and […]
What is missing in this speech is anything Churchillian. What is missing is realism…for example, a statement that the U.S. is determined to prevent the acquisition of nuclear weapons by unstable or radical regimes, be they Muslim or not.
If you’ve not had a chance to watch President Obama’s speech in Cairo, I recommend this site from The New York Times. They’ve placed the video of the speech alongside the text, which makes it easy to follow along, and then if you would like to share your reaction in our comments, we would like […]
While China is beginning to go green and planning strict fuel economy standards, a Chinese company reached a preliminary agreement to buy the Hummer brand from General Motors. Just as the Hummer came to symbolize GM’s fall, could the sale be a sign of a shifting global balance of power? Photo from Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images.
India’s Business Standard has an article today by Kishore Singh giving an review of Amitabh Kant’s new book entitled “Branding India: An Incredible Story“. The book analyzes India’s success in its Incredible India! campaign. Since its launch in 2002, Incredible India has transformed “a contrarian diversity into a contemporary brand to sell India overseas as […]
The soaring price of food was one of the drivers of the Global Food Crisis, making it difficult for people to purchase food for themselves or feed for their animals. The Financial Times cites a biannual United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) report that states that amount spent globally on food supplies will decrease […]
I hope to sit in on a couple of local events here in NYC in the next couple of weeks. The first is Carbon Finance North America 2009, June 11 and 12. The keynote speaker is Eileen Claussen, President of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and there will be worthy panelists from government, […]
It may come to be known as the “new begininngs” speech. The speech that Barack Obama delivered today at Cairo University was probably not his best speech, but it may be his most important and most widely disseminated ever. The U.S. government distributed it immediately in many languages, it was broadcast live in its entirety […]
The Obama administration is seeking $200 million in emergency aid for Pakistani refugees who have fled the Swat Valley region during a military campaign to oust Pakistani Taliban. In the areas cleared of the Taliban by the Pakistani military; shortages of power, water, food and medical supplies have raised the concern of the U.S. government, […]
The Obama administration is set to release its propsed new regulatory scheme for the U.S. financial system coming off the heels of the changes agreed upon by world leaders at the London G-20 Summit in April.
Discussion of U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s trip to China this week, and the Economy Foreign Policy interests of both nations are dependent upon each other as China seeks to create a greater role for its currency, the Yuan (renmienbi) at the expense of the U.S. greenback.
With Italy deporting asylum seekers and infringing on the fundamental rights inscribed within the EU, European policy makers are facing some tough decisions on how to best manage immigration. EU member states are supposed to embody the ideals of the Union. But the reality is often very different. And by deporting those seeking refugee back […]
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