The final Presidential Debate between Barack Obama and John McCain will air live tonight, Wednesday, October 15th at 9 pm ET, 6 pm PT, on every major broadcast network and cable news network. Hofstra University is the host for this debate, and Bob Schieffer of CBS News is the moderator. This is the official website […]
This AP report gives the impression that Europe has taken the lead in meeting the global credit crisis and that the U.S. is merely reacting. And yet it was after this weekend's meeting of the G7 finance ministers in Washington that the major decisions being announced this week were taken. Here is the text of […]
The Washington-based non-profits Search for Common Ground and the Consensus Building Institute have produced a major new leadership group report on improving U.S. relations with the Muslim world. Titled “Changing Course: A New Direction for U.S. Relations with the Muslim World,” the two groups released the report last month to a packed house at the […]
The Henry L. Stimson Center and the American Academy of Diplomacy have unveiled a new report on how the next President can strengthen American diplomacy. Titled “Foreign Affairs Budget for the Future,” the report finds that: “The State Department, USAID, and related organizations lack the tools to meet today's complex global challenges. It calls for […]
From the Pew Global Attitudes Project: “Trickle-Down Global Economics: World Already Saw U.S. Influence as Negative Around the globe, people are anxiously following the U.S. financial crisis as it evolves into a worldwide meltdown. People nearly everywhere realize that what happens in the American economy can have a big impact on them. But even before […]
The U.S. is selling billions of dollars worth of arms to Taiwan and China is not happy about it. Why is the U.S. endangering an important trade and diplomatic relationship with one of the emerging great powers of the 21st Century? The answers date back to the Chinese civil war and the passions of the […]
United States Embassy in London, England (Alastair Grant/AP) The State Department announced last week that it will move its Embassy in London from its charming location on Grovesnor Square across the Thames to a more secure location. The International Herald Tribune reports that: “The demand for more space, greater security and better energy efficiency have […]
So what did you think of the Presidential Town Hall debate? I was pleased that there was a good bit of time devoted to foreign policy questions. I’d like to repeat my experiment with the debate transcript, again using the comments to break out the answers from each candidate. Reviewing the issues like this […]
The Presidential Town Hall Debate between Barack Obama and John McCain will air live tonight, Tuesday October 7th at 9 pm eastern time, 6 pm pacific time, on every major broadcast network and cable news network. Belmont University is the host for this debate, and Tom Brokaw of NBC News is the moderator. This is […]
This is a follow-up post to last week's post about the Vice Presidential debate, more of an experiment really. I thought it would be interesting to go back to the transcript and review the foreign policy topics that were covered and then separate out the replies from each candidate so they could be more easily […]
I couldn't pass up posting this AFP article reported today: “Afghanistan, Pakistan split over US presidential hopefuls From Pakistani tribesmen to violence-weary Afghans there are hopes but few expectations, on the frontline of the “war on terror”, that the next US president can solve the problem of Islamic militancy. US military incursions in Pakistan have made […]
Two weeks ago the Council on Foreign Relations, a New York-based think thank, hosted world leaders in town for a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly for separate, public discussions about current issues in world affairs. Those distinguished leaders include: Ali Babacan, Turkey 's Minister of Foreign Affairs; Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, President of Argentina; Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine; […]
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