The President’s Men
Meet the men and women who will run America’s foreign policy.
Nick Ottens
Nick Ottens is a public affairs officer for the Dutch Animal Coalition and a board member for Liberal Green, the sustainability network of the Dutch liberal party VVD. He is a former political risk consultant and a former research manager for XPRIZE, where he designed prize competitions to incentivize breakthrough innovation in agriculture, food and health care. He has also worked as a journalist in Amsterdam, Barcelona and New York for EUobserver, NRC, Trouw, World Politics Review and Wynia’s Week, among others.
Communism in Green
While the revelations of “Climategate” are still making headlines and world leaders meet in Copenhagen to discuss global warming, slowly but steadily more and more commentators are questioning the dubious qualities of environmentalism. Indeed, some are comparing it outright to totalitarian ideologies of the past. Charles Krauthammer, writing for The Washington Post, quoted Czech president […]
The Next Republican Candidate
South Dakota Senator John Thune may be charming and attractive but he currently lacks presidential vision.
Ayn Rand and the Christian Right
Ayn Rand is having a mainstream moment but social conservatives are still averse to her philosophy.
Can We Win in Afghanistan?
Writing in July 2008, retired United States Army General Barry McCaffrey, a Gulf War veteran and critic of the initial American strategy in Iraq, assessed the war in Afghanistan and concluded the following. “Afghanistan is in misery.” Life expectancy is low and violence and crime are rampant. At the time, McCaffrey expected Afghan governance to […]
Obama Last Transatlanticist?
Fears of Barack Obama neglecting Europe in favor of the Far East seem exaggerated.
Obama Accepts Nobel Prize
The American president outlines his vision for a world at peace.
Jerusalem Capital of Two States?
After conferring for two days in Brussels the foreign ministers of the European Union called for “the urgent resumption of negotiations that will lead […] to a two-state solution with the State of Israel and an independent, democratic, contiguous and viable State of Palestine, living side by side in peace and security.” With a soon-to-be-appointed […]
Japan Lingering in Economic Trouble
Japan succumbed to recession after years of high public spending and stagnation.
Reid Compares Health Care to Abolitionism
Republican opposition to health-care reform reminded Harry Reid to legislators who “belatedly recognized the wrongs of slavery.”
The Forgotten Plight of North Korea
The suffering of the 24 million people who live under North Korea’s Stalinist dictatorship is often overlooked.
Fareed Zakaria Explains Why India Matters
In the tar pit that is South Asia, there is only one stable democracy. It is also an emerging superpower.
The New Atlantic Order
Henry Kissinger believes “an international political regulatory system” is imminent.
Disappointing Sarkonomics
The French president has little affection for the free market.
China Can Help in Pakistan
China can lean on Pakistan to resolve the war in Afghanistan.