Obama’s Bad Cop
Hillary Clinton sounds tough, but her approach to foreign policy isn’t so different from Barack Obama’s.
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Clinton Hits BRIC Wall
American secretary of state Hillary Clinton returned empty handed from Brazil earlier this month with President Lula da Silva’s government unwilling to support tougher sanctions on Iran. Brazil has long maintained that it wants proof of Iran’s alleged nuclear ambitions before it agrees to push for sanctions with the United Nations. Part of the reason […]
US Must Be Consistent Toward China
Pestering China won’t get America anywhere. It must be consistent in its policy of “strategic reassurance”.
Rethinking NATO’s Future
It wasn’t too long ago that NATO’s post-Cold War purpose seemed perfectly clear. During the Clinton Administration, the United Stated led allies in humanitarian efforts around the world but in Europe’s backyard especially. Up to this very day, Western forces are actively engaged in peacekeeping in former Yugoslavia and, of course, in Afghanistan. The Afghanistan […]
Iran Moving Toward Military Dictatorship
American secretary of state Hillary Clinton suggested in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Monday that Iran is sliding into a military dictatorship. The country’s Revolutionary Guard, she said, is gaining influence “across all areas of Iranian security policy, and certainly nuclear policy is at the core of it.” The United States propose sanctions therefore, specifically aimed […]
Tension? What Tension?
Discord between China and the United States should be overstated. Disputes can be resolved.
Sino-American Relations Still Shaky
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expects a “mature relationship,” but there is still plenty of confusion.
Mitchell: Peace in Two Years
Where last month the European Council decreed that there can only be a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with Jerusalem as capital of both nations, American envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell is more nuanced, stating that Israel “annexed” East Jerusalem so that “for the Israelis, what they’re building in, is in part […]
Hillary Clinton Speaks on Human Rights
There isn’t necessarily a tension between idealism and pragmatism in foreign affairs, the secretary argues.
The President’s Men
Meet the men and women who will run America’s foreign policy.