Day 1 at the U.N. – Obama wants progress on nuclear weapons
I’m looking forward to major speeches and lots of news on nuclear weapons this week with both President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton at the U.N. Check out the schedule: 9/23: [...]
Only the Appearance of Success in Afghanistan
In anticipation of how the Obama administration will define success and metrics of progress in Afghanistan, Tom Englehardt of the Nation provided an invaluable collection of statistics (with [...]
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Afghanistan: A New, More Nuanced Assessment
The Obama administration will soon release 50 benchmarks to measure progress in Afghanistan. This report will be published on Sept. 24, a week after the election results are scheduled to be made [...]
Afghanistan’s Election: Democracy in Action?
Violence threatens to keep voters at bay in the Afghanistan elections taking place on Aug. 20. The above maps from the Washington Post show that violent incidents involving deaths among NATO, [...]
The Delicate Ballet of Diplomacy: North Korea
There he is: Bill Clinton sitting next to Kim Jong Il in North Korea. Rejected by Mr. Kim was a long list of suitors that included Mr. Gore, Senator John Kerry, and New Mexico governor Bill [...]
Strategic Cooperation: our agenda for the new president and Congress
President Obama (it feels good to say that) came into office last week with a vast array of challenges facing him, the crumbling economic not least amongst them. Given the failures of the Bush [...]
Top 6 reasons why keeping Robert Gates is the wrong choice
The media has been abuzz with reports that one of Barack Obama’s first major gestures of bipartisanship could be keeping Defense Secretary Robert Gates in his position for a year or two to help [...]
