Carl Pope, 12.01.2009
Executive Director of the Sierra Club
The answer to the Chinese from the rest of the world should be that the Americans are actually going to do much more than they promise, and you have everything to gain from getting more bang for your carbon bucks.
Alex Remington, 11.30.2009
Pop culture lover and Yahoo Sports baseball blogger
John Woo is a fine director with an extraordinarily uneven filmography. His success seems to have a lot to do with the quality of his leading man. He...
Leon T. Hadar, 11.30.2009
Journalist and foreign affairs analyst
Even a Roosevelt, a Kennedy or Reagan would have to deal with the reality that is facing Obama, in which domestic resistance and rising global challenges make it difficult for Washington to secure its military and economic hegemony.
David Sullivan, 11.30.2009
Enough Project
Africa Confidential reports that China is pushing to delay the Security Council's discussion of the U.N. Group of Experts report on Congo. Let's hope the United States pushes back on these efforts.
Arthur Rosenfeld, 11.30.2009
Novelist, philosopher, martial arts teacher.
If you have an interest in ancient China or simply wish to better understand that country today, van Gulik's Judge Dee novels are especially attractive, but beyond that, they are also truly addictive.
Jim Cashel, 11.30.2009
Chairman of Forum One Communications
Past entreaties to the Chinese government from both internal and external organizations have had little impact on censorship policy. This is a serious and intractable problem.
Raymond J. Learsy, 11.29.2009
Scholar and author, "Over a Barrel: Breaking Oil’s Grip on Our Future"
In response to Iran's defiance of the International Nuclear Agency to desist nuclear development and open its nuclear facilities to inspection, the U.N took a fateful vote. The game changer was that Russia and China joined the U.S. in the majority.
Chris Dalby, 11.29.2009
Chris Dalby is an international politics journalist based in Rio de Janeiro.
I will make a rather bold proposition. President Obama understands how to work with the Chinese government better than any recent US President.
Faci...
Georgianne Nienaber, 11.27.2009
Investigative journalist, searcher, and author
From New York to Singapore, hundreds of major news organizations, including the New York Times, the BBC, the Associated Press, Reuters, and the Voice ...
Nick Mabey, 11.25.2009
CEO, E3G
The world is close to an ambitious climate change deal; what is missing is the trust needed to reach a legal conclusion. Trust will be built through plain speaking not hints, spin and clever tactics.
Eric C. Anderson, 11.25.2009
Eric C. Anderson is a national security consultant
Guess what, the Chinese are now ready to invest...in apparently anything but more U.S. Treasury notes. A great deal of evidence suggests they are seeking to diversify.
Carl Pope, 11.24.2009
Executive Director of the Sierra Club
What do we make of the prospects for global action on the climate crisis, given recent events both in the U.S. Congress and in the international conversations leading up to Copenhagen?
Alex Wang, 11.24.2009
Senior attorney and director of NRDC's China environmental law and public participation project
The US and China both have a major interest in dealing with the negative impacts of their reliance on coal. It's time to get beyond rhetoric to start working through the details.
Jim Calio, 11.25.2009
Journalist, Producer
"Are you Americans?" a hotel chef waving a turkey leg asked with a decidedly American accent. We told him we were, that we were in Beijing for a week and that we'd just made some dumplings with two of his other chefs.
Rob Kall, 11.23.2009
Host, Bottom-up Radio Show WNJC 1360, publisher, OpEdNews.com and Futurehealth.org
We have to wonder if the US had taken Hummer, especially with its dependence on the military version, and turned it into a government-owned operation, would the US benefit?
Eric C. Anderson, 11.23.2009
Eric C. Anderson is a national security consultant
We have much to learn from Beijing. The Chinese Communist Party wisely crafted a stimulus plan that called for up to 75% of spending be financed by banks and state-owned enterprises -- not the central government.
Leon T. Hadar, 11.23.2009
Journalist and foreign affairs analyst
As Obama contemplates a new strategy for Afghanistan, he should consider integrating the conservative values of fiscal discipline and limited government into his foreign policy decision-making.
Patrick Takahashi, 11.24.2009
On to the Blue Revolution
The American debt as a percentage of GDP is at around 100%, which is expected to edge up to 101% in 2011, then begin to drop. However, Japan's debt as a percentage of GDP will go to 230%!
John Feffer, 11.20.2009
Co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus
Critics of the Obama administration were delighted at the images from the president's recent trip to Asia. There was the deep bow before the emperor A...
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet, 11.20.2009
Editors of Simple Intelligence
The Past Two Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs:
Increased Tension Over Iran's Program
SI Analysis: After an IAEA report suggests that Iran's rece...
Inez Moore Tenenbaum, 11.20.2009
Chairman, Consumer Product Safety Commission
Fortunately, this year, you can holiday shop for your child or grandchild with more confidence than ever before. That's because there are new rules on your side and the side of America's children.