This Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Massacre in Mindanao SI Analysis: At least 57 people were brutally killed as a result of a longstanding p...
There's the depth of American military involvement, commitment, and the entrenched thinking that Afghanistan is the front line in the war on terrorism. Obama shares this thinking with the generals.
From New York to Singapore, hundreds of major news organizations, including the New York Times, the BBC, the Associated Press, Reuters, and the Voice ...
I just attended the State Dinner, where I met Obama. Meeting a President throws you off balance, no matter how prepared you are. I blurted out a mild Sarah Palin joke. He gave a noncommittal smile.
From a public diplomacy point of view, a shift of power from Europe to Asia is evident and much spoken about. President Obama will require good relations with India to balance the China's power.
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.
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.
Unlike the wide coverage given to the tedious sessions President Obama has held about Afghanistan, the planning for the White House State Dinner for...
A recent posting on this blog remarked on the need for greater civil society involvement and for them to use their voice to make demands. So it&...
Maternal mortality in India is public health crisis. The Indian government must be held accountable for its inaction in the face of this gross neglect of women's reproductive rights.
The White House released the list of those attending the State Dinner honoring India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. But it's not just India's night -- there are a lot of folks that could push other agendas in Obama Land.
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?
For the next 6-9 months, I will be traveling around the world capturing stories of leadership and heroism, learning about communities in need, and connecting them with the support of those looking to give it.
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.
As I watched President Obama and PM Singh, it was clear that what was being signaled from the administration is a sincere effort to stress the "deepening cooperation" between our two countries.
"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.
Our children can become the world's greatest experts on test taking, but that will not stop businesses from shipping jobs overseas to India, China and South Korea, where standards of living are lower.
This month, the MTA Dining Car -- a club devoted to outer borough trekking -- headed to Staten. The destination: Sanrasa's in Tompkinsville (aka Little Sri Lanka), minutes from the ferry.
This holiday season there are a number of ways you can donate to powerful causes in honor of family and friends that they would wholeheartedly endorse in lieu of a gift.
For those who've slammed Obama for socialism, pay attention to India where Obama is going boldly where no Republican government has ever gone before.
The scale is astounding. One estimate is that at Indians generated at least 383979 metric tons of e-waste in 2007. And by 2011, it will have climbed to over 400,000 tons.
