Foreign Relations

Brazil's Cry for Argentina Makes 'Social Equality' an Issue for Obama and Romney

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Iran, Brazil, Foreign Relations, South America, Brazil Foreign Policy, Dilma Rouseff, Brazil Politics, Iran Brazil, Diplomacy, World News

Brazil's financial markets and domestic policies may feel some unexpected turbulence being dragged into the slipstream of President Obama's presidential election campaign.

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Wealth, Prosperity and Longevity (Part I)

Blythe McGarvie | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Global Business Leadership, Shaking the Globe, Foreign Relations, Cultural Relations, Global Business Development, Global Business Relations, Wealth Management, Business News

Understanding how to work in different cultures, while not giving up your own belief system, will separate the mountain climbers who make it to the summit from those that are stuck at base camp -- and from those who plunge to their demise.

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Bolivia, Expropriation and Chutzpah

Daniel Wagner | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Foreign Relations, South America, Bolivia, Foreign Affairs, Latin America, Evo Morales, World News

President Morales has the chutzpah, and three Wall Street institutions have the temerity, to issue bonds for a government that has personified 21st century Latin American socialism and continues a time honored tradition of expropriating foreign-owned assets.

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Obama Final Four Picks Hint At 2012 Election

The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 03.14.2012

President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled his picks to reach the Final Four in the NCAA basketball tournament. As the Los Angeles Times reports, the ...

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Obama & Iran

Michael Brenner | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Aipac, Foreign Relations, Barack Obama, Obama Iran, Obama AIPAC Speech, Obama AIPAC, Obama Iran Policy, Barack Obama Iran, Iran, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, Iran Israel, Israel Iran, Politics News

The United States is on the brink of war with Iran with no more understanding -- or discussion -- than why we are fighting an all-out war in Afghanistan. What has become a national habit of acting without public deliberation is a clear and present danger to the country's well-being.

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Barack, Bibi and the Election

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Aipac, Foreign Relations, Obama Iran, Obama AIPAC, Obama AIPAC Speech, Iran, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Israel Iran, Iran Israel, Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Obama Israel, Foreign Policy, Politics News

Although the U.S. is a large and mighty country and Israel as small and vulnerable one, it is Netanyahu who has the leverage.

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Mr. Obama's "Grovel-ready" Foreign Policy

Ken Blackwell | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Foreign Relations, Obama Administration, Foreign Affairs, Barack Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, President Obama, Foreign Policy, Politics News

President Obama began badly. He went to London and bowed low before King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. The famous red "reset" button he had Hillary presen...

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Mahmoud Abbas's Multiple Titles Will Not Last

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Netanyahu, Foreign Relations, Abbas, Fatah, Plo, Hamas, World News

If anything, recent months saw Hamas move much more to the political center, accepting de facto an Israel based on the 1967 borders and agreeing to reach that goal through "popular struggle" rather than "military means."

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Secretary Clinton: Action, Not Words for Sudan

Tom Andrews | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Sudan, Foreign Relations, Darfur, Sanctions, Omar Al-Bashir, South Sudan, World News

President Obama and Secretary Clinton have consistently failed to take strong measures that might actually impede Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir's attacks on the people of Sudan.

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2012: Slighting Foreign Policy

Michael Brenner | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Elections 2012, Foreign Relations, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Ron Paul, Politics News

Foreign policy will be on automatic pilot for the next eighteen months -- some compelling exigency apart. The political survival instinct trumps all. Conviction will not challenge political caution.

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America's New Isolationism

Christopher McKnight Nichols | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Foreign Relations, Isolationism, Afghanistan War, Intervention, Libya, Pew Research Center Poll, Humanitarian, Quinnipiac University Poll, Politics News, Public Policy, Troop Withdrawal, Unilateralism, Breaking Politics News, U.S.Foreign Policy, Multilateralism, John Boehner, Washington, Obama, William Borah, War on Terror, Jefferson, Dennis Kucinich, Isolationist, Diplomacy, International Relations, Politics News

Should we exert force abroad for the national interest? (And how do we define national interest?) When and where should we use force for a humanitarian cause? Or should the U.S. withdraw from the international theater to focus on challenges at home?

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Lindsey Graham: U.S. Should Ignore U.N. Mandate In Libya

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 06.24.2011

Read More: Foreign Relations, Gaddafi, Russia, Libya, John McCain, Muammar Gaddafi, Nato, Cnn, United Nations, Muammar El-Qaddafi, Joe Lieberman, Lindsey Graham, Un, Tripoli, China, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said the United States should take a more aggressive approach in Libya to oust dictator Muammar Gaddafi, bo...

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U.S. Diplomacy Embracing Twitter Amid Global Crises

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Twitter, Twitter Diplomacy, Diplomacy, PJ Crowley, State Department, Hillary Clinton, Foreign Relations, Philip J. Crowley, Philip Crowley, Pjcrowley, World News

WASHINGTON — The State Department is tightening its embrace of Twitter and other social media as crises grip the Middle East and Haiti, with off...

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WikiLeaks Documents: World Leaders, Nations React To Cablegate (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Though WikiLeaks' unprecedented release of U.S. classified documents has proved embarrassing both to U.S. leaders and their foreign counterparts, the ...

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Leaders SLAMMED In WikiLeaks Wires: Which Slip Stings Most?

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

WikiLeaks' unprecedented release of classified material is embarrassing U.S. leaders and their foreign counterparts alike, with unflattering and often...

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Giving Treaties the Short Shrift

Diane Marie Amann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreign Relations, International Relations, Nuclear Weapons, New Start Treaty, Treaty, Politics News

What to make of James P. Rubin 's blithe "Farewell to the Age of the Treaty"? In a New York Times op-ed yesterday Rubin, a State Department spokesper...

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Lonely Are the Foolish

Michael Brenner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreign Relations, Obama Administration, US Foreign Relations, Obama, Obama Multilateralism, President Obama, Multilateralism, Politics News

Obama is well-spoken and polite, but all his rhetoric about multilateralism has had no tangible meaning. The discourse within the foreign affairs community is replete with "they shoulds" and "they musts."

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Colbert Proposes 'Freedom Muffins' As Oil Spill Strains U.S.-U.K. Relations (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Comedy Central@Y:World, The Colbert Report, Freedom Muffins, Political Satire, Free Hume, Stephen Colbert, Foreign Relations, Oil Spill, World Cup, Gulf Oil Spill, World News

As fallout from the BP oil spill continues to strain relations between the U.S. and England, Stephen Colbert has proposed re-naming English muffins "f...

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Public Diplomacy: The World Should Be Teaching Us, Mr. Kristof

John Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreign Relations, Teach the World, Public Diplomacy, Peace Corps, Propaganda, World News

The Times' Nicholas Kristof, who wants young Americans to teach English the world over, seems unaware that all too many of us are incapable of writing a coherent and error-free sentence.

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The US's Myers-Briggs Profile

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Foreign Relations, Bush, Cheney, Cooperation, Myers-Briggs, Political Humor, Barack Obama Foreign Policy, Obama, Peace, Healthy Living News

We are frustrated, as a people, by cold, impersonal logic, by being excluded, and by criticism and lack of appreciation. We value self-determination, and we irritate others by being overly emotional and moralistic.

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North Korea Calls For End Of Hostile Relations With U.S.

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: North Korea US, Kim Jong Il, Foreign Relations, South Korea, North Korea, World News

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea called for an end of hostile relations with the United States in a New Year's message and said it was committed...

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Cultural Diplomacy in the Caribbean: Why the New York Philharmonic Must Go to Cuba

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Caribbean, Cuba, Cultural Diplomacy, Cultural Ambassadors, New York Philharmonic, Caribbean Diplomacy, Cuba-Embargo, Cuba-Sanctions, Foreign Policy, Foreign Relations, Havana, Marti Adams, Office of Foreign Asset Control, United States Treasury Department, Zarin Mehta, Orchestras, New York News

A visit by the New York Philharmonic, patrons included, would be a continuation of the improving trend in U.S.-Cuban relations.

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Who Knew a School Requirement Could Change Your Life?

Joliz Cedeno | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreign Relations, Community Service Requirements, Global Kids, Youth, International Relations, Kids, Teens, Inspiring Youth, Video, Impact News

Fifty hours was all I needed. This was the thought in my mind when I first came to a Global Kids meeting ten years ago.

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Google's China Decision Could Have Far-Reaching Implications

Jillian York | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreign Relations, Internet Filtering, Search Results, Internet Censorship, google.cn, China, Google, Foreign Policy, Technology News

Although Google's decision to stop censoring search results is commendable, it is unlikely to have any major implications on China's extensive filtering practices.

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Istanbul Prepares for Obama with Protests

Sean-Paul Kelley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreign Relations, European Union, Obama, Obama Europe, Turkey, Istanbul-Turkey, World News

Here in Istanbul yesterday, I heard chants and shouts of "Obama!" followed by "Amrika" and the rest I couldn't translate. I learned later they were chanting "Obama, Go Home!"

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