Containment

Spring Fever, War Fever

Ned Lamont | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Russia, Nuclear Weapons, Middle East, Nuclear Power, Pakistan, War, North Korea, Obama Administration, Iran, Foreign Affairs, Obama Foreign Policy, Containment, Nuclear Policy, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Ned Lamont

"I don't oppose all wars," said a young Barack Obama in 2002 during the lead up to the invasion of Iraq. "I am opposed to a dumb war, a rash war," and a war with Iran is dumb and rash.

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Intellectual Containment and U.S.-China Relations

Philip Seib | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: George Kennan, u.s. Foreign Policy, China, Cultural Diplomacy, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Hu Jintao, Containment, World News
Philip Seib

For those attentive to the ongoing intellectual Cold War between the United States and China, Hu's recent words suggest the need for an American equivalent of George Kennan's "X" article of 1947.

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Rift Grows Between Government and BP

Robert L. Cavnar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Capping Stack, Bp, Methane Seep, Oil Spill, Allen, Leak, Blowout, Mississippi Canyon Block 252, Containment, Green News
Robert L. Cavnar

One thing BP has proven without a shadow of a doubt is if you don't ask the right question, they are more than happy to just sit there and not answer the relevant questions.

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Explaining BP's Explanation: Next Effort to Stop Oil

Robert L. Cavnar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Capping Stack, Bp, Transocean Horizon, Oil Spill, Bop, Gulf of Mexico, Blowout Preventer, Flex Joint, Containment, Green News
Robert L. Cavnar

BP's latest solution may work, but why did it take 2 1/2 months to build? In one of its presentations, BP said that this was one of the first ideas they had. If that's true, why didn't they just build the thing?

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BP Blowout: Containment Effort Halted

Robert L. Cavnar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Gas, Bp, Transocean Horizon, Oil Spill, Hydrate, Oil and Gas Industry, Oil, Green, Blowout Preventer, Blowout, Hydrates, Gas Hydrates, Methane, Containment, Green News
Robert L. Cavnar

It's time to step back from deepwater development not only until we have a reliable way to keep disasters from happening, but more importantly, until we know how to cope quickly when they do.

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BP's Incentive: To Not Capture All the Oil

Robert L. Cavnar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Bp, Bop, Gulf of Mexico, Coast Guard, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Steve Chu, Containment, Daily Kos, Doe, Containment Cap, Oil Spill, Blowout, Riser System, Fishgrease, Helix, Green News
Robert L. Cavnar

While they have every incentive to get the well killed, BP also has every incentive to not capture 100% of the well flow until they do. As soon as they do, then a real, measurable spill number will be in front of the public.

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Obama, Cameron's BP Oil Spill Phone Call: President Tells Britain No Hard Feelings Over Spill

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Gulf Coast, Britain, Responsibility, Stocks, David Cameron, Obama, Coast Guard, Gulf Oil Spill, Containment, Liability Cap, Dividend, Tony Hayward, Oil Spill, British Petroleum, Carl-Henric-Svanberg, Wildlife, Green News

LONDON — President Barack Obama reassured Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday that his frustration over the mammoth oil spill in the Gulf o...

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ENDLESS SUMMER

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Leak, Bp, Oil Containment, BP PLC, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Gusher, Deepwater Horizon, Thad Allen, Containment, Green News

NEW ORLEANS (Associated Press) - A containment cap was capturing more and more of the crude pouring from a damaged oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, but...

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The Non-Bush Doctrine: Still Waiting for Obama's

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: War on Terrorism, Freedom Agenda, Saddam, Preemption, Iraq, Bush Unilateralism, Noriega, Pax Americana, Soviet Union, Cold War, Obama Doctrine, Containment, Clinton, Bush Doctrine, Afghanistan, George H. W. Bush, Milosevic, World News
Leon T. Hadar

That the Obama Doctrine and the foreign policy that the president has been pursuing are closer in terms of substance and approach to those advanced by Bush I and Clinton may sound like very good news.

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Three Choices in Afghanistan: Counter-Terrorist War, Counter-Insurgency, and Containment

Howard Schweber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mcchrystal, Counter-Insurgency, Counter-Terrorism, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Obama, War on Terrorism, Containment, World News
Howard Schweber

The problems that McChrystal identified with the present approach are daunting: a corrupt and illegitimate government, insurgents' use of safe havens in Pakistan, and pervasive fear and mistrust of the international forces.

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Let's Not Get Ahead of Ourselves on Cuba

Peter Drivas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Cuba, US-Cuba Relations, End Cuba Embargo, Cuba Embargo, Fidel Castro, Miami Support Cuba Embargo, Raul Castro, Cuba, Obama Foreign Policy, Containment, Raul Castro Cuban President, World News
Peter Drivas

By all means, we should look to continue normalizing our relations with Cuba -- however, we ought to do so with caution.

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