Diplomacy

Hostage Diplomacy

Carne Ross | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Diplomacy, Bill Clinton, Kidnapping, Hostages, Terrorism, Terrorist, Obama, Diplomacy, Western Sahara, North Korea, World News
Carne Ross

Clinton's trip to North Korea sends a clear message: hostage-taking gets results. Tehran, Hizbollah, Pyongyang and other violent groups across the world will be taking notes.

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Best Communications Practices for Making a World of Difference

Colleen Turner | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Clinton, Best Practices, Obama, Diplomacy, International Relations, Stategic Communication, Biden, Communication, Joseph Nye, Soft Power, Politics News
Colleen Turner

At home and abroad, the words of our leaders obviously matter. Why then do presidents, cabinet members and congressional leaders so often say things that make matters worse, not better?

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Mr. Mousavi's Gas Embargo on Iran?

Robert Naiman | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Obama Iran, Iran Gas Embargo, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Diplomacy, Iraq, Iran Nuclear Program, Foreign Policy, World News
Robert Naiman

In serious contention for Dumbest Washington Consensus for September is the idea of cutting off Iran's gas imports to pressure Iran to stop enriching uranium.

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A Multiple Choice Test for the State Department

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Iran, Obama Afghanistan, US State Department, Pakistan, Civilian Casualties, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Diplomacy, Taliban, Afghanistan War, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Iraq War, Space Exploration, Aarp, Obama Iraq, North Korea, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

In light of the reports that July was the deadliest month for U.S. and allied forces, in Afghanistan, I've come up with a multiple choice exam for the State Department.

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Heaven or Hell? It's Your Choice

Mark Matousek | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Angry Americans, Political Machismo, Hawkish Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, Hakuin, Liz Cheney, Obama Zen, Politics News
Mark Matousek

Like addicts of bloodshed, American hawks are hankering for the good old days when foot stomping, threats, and calling nasty schoolyard names formed our hairtraigger nation's persona.

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LAT, Arias: US Must Pressure Honduran Coup Leaders

Robert Naiman | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: Honduras Coup, Honduras, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Diplomacy, Oscar-Arias, Foreign Policy, World News
Robert Naiman

For Aria's mediation to succeed, a key ingredient is required: sustained and escalating US pressure on the coup regime, until it agrees to the restoration of President Zelaya.

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Honduran Military: "We Won't Take Orders from a Leftist"

Robert Naiman | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Honduras Coup, New York Times, Honduras, Washington Post, Diplomacy, Organization of American States, Foreign Policy, United Nations, World News
Robert Naiman

So far, whatever the Obama Administration has done has not caused the coup government to budge in its unwillingness to allow the democratically elected President of Honduras to resume his office.

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I Don't Want to Cause a Diplomatic Incident, But...

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Drugs, Diplomacy, Dubai-United Arab Emirates, Cites, Dubai, Diplomats, Uae, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Allowing red passport-holders to walk freely through UAE baggage controls must stop, and there must be more scrutiny. My diplomatic peers don't mind having their bags checked through a scanner, neither do I, and nor should anyone with nothing to hide.

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How the UN is Faring Under Ban Ki Moon

Stephen Schlesinger | Posted 07.29.2009 | World

Read More: Diplomacy, Disease, Health, Ban Ki-Moon, Sri Lanka, United Nations, World News
Stephen Schlesinger

In his quiet way, Ban is spending more than a third of his time on the road, and has accomplished much over the past 30 months.

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$10,000 Reward: Show How the Iranian Election Was "Stolen"

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Diplomacy, War With Iran, Iran Election, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, World News
Robert Naiman

Accepting that Ahmadinejad won doesn't mean you love Ahmadinejad. It means you want to deal with the world as it exists in reality, not the world as it exists in your fantasy.

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The "Just Say NO-Bama Campaign" Part 2: Diplomacy is Neither Timid Nor an Apology

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: John McCain, Twitter, Hungary, Kimberly-Krautter, President Obama, Ronald Reagan, Henry Kissinger, Brent Scowcroft, Iranian Riots, Diplomacy, Mike Pence, Apology, Saber Rattling, Julie-Menin, Iran, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Middle East, Poland, Solidarity, Iranian Elections, Timid, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nancy Reagan, World News
Kimberly Krautter

Iranians have not asked for U.S. or other Western support other than a desire that our media continue to report their story.

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How Diplomacy with Iran Can Succeed

Jeremy Ben-Ami | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Diplomacy, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Diplomacy, Barack Obama Iran, Iran, Obama Iran Message, Benjamin Netanyahu, Diplomacy, Obama Netanyahu, Israel, World News
Jeremy Ben-Ami

With so much riding on this difficult challenge, America must realize that missing the opportunity to find a diplomatic solution is not an option.

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Time to Combat The New Smear Campaign Against President Obama

Nick Bunzl | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli Settlements, American Jews, Obama Cairo Speech, President Obama, Obama, Diplomacy, Israel, World News
Nick Bunzl

The Jewish community did not believe the lies and distortions in November---and they should not now.

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What President Obama Promised in Cairo

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Iran's Nuclear Program, Iran, Pakistan, Obama Administration, Palestinians, Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Diplomacy, Obama Cairo Speech, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
Robert Naiman

U.S. policy in the broader Middle East over the next four years will be judged in the region according to whether the pledges that President Obama made in Cairo today are kept.

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After the Nuke Test, the US and North Korea Should Keep Talking

Michael Roston | Posted 06.24.2009 | World

Read More: Bush Doctrine, Dprk, Axis of Evil, Non-Proliferation, President Obama, Nuclear Test, Agreed Framework, Diplomacy, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Negotiations, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Plutonium, President Bush, Nuclear Bomb, North Korea, World News
Michael Roston

History is not on North Korea's side, and ensnaring the hermit state in negotiations establishes some possibility of reining in its behaviors.

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The New Power Dispensation at the UN Security Council

Carne Ross | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

Read More: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Georgia, Russia, Diplomacy, UN Security Council, Un, Us, China, Power, Foreign Policy, p5, P2, Parag Khanna, World News
Carne Ross

Changes are afoot in the way power works in the world. New axes of power are emerging.

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Jason Linkins

Robert Gates Defends Obama Doctrine: A "Humble America" With A "Big Stick"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Diplomacy, Robert Gates, Afghanistan, Media Criticism, Pakistan, Diplomacy, Fareed Zakaria, Sunday Morning Talk Shows, Barack Obama, Politics News

Defense Secretary Robert Gates appeared on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS Sunday, granting host Zakaria an hour long interview that was one of the most deta...

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Most Israelis, Palestinians Still Support 2-State Solution: Poll

Huffington Post Contributor | Darya Shaikh, OneVoice Movement | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, OneVoice Movement, President Obama, OneVoice Poll, West Bank, Middle East, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Diplomacy, Two-State Solution, Middle East Peace Process, Israel, Onevoice, World News

We're one third of the way through 2009, but we can already say it has been a hard year for those who want to see two states living in peace, side by ...

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Obama's Handshake Diplomacy: What Would Muhammad Do?

Kamran Pasha | Posted 05.19.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Diplomacy, Islam, Raul Castro, Hugo Chavez, Diplomacy, Prophet Mohammed, Barack Obama, World News
Kamran Pasha

Prophet Muhammad's victory came from his preference for diplomacy over warfare, and it is a lesson that President Obama clearly understands as he navigates international waters.

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Obama's Diplomatic Strategy Consists Of Rounding Up Anti-Iranian Posse: Analysis

Jerusalem Post | Herb Keinon | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Diplomacy, Barack Obama Diplomacy, President Barack Obama, Anti-Iran, Middle East, Iran, Barack Obama Iran, Middle East Diplomacy, Diplomacy, Israel, World News

New US President Barack Obama has made it clear that his is a much different style. Not cut in the lone, solitary sheriff mold, Obama favors the posse...

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Cuba Policy: Time for a Change? (Not So Fast!)

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

Read More: Trade Restrictions, Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, Diplomacy, Cuba, Cuba Policy, Obama and Cuba, U.S.-Cuba Policy, Barack Obama, State Department, Obama Administration, World News
Rick Horowitz

"Well, the White House isn't the only building in Washington where big changes are taking place these days. Our own intrepid Lara has burrowed her way into a rarely viewed corner of the Nation's Capital, where she's standing by with a gentleman who may be less than thrilled with some of the latest diplomatic announcements from the White House."

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Another Friedman Special

Hooman Majd | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Foreign Affairs, Diplomacy, Tom Friedman, North Korea, World News
Hooman Majd

Continuing to view the world through the myopia of his all too Western eyes, Tom Friedman's brilliant new concept is that "this is not the great age of diplomacy."

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Why We Pay Attention to Piracy

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

Read More: Energy, Obama Diplomacy, Africom, Somalia Pirates, National Security, Africa, Nigeria, Pirates, Obama National Security, Diplomacy, Gulf of Aden, Captain Phillips, US Navy, World News
Marcia DeSanctis

There is no government in Somalia to speak of, and the pirates are self-governing anyway. It is dramatic, challenging, surprising and odd place for a test of America's strength in the post-Bush world.

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What Real Diplomacy Looks Like

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Russia, G20 Summit, Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, Angela Merkel, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Diplomacy, g20, Dmitry Medvedev, Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy, The Hague-Netherlands, Netherlands, Islamic Republic of Iran, Pakistan, Georgia, Iraq, World News
Ilan Goldenberg

Barack Obama showed up in Europe this week and the world did not simply swoon at his feet. Some may choose to portray that as failure, but they would be dead wrong.

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Iranian Snub? Not Quite

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 04.21.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Video, Diplomacy, Iranian, Nowrooz, Iran, Anti-Americanism, Khamene'i, Nixon, Cult of Anti-Americanism, Persian New Year, Mao, Kissinger, Iran Message Obama, Obama Iran, Obama Addresses Iran, Axis of Evil, Obama Iran Engagement, Barack Obama, Obama Iran Message, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Obama Diplomacy, Obama Begin, Iran Diplomacy, Obama Speech, Iran Obama, World News
Nathan Gonzalez

There is a very important reason for Iran's reluctance to change its tone overnight. It is due to a political trend I call the "cult of anti-Americanism."

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