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Ethan Chorin: 8 Things the US Should Be Doing in Libya: Effective Immediately

2013-05-20T18:44:17Z

Many in Washington now dismiss further assistance to Libya as useless: the Libyans themselves are fractious and have limited 'absorbtive capacity.' At the same time, it is wrong to say we have no influence in Libya, or that we have no means of increasing that capacity.

Read more: Libya, Arab Spring, Middle East, Benghazi, Syria, Gaddafi Libya, Obama Libya, Obama Foreign Policy, World News

Manjula Dissanayake: Foreign Policy Begins at Home: Fact or Just Rhetoric?

2013-05-20T17:05:45Z

I personally believe that the U.S. still has the capacity and the aspiration to remain the nation of opportunity for generations to come.

Read more: Educate Lanka, Usaid, Hillary Clinton, State Department, John Kerry, Foreign Policy, Diaspora, Soft Power, Diplomacy, Politics News

Robert Hormats: The Road to an Effective Innovation Diplomacy

2013-05-20T13:01:38Z

The United States is still an enormous generator of innovation, from which other nations have long benefitted. But we now also have the opportunity to benefit from innovation taking place around the world.

Read more: Innovation, Competitiveness, Department of State, National Academies of Science, Science and Technology for Development, Foreign Policy, World News

Michael Brenner: Kerry and Hagel: An Interm Report

2013-05-20T11:04:46Z

John Kerry and Chuck Hagel have been at the helm of American foreign and security policy for some months now. Much was expected from new faces, new approaches and -- perhaps -- some new thinking. How are they doing?

Read more: John Kerry, Chuck Hagel Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, John Kerry Secretary of State, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, World News

Republican Warns Of Modern-Day Hitler Invasion

2013-05-18T17:01:56Z

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is known for his unusual Twitter feed, and he took to the website again on Saturday with more unique posts.

Grassley s...

Read more: World War 2, Wwii, Hitler, Chuck Grassley, Chuck Grassley Hitler, Chuck Grassley Foreign Policy, Chuck Grassley Tweet, World War II, Chuck Grassley Twitter, Foreign Policy, Politics News

Joel Rubin: Syria, Iran and the Red Lines Trap

2013-05-17T17:27:51Z

President Obama should stick to his red line policy toward Syria and avoid advancing a red line policy toward Iran that will tie his hands. That may frustrate his domestic critics, but it makes America's adversaries nervous. And this is exactly where we should want our country's foreign policy to be.

Read more: Foreign Affairs, War, Iran Sanctions, Iran, Diplomacy, Barack Obama, Negotiations, Nuclear Weapons, Cnn, New York Times, Neoconservatives, Benjamin Netanyahu, Syria Chemical Weapons, Israel, Syria, North Korea, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, Politics News

Heather Roff: Foust's Liberal Case for Drones or Wishful Thinking?

2013-05-17T12:59:37Z

If this were a human soldier, with all of his moral failings, we'd point the finger at him and prosecute him. We'd blame him. But how do you blame a machine?

Read more: Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicles, Department of Defense, Unmanned Drones, Foreign Policy, Drones, Politics News

David W. Kearn: Old Battle Lines Emerge As Syrian Conflict Intensifies

2013-05-16T15:15:18Z

Since the end of the Cold War, American foreign policy has generally been distinguished by three major schools of thought. The debate over U.S. policy in Syria has brought the divisions between these camps into stark relief.

Read more: Obama Administration, US Foreign Policy, Intervention, Syria, United Nations, Politics News

John Glaser: 3 Glaring Hypocrisies in Obama's Iran Policy

2013-05-16T08:01:26Z

Americans need to stop pointing the finger at the "bad guys" Washington is so keen to warn us about, and start paying attention to their own government's crimes.

Read more: Syria, Iran, War Propaganda, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Obama Iran, Obama Iran Policy, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, Politics News

David W. Kearn: Differences Between Rwanda and Syria Highlight Challenges of Intervention

2013-05-13T11:51:53Z

Despite the violence, depravity and human suffering they share, Syria and Rwanda are very different conflicts. There is sound reasoning for President Obama to proceed carefully and cautiously.

Read more: Rwanda Genocide, Rwanda, Syria Crisis, Obama Foreign Policy, Syria, United Nations, Foreign Policy, Politics News

Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett: What Failed Nuclear Diplomacy with Iran Will Mean

2013-05-08T14:19:31Z

With America and its European partners once again blowing an opening to accept Tehran's nuclear rights and close a nuclear deal, we are likely to see another surge of nuclear expansion in Iran.

Read more: u.s. Foreign Policy, Iran, P5+1, Diplomacy, Nuclear Weapons, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Power, World News

Chris Ernesto: Will the U.S. Violate Its Own Laws by Arming Rebels in Syria?

2013-05-08T12:53:04Z

As the Obama administration contemplates its next moves in Syria, a decision that is now more pressing with Israel twice bombing Syria in the past week, U.S. credibility hangs in the balance.

Read more: Syria Rebels, Al Nusra Front, Red-Line, Israel, Syria, Al Qaeda, Sarin Gas, Foreign Policy, Politics News

Michael S. Lofgren: Christiane Amanpour Shills for U.S. Intervention in Syria

2013-05-08T08:34:25Z

Having once misled the public during the year prior to the invasion of Iraq, the media appear to be reprising that role in order to lend an air of inevitability to potential U.S. military intervention in Syria. Exhibit A is the appearance of Christiane Amanpour on The Daily Show.

Read more: Wmd, US Military, Jon Stewart, Syria, Foreign Policy, Christiane Amanpour, War, Politics News

Lori E. Murray: Syria: The Red Line is Right -- Where's the World's Outrage?

2013-05-08T08:59:47Z

President Obama is right to have declared a red line on the Assad regime's use or movement of chemical weapons in Syria. The ban on the use and posses...

Read more: Red Line, Foreign Affairs, Syria Crisis, Syria Uprising, Bashar Assad, Syria Chemical Weapons, Syria Violence, Syria, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, World News

Robert Creamer: Why GOP Attacks on Obama Foreign Policy Are Shameless

2013-05-07T17:39:07Z

You have to assume that by continuing to pursue the Benghazi "scandal" story, the GOP is trying to imply that Obama is "soft on terrorism," when in fact he has done more to destroy the al Qaeda terrorist network than the neo-cons who surrounded Bush could have dreamed.

Read more: Iraq War, Syria, Obama Foreign Policy, Darrel Issa, Chemical Weapons, Benghazi, Syrian Civil War, Politics News

Lionel Beehner: Do Red Lines on WMDs Matter?

2013-05-07T09:56:42Z

There has been mounting criticism of the Obama administration for setting a line in the sand on Syria -- the movement or use of chemical weapons -- and then apparently failing to act out on its promise. The criticism has come in two varieties.

Read more: Red Line, Obama, Assad, Wmd, Intervention, Syria, Chemical Weapons, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Red Line Syria, Obama Foreign Policy, World News

McCain Calls For 'Game-Changing' Aid To Syrian Rebels

2013-05-05T10:23:48Z

WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that the recent Israeli strikes in Syria will "put more pressure" on the Obama administration to ...

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Dr. Charles G. Cogan: Out on a Presidential Limb

2013-05-03T22:31:33Z

Perhaps out of logic, straightforwardness and/or a desire to meet the other halfway, President Obama appears to have a tendency to make commitments that later come back to bite him.

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Doug Bandow: Syria: The Only Red Line Should be to Stay Out

2013-05-03T10:03:03Z

Washington's foreign policy should be one of peace. Today the U.S. is without peer. Terrorism is the most serious security threat facing the country, but it is only exacerbated by promiscuous intervention in conflicts not America's own.

Read more: Syria, Syria Intervention, John McCain, Arab Spring, Warpowers, Terrorism, Neoconservatives, US Foreign Policy, Chuck Hagel, Syria Chemical Weapons, Bashar Al-Assad, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Politics News

'Fuera Obama!': President Targeted In May Day Protest

2013-05-02T10:48:03Z

Cities around the world were flooded Wednesday with May Day protesters voicing demands for fair pay and better working conditions -- but one protest i...

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Christopher Holshek: From Containment to 'Restrainment'

2013-05-02T10:01:42Z

Given the recent behavior of the United States when dealing with Libya, Syria, Mali, Iran, and North Korea, what we may be witnessing is a new way of applying Roosevelt's adage more along more humble lines of practice than seen certainly since becoming the world's only superpower.

Read more: Afghanistan, Cold War, Containment, Afghanistan War, Soft Power, America Foreign Policy, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics News

Franz-Stefan Gady: Jaws , Nuclear Weapons, and Cyber War

2013-05-01T18:37:34Z

The top Chinese official of the People's Liberation Army, General Fang Fenghui recently announced that the consequences of a major cyber attack "may be as serious as a nuclear bomb." His remarks are symptomatic of the global uncertainty surrounding the results of a 'major cyber attack.'

Read more: US China Relations, Cybersecurity, US Military, US Foreign Policy, China, Cyber Attacks, Cyberwar, World News

Kristina Mikulova: Central Europe's Pivot to Germany: What Does the U.S. Stand to Gain?

2013-05-01T13:40:32Z

Rather than evoking sinister historical parallels, they should draw more attention to round two of a broader strategic realignment that is underway inside the European Union, its implications for the transatlantic relationship and opportunities for U.S. foreign policy.

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Obama Weighs In On Situation In Syria

2013-04-30T11:07:04Z

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama strongly suggested Tuesday he'd consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that President...

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Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din: Me vs. We?

2013-04-29T18:38:48Z

The more our religion, Islam, is hijacked by extremists, the more some Muslim communities feel as though Islam is under attack from both the East and the West -- from both Muslim and non-Muslim.

Read more: Islam, South Asia, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Mohsin Mohi Ud Din, Middle East, Boston, US Foreign Policy, Terrorism, World News