Foreign Relations

Who Knew a School Requirement Could Change Your Life?

Joliz Cedeno | Posted 11.19.2009 | Impact


Joliz Cedeno

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.

The US's Myers-Briggs Profile

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living


Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D.

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.

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

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York


Arlene M. Roberts

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

Istanbul Prepares for Obama with Protests

Sean-Paul Kelley | Posted 05.06.2009 | World


Sean-Paul Kelley

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!"

Obama To Visit Turkey

AP | SUZAN FRASER and ROBERT BURNS | Posted 04.07.2009 | World


ANKARA, Turkey — For one of his first foreign visits, President Barack Obama will call on NATO ally Turkey, an overwhelmingly Muslim country vie...

What Did Chinese Youth Think of Hillary Clinton's Visit?

Julian Baird Gewirtz | Posted 03.25.2009 | World


Julian Baird Gewirtz

Future trips, and future diplomatic efforts in China, should focus on broadening direct outreach to ordinary people, especially young people.

Dear President Obama: In Talking to China, Remember its People

Rebecca MacKinnon | Posted 03.01.2009 | World


Rebecca MacKinnon

If you really want to take U.S.-China relations to a new level that rises above the day-to-day issues, you need to find new ways to engage the Chinese people themselves -- not just their government.

For Chavez, Obama = Bush

Francisco Toro | Posted 02.19.2009 | World


Francisco Toro

Shorn of the fig-leaf that all-out anti-Bushism represented, Chavez's autocratic ambitions have been revealed to all the world for what they were all along.

Sam Stein

Kerry Officially Takes Over Senate Foreign Relations Committee

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics


Sen. John Kerry was officially announced as the next chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Monday. And his office sends over the followin...

The Candidates Will Be a Voice

Jerry Fowler | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics


Jerry Fowler

Americans have done the unexpected: They started a mass movement to end the suffering of civilians half way around the world.

Why Obama Would Be Better on National Security than McCain

Steven L. Spiegel | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics


Steven L. Spiegel

If Obama is far more likely to resolve the current crisis, which is widely accepted polls tell us, then he can provide a critical national security function which McCain cannot.

Who Would Want To Be President in These Times?

Bob Starks | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics


Bob Starks

After all of the cheering and congratulations on Inauguration Day, the new president will have to face the reality of the end of an era of prosperity and American world domination.

Palin's "Hill": Shining City is Forbidding Fortress

Mort Rosenblum | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics


Mort Rosenblum

Feelings about Palin -- and the man who chose her -- range mostly from fear to contempt. We Americans had better understand this.

Fresh Faces on the National Scene: My Sons for President

Joel Weinberger | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics


Joel Weinberger

I watched Sarah Palin's interview with Katie Couric and learned that living next to another country and/or being on a flight path to another country c...

Hear This Barack --no Bush, no Baker, no Corporate War Maker. We've Had Enough!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics


Linda Milazzo

If Barack Obama is to be the "change we can believe in," how can he seriously consider using men who represent failed administrations and failed policies in his own administration?

Ron Paul: Real Conservatives Don't Start Wars, They End Them

James Freedman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


James Freedman

The following piece was produced by HuffPost's OffTheBus. Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) recently gained fame for breaking one-day online donation rec...