Geopolitics

Environmental Warfare in 10 years

Diane Francis | Posted 09.22.2009 | Green


Diane Francis

Oil company CEOs and Canadian, U.S. and British government officials attending the Global Business Forum in Banff last week heard a chilling forecast of military clashes if there is an environmental meltdown due to climate change.

Spurred by Iran, Arab World Witnesses Nuclear Renaissance

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 06.27.2009 | World


Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

As North Korea restarts its main nuclear plant and Iran continues to flex its nuclear muscles, a less publicized nuclear renaissance is underway in the Middle East.

Obama's Earth Day Energy Declaration: California May Be The Model He Says, But It's Not Enough

William Bradley | Posted 05.24.2009 | Green


William Bradley

For those who think that it's too hard to build an economy without pursuing the old course on energy, Obama pointed to California, the world's seventh largest economy.

Anti-Dollar Contagion Gains Pace

Michael J. Panzner | Posted 04.24.2009 | Business


Michael J. Panzner

As was the case with the now hobbled U.S. banking system, the dollar's fortunes have long depended on the confidence of others.

'Obama Does Globalistan'

Russ Wellen | Posted 03.25.2009 | World


Russ Wellen

Obama "inherits" a Globalistan where teeming masses have discovered, to their grief, that markets do not suppress poverty, unemployment and exploitation.

Obama and His Commanders

William Bradley | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics


William Bradley

Now we're into one of the most fascinating parts of the new Obama administration: President Obama's relationship with America's military commanders.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: Masterstroke, Mousetrap, Or Both?

William Bradley | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics


William Bradley

Potential Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Is it a masterstroke by President-elect Obama? A mousetrap for the Clintons? Is it even happening at all?

My Talk With Bernard-Henri Levy: The Empty Heaven of Democracy

Nathan Gardels | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics


Nathan Gardels

Left in Dark Times is a breathless account of the outright silliness of the French left and the political battles waged over the past few decades as a result of Levy's public stances.

That Foreign Policy Debate We're Not Having

William Bradley | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics


William Bradley

The problem with foreign policy debates is that we end up debating symptoms -- illegal immigration from Mexico, a surge in Iraq -- rather than systems.

"New Cold War" Leaves Voters Cold But Shows Obama's Need

William Bradley | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics


William Bradley

It turns out that McCain's hot rhetoric in the wake of the Russia-Georgia War isn't catching on. But McCain is still seen as the national security/geopolitics maven.

The End of American Exceptionalism: Bacevich on Moyers

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics


Raymond Leon Roker

Andrew Bacevich never let's you easily and conveniently point the finger at rogue political leaders, showing them as part of the continuum that includes the American citizen.

My Conversation with Daniel Yergin

Charlie Rose | Posted 07.10.2008 | Business


Charlie Rose

Oil and all the ramifications of rising prices continue to be a source of international urgency. Daniel Yergin, one of the leading oil experts in t...

NATO and the New Cold War

Conn Hallinan | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics


Conn Hallinan

Military alliances are always sold as things that produce security. In practice they tend to do the opposite -- NATO is an alliance in trouble.