Obama Europe

He Came, Trodded Gently, and Did Quite Well

James Zogby | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics


James Zogby

It is one thing to masterfully run a primary campaign, and quite another to travel to three of the world's hottest conflict zones, each with its own unique challenges.

Three American Freedom Speeches In Berlin

John Tomasic | Posted 08.02.2008 | Home


John Tomasic

For anyone who hasn't surfed over yet, PrezVid has a great three-part line up of videos, a series of what what you could call "the American Freedom Sp...

Obama and the Taliban

Mark Levine | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics


Mark Levine

While sharing a similar ideology, al-Qa'eda and the Taliban are fundamentally distinct entities. It would behoove Sen. Obama, and his Republican counterpart, to explain exactly who the "Taliban" are they plan to fight.

McCain's Last Issue

Bob Burnett | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics


Bob Burnett

The presumptive Democratic nominee's world tour etablished that Obama has the gravitas to become President of the United States and neutralized McCain's national security credentials.

"Ich bin ein Amerikaner"

Marty Kaplan | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics


Marty Kaplan

Both Obama and McCain have an opportunity to change the meaning, of what "I am an American" has come to signify around the world. For the sake of our national security, it can't come a moment too soon.

Obamavolk Prepare For Obama Blitz

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 07.31.2008 | Home


Mayhill Fowler

Berlin is girding itself for up to a million spectators. The security cost to the city is closing on $500,000. And some Germans are already preparing not to like what Obama has to say.

Tell Me Again, Why Is Obama Being Popular With Our Allies a Bad Thing?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

At no point does the McCain campaign or anyone in the media point out what, exactly, is the danger to America if our closest allies actually, you know, don't hate us.

Obama's Foreign Trip: Yes, He Should

John Ridley | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics


John Ridley

The Right can't have it both ways on this one; they can't hector Obama about not traveling the world, then carp when he does. They certainly can't refer to a politician's travels as being political. That label is as obvious as it is inaccurate.

Obama's Grand Tour: The American Idoling of Empire?

Roberto Lovato | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics


Roberto Lovato

While we can't expect Obama to account for the militarism of the U.S. government of his childhood, he must stop the militarism of the government he's preparing to lead as an adult.

Obama's Victory Speech in Berlin

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics


Jacob Heilbrunn

It's official: Barack Obama will speak in Berlin before the Victory Column in the Tiergarten with the Brandenburg Gate just down the road. So much for the controversy.

Anchors Away! (On Obama's Overseas Adventure)

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.25.2008 | Media


There's no doubt that Obama makes news differently than McCain. But there's a difference between covering candidates equally and meticulously allotting them equal time and coverage.

Sam Stein

Obama's Iraq Trip: Lee Hamilton Offers Advice

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics


Lee Hamilton, the wise sage of Democratic foreign policy circles, offered a bit of advice for Barack Obama for his upcoming trip to Europe, Afghanista...

Europe is Obamaland: Senator's Remarkable Popularity Transcends Borders

Eric Margolis | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics


Eric Margolis

Barack Obama would win the international vote in a landslide. His emergence reinforces the widely held view abroad that the United States remains the world's most revolutionary, dynamic nation.

Barack Obama and Soft Power

Joseph Nye | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics


Joseph Nye

It is difficult to think of any single act that would do more to restore America's soft power than the election of Obama to the presidency.

Obama Holds First Committee Meeting Before Petraeus Hearing

Political Radar | Byron Wolf | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics


Everyone is billing the David Petraeus/Ryan Crocker hearings tomorrow as the foreign policy tryout to the American people. But Sen. Barack Obama, D-Il...

Presidential Candidates Are Hot Topic Around The World

Wall Street Journal | DAVID LUHNOW, JOHN W. MILLER and SARAH CHILDRESS | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics


For America's presidential candidates, the global electoral map is looking as divided as the domestic one. When foreigners look at the three contende...

Where In The Word Was Obama?

Iowa Independent | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


"I think that if you'd speak to people who aren't running against him and asked them about his grasp, his knowledge, of the world, they would say it's...