Still Waiting for a ‘Post-Racial’ America
Mulitcultural celebrations of Obama’s victory show the U.S. is hungry for hope and change. But we are far from healing our racial wounds.
Paying our Climate Debt
Why the World Bank can’t be the Climate Bank.
Postcard from…Persepolis
Barack Obama could open a new chapter in U.S.-Iranian relations by visiting Iran. He wouldn’t be alone.
‘2025’ Report: A World of Resource Strife
A new National Intelligence Council report forecasts a decline in U.S. power and an increase in competition for dwindling energy supplies that could lead to heightened tensions, internal conflict, and terrorism.
Bomb India?
When a group of militants wages a ruthless campaign against civilians, a government certainly must respond. But the issue is: what kind of response?
Obamas Agenda for Change and the 2009 Summit of the Americas
Barack Obama’s electoral victory represents hope for a change in direction for U.S. relations with Latin America.
Assessing the G-20 Declaration
This contradictory document identifies financial institution failures and calls for new regulatory measures, and at the same time, salutes the free market and some of the institutions behind the financial and economic crisis.
The Chinese Economy
A New York Times editorial advises China to adopt an American-style mass consumer economy that would be a recipe for economic, environmental, and probably political, disaster.
The Impending Development Aid Crisis
If rich countries respond to their own financial woes by slashing aid to the world’s poorest countries, the Millennium Development Goals will end up on the boulevard of broken dreams.
Foreign Policy for Obama Should Be Approached with a Broad Vision
Exercising too much caution, if it translates into maintaining the status quo, would be a profound mistake.
Change Nuclear Weapons Policy? Yes, We Can.
The next president can and must take immediate steps toward a nuclear weapons free world.
Beyond the Drug War
The Obama administration should take advantage of promising new trends in Latin America to seek more effective and more humane drug control policies both at home and abroad.
Not-So-Pearly Gates
Do appointments shape their office or does the office shape the appointment?
Bailouts Dwarf Spending on Climate and Poverty Crises
The approximately $4.1 trillion that the United States and Europe have committed to rescue financial firms is 40 times the money they’re spending to fight climate and poverty crises in the developing world.
Aiming for Middle Power Status?
Political realignment in Japan is causing its leaders to rethink its relationship with the rest of the world.