Review: ‘China, Cambodia, and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence’
Sophie Richardson conducts a detailed examination of the beliefs driving China’s foreign policy decisions.
War in Eastasia
When we conduct military exercises on China’s doorstep, and within range of a clearly unhappy North Korea, we might be unwittingly starting something that we neither want to nor are able to finish.
Review: ‘Fixing Fractured Nations’
A new collection of essays provides a comprehensive survey of ethnic conflicts in the Asia-Pacific region.
The Foreign Policy of Baseball
Major league baseball and U.S. global policy have both been acting like they’re on steroids. But the similarities run a great deal deeper.
Rescuing Haiti
Not to worry, people of Haiti, help from the United States is on the way.
Failed Wars
Step one: Withdraw right foot from failed war No. 1. Step two: Transfer foot into failed war No. 2. Step three: Jump with both feet into Pakistan.
Bush’s Path from ‘Humility’ to ‘Bring it On’
George W. Bush entered the White House in 2001 with the least foreign policy experience and the most modest foreign policy program of any modern U.S. president.
Hearing Holds Clues to Clinton’s Foreign Policy Approach
Gwen Ifill talks to Phyllis Bennis and Joseph Nye about approaches to foreign policy in the new administration.
Book Event: ‘Dateline Havana’
Based on 40 years of firsthand reporting, veteran reporter Reese Erlich will talk about his new book Dateline Havana. He explores the historic U.S. domination of Cuba and the power of the Cuba lobby. He offers trenchant observations about Cuba’s political and economic system 50 years after its historic revolution. And finally, Erlich will talk about the prospects for change in both U.S. and Cuban policy under the new administrations of Barack Obama and Raul Castro.
Described by Walter Cronkite as “a great radio producer and a great friend,” Reese Erlich’s history in journalism goes back over 40 years. He first worked as a staff writer and research editor for Ramparts, a national, investigative reporting magazine. He taught journalism at Bay Area universities for ten years and currently works as a full-time print and broadcast journalist. He reports regularly as a freelancer for the San Francisco Chronicle, CBC (Canada) and NPR.
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.
Strange Strike
Syria learned yet again with the recent helicopter attack, when it comes to relations with Washington, no good deed goes unpunished.
A Memo to the Next President: Think Globally
The next U.S. administration needs to make the alleviation of global poverty a top priority.
Surrounding China’s String of Pearls
The United States’ “rimland strategy” highlights the ambiguity of its relationship with China.
Hear This Hammer Ring
Poets are coming to Washington to hammer home a message and hammer out a new poetic vision for America in the world.
Your Time Is Up, Mr. President the National Guard Is Coming Home
The wisdom from Main Street U.S.A. continues to be vastly better than the