President Obama came into office promising to change the United States’ policy toward Iran – but it was never clear exactly what that change would be.
It seems that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s political shrewdness and theatrical performances have reached a whole new level.
Katherine Tiedemann is a policy analyst at the New America Foundation/Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative and author of the AfPak Daily Brief. This post originally appeared on the AfPak Channel, a new joint venture between the New America Foundation and Foreign Policy to explain and analyze the conflict in South Asia.
In this video blog, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev laments the deteriorating relations between Moscow and Kiev, and explains his decision to recall Russia’s ambassador to Ukraine for an indefinite period.
No doubt the elephant in the room at last week’s U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue was the dramatic shift in economic momentum between the two powers: the most recent economic reports from each nation confirm that China’s economy grew by a startling 7.
While the media are drawn to the story of the day, which today means the killing of Baitullah Mehsud in Pakistan and the longevity of the “cash for clunkers” program here at home, it is essential for the Obama administration to keep its eye on the strategic ball.
In today’s Guardian, Tariq Ramadan argues that Europe must develop a unified policy of inclusion with regard to Turkey’s EU membership bid. I agree with the thrust of the article, which makes many of the same arguments I put forth in my article in World Politics Review last week.
In the aftermath of Vice President Biden’s visit to Georgia last month, Alexander Melikishvili over at the Jamestown Foundation‘s Eurasia blog provides an informative review of the Obama administration’s unfolding Georgia policy.
Lehigh University International Relations Department Chair Rajan Menon recently published an informative report for the Century Foundation called “The China-Russia Relationship: What It Involves, Where It Is Headed, And How It Matters For The United States.” The report provides a useful framework for conceptualizing the relationships among China, Russia, and the United States.
Amjad Atallah directs the New America Foundation/Middle East Task Force. The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Hamas Chief Khaled Meshaal told Jay Solomon and Julien Barnes-Dacey in an interview that “We along with other Palestinian factions in consensus agreed upon accepting a Palestinian state on the 1967 lines. This is the national program….
