I just ran into Kenneth Rogoff, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, in the run down but historic commons pub of Kings College at Cambridge University Rogoff is over-the-top accomplished, but just one essay of his made me a fan — written in 2004, Rogoff authored an oped titled “A Debtor’s Empire” that…
(Photo Credit: Peter Soutza/White House Photostream) The American Prospect Senior Correspondent and The Washington Independent Senior Reporter Spencer Ackerman has a thoughtful piece on the Obama administration’s foreign policy in the current issue of The American Prospect.
(Graffiti in Israel: “Where are you, Anat Kam?”) Max Blumenthal is helping to break a huge story in Israel that involves journalists, leaks, accusations of alleged treason, illegal assassinations, house arrests, a Haaretz editor in hiding, and personal conscience.
Tonight I’ll be joining MSNBC Countdown host Keith Olbermann near the top of the hour, around 8:05 pm EST, for a discussion of President Obama’s Nuclear Posture Review. There is a lot of news today.
This morning, I spent a couple of hours watching Richard Holbrooke interact with his interagency team before, during and after an all hands SRAP (Office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan) meeting at the State Department. Holbrooke is good to his people — affirming, serious but on their side.
(Photo Credit: Maxually’s Photostream) This is a guest note by Anya Landau French, director of the New America Foundation/U.S.-Cuba Policy Initiative. This post originally appeared at The Havana Note. You have to hand it to Amb. Roger Noriega, former U.S.
Despite living outside of the Beltway Bubble, Talking Points Memo creator/editor/blogger extraordinaire Josh Marshall has had a profound impact on the DC political scene for the last 10 years.
The White House has announced that it will delay a Treasury Department report reviewing whether China is manipulating its currency. This delay is likely tied to three goals of the US. First, the US wants to stop the slide in US-China relations.
Happy Easter everyone. I’ve been enjoying the day reading Charles Kupchan‘s excellent new book titled How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace. As far as I’m concerned, this is one of the real must reads of this season.
