Sulaiman Al-Fahim, chairman of the Arab Union for Real Estate Development, a trade association for the real estate sector in 22 Arab countries.

Czinkota: Time for a North American Trade Policy

Aug. 7, 2009

When the leaders of Mexico, Canada and the United States meet for a summit in Mexico this weekend, the agenda will include a largely predictable list of topics. The historic significance of the meeting, however, will flow from what is said, or not said, about the still-undefined U.S. trade policy.

Pinstrup-Andersen, von Braun and McPherson: Responding to the Global Food Crisis

April 10, 2009

The Obama administration’s commitment to strengthen the American support to fight poverty and hunger could not have come at a more opportune time. Every year, about 5 million children die of hunger and nutrition-related causes — that’s about 10 children, every minute of every day.

Honda & Grijalva: Obama Should Avoid Bush’s Iraq Errors in Dealing With Afghanistan

March 16, 2009, 2:29 P.M.

Before Afghanistan becomes for President Barack Obama what Iraq became for former President George W. Bush — a seemingly incurable conflict that alienated America’s allies and increased insecurity regionally — we recommend an augment to the Afghanistan approach.

Thornberry: To Make Smart Power Work, Get the State Department in the Fight

January 16, 2009, 2:38 P.M.

Secretary of State nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton’s pledges to get the State Department “firing on all cylinders” and to renew U.S. leadership through a “smart power” mix of diplomacy and defense were welcome beginnings to her tenure as America’s top diplomat.