The Mission Ahead: Foreign Relations


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

Al-Fahim: Obama Is Taking the Right Steps in the Middle East

Nov. 17, 2009

President Obama has helped re-establish America’s standing in the Arab world, and the recent criticism regarding his failure to advance the Middle East peace process is undue.

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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.

Schumer Advocates for Many on Panel

Nov. 16, 12 a.m.

As Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson once said of the Joint Economic Committee, “It’s as useless as tits on a bull.” But as that panel’s chairman during the 110th Congress, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) seized the opportunity to elevate the traditionally low-profile post to the forefront of shaping policy. Read Full Article

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