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Category Archives: U.S. Foreign Policy
May 7, 2012
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Eliot Cohen on the Afghan War
Esteemed professor and fellow AI board member Eliot Cohen recently appeared on the Hugh Hewitt Show (transcript) to discuss Obama’s Afghanistan speech last week. The interview is worth reading in full, and emphasizes a few core Via Meadia points, including … Continue reading
May 6, 2012
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Russia Threatens War; What Gives?
It is just like the old times again. “A decision to use destructive force preemptively will be taken if the situation worsens,” Russia’s Chief of Military General Staff Nikolai Makarov said late last week, warning of possible attacks on NATO installations in … Continue reading
May 4, 2012
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Chinese Modernizers Save Their Bacon — and Ours
Add to our continuing coverage of the Chen Guangcheng saga this update: A spokesman from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement today: Chen Guangcheng is currently being treated in hospital. As a Chinese citizen, if he wants to … Continue reading
May 3, 2012
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WaPo: Chen’s Safety Cannot Be Guaranteed By Chinese Diplomats
This is another update to Via Meadia’s China coverage, which has stepped up following the extraordinary stories of Bo Xilai and Chen Guangcheng. It seemed to us here that Chen might have changed his tone after receiving some unpleasant visits from … Continue reading
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China’s America-Facing Modernizers Signal Change on the Horizon
As we noted in an essay this morning, modernizers within China’s elite are open to economic liberalization. The Chen Guangcheng case has consumed media attention, but American officials have been quietly working with their Chinese counterparts on a range of economic … Continue reading
May 2, 2012
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“Realists” in Foreign Policy?
At his Foreign Policy blog, Stephen Walt makes a bold claim: If realists had been in charge of American foreign policy since the end of the Cold War, American foreign policy may have been more reasonable: no Iraq War, no … Continue reading
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A Tumultuous Game of Sanctions
The Obama Administration’s war on Iran has relied heavily on wide-ranging sanctions that score points in some places even as they lose ground elsewhere. So far, many of Iran’s biggest oil customers, like Japan and South Korea, have pledged to … Continue reading
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The View from Down Under
Via Meadia has always enjoyed the hospitality of Australia, teeming though it and its surrounding waters may be with various venomous or otherwise disagreeable creatures eager to do you harm. But the country, often referred to as Oz, is more … Continue reading
April 30, 2012
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Bin Laden Dead, War On Terror Alive
A key foreign policy objective of the Obama administration has been to dress up the war on terror as a police and intelligence operation backed by drone strikes. The rhetorical and tactical shift seeks to reassure Americans and shift their … Continue reading
April 29, 2012
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Update: Another Church Attack in Northern Nigeria
A breaking story on the BBC adds to the urgency of an earlier post today about the religious war gaining momentum in Africa. The latest attack by a gunman on a church in Maiduguri, Nigeria is reported to have killed … Continue reading
April 28, 2012
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Myanmar Running Blind; In China The Blind Run
These are heady days in Myanmar. For decades an international pariah dependent on the largesse of China, Myanmar’s recent decision to pull away from Beijing’s embrace and begin a tentative democratization process has been lauded by the global community, both … Continue reading
April 27, 2012
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Game of Thrones: Middle East Edition
Turkey and Iraq are accusing each other of meddling in one another’s internal affairs in a diplomatic spat that could have wide ramifications across the Middle East. Baghdad is supremely unhappy with the warm welcome Turkey gave to Tariq al-Hashemi, a former Iraqi … Continue reading
April 26, 2012
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Obama Follows Bush in Yemen, Ups Drone Strikes
Obama expanded the controversial “signature strikes” drone program into Yemen this month, where drone strikes can now be authorized even when the identity of the potential victims is unknown. The Washington Post reports that this program has already killed its … Continue reading
April 24, 2012
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The Spy Who Didn’t Walk
The close relationship between America and Israel is one of the strongest and most famous in the world. Yet, like any relationship, it is not without its sore points, of which perhaps one of the most sensitive is the case … Continue reading
April 20, 2012
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Island Wars: It’s Not Just The South China Sea
A dispute is heating up between Iran and the United Arab Emirates over three small islands in the Strait of Hormuz: Greater and Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa. Last week, the UAE pulled its ambassador out of Tehran. On Tuesday, Gulf … Continue reading
