The U.S.: MIA in the Mideast -- John Hannah, L.A. Times
The Obama administration's lack of strategic vision, its instinct for retreat and its complicity in the unraveling of the Mideast's security are key concerns.
During a Dec. 8 news conference, President Obama rebuked his Republican foreign policy critics: "Ask Osama bin Laden … whether I engage in appeasement," Obama fired back.
The president has a point, of course. The special forces raid to get Bin Laden deep in Pakistan was an extremely gutsy call. So too the extrajudicial death sentence that Obama imposed on U.S. citizen Anwar Awlaki in Yemen. More generally, the president has been a veritable killing machine when it comes to anti-American jihadists, escalating drone attacks tenfold against our most fanatical enemies. And for all the complaints about "leading from behind," the bottom line in Libya was indisputable: Obama said Moammar Kadafi must go, and then put U.S. military power to the task of making it so — swiftly, without quagmire and at minimal cost to the U.S.
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Obama’s foreign initiatives have been failures -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Obama closes the book on the 9/11 era -- David Ignatius
The risk of civil war in Iraq -- Globe and Mail editorial
What it Will Take to Intervene in Syria -- Michael Weiss, Foreign Affairs
Know Thine Enemy: China And Obama's Defense Cuts -- Paul Roderick Gregory, Forbes
Is a Chinese economic slump on the horizon? -- Robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post
Obama to Share Secrets with Russia -- Michael Rubin, Commentary
Collision of political, economic logic condemns India to rudderless rule and chronic corruption -- Ramesh Thakur, Japan Times
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Obama’s foreign initiatives have been failures -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Obama closes the book on the 9/11 era -- David Ignatius
The risk of civil war in Iraq -- Globe and Mail editorial
What it Will Take to Intervene in Syria -- Michael Weiss, Foreign Affairs
Know Thine Enemy: China And Obama's Defense Cuts -- Paul Roderick Gregory, Forbes
Is a Chinese economic slump on the horizon? -- Robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post
Obama to Share Secrets with Russia -- Michael Rubin, Commentary
Collision of political, economic logic condemns India to rudderless rule and chronic corruption -- Ramesh Thakur, Japan Times
The risk of civil war in Iraq -- Globe and Mail editorial
What it Will Take to Intervene in Syria -- Michael Weiss, Foreign Affairs
Know Thine Enemy: China And Obama's Defense Cuts -- Paul Roderick Gregory, Forbes
Is a Chinese economic slump on the horizon? -- Robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post
Obama to Share Secrets with Russia -- Michael Rubin, Commentary
Collision of political, economic logic condemns India to rudderless rule and chronic corruption -- Ramesh Thakur, Japan Times
Haiti Can Be Rich Again -- Laurent Dubois and Deborah Jenson, New York Times
The Skyscraper Slums of Caracas: How Hugo Chávez built a squatter city in his backyard. -- Peter Wilson, Foreign Policy
How Austerity Is Killing Europe -- Jeff Madrick, New York Review Of Books
Nuclear Disarmament, No Matter the Cost -- Mark Davis, Weekly Standard
Power Play: It's time for the U.S. to stand up to China. And cutting the Pentagon's budget isn't going to help. -- Patrick Cronin, Foreign Policy
What it Will Take to Intervene in Syria -- Michael Weiss, Foreign Affairs
Know Thine Enemy: China And Obama's Defense Cuts -- Paul Roderick Gregory, Forbes
Is a Chinese economic slump on the horizon? -- Robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post
Obama to Share Secrets with Russia -- Michael Rubin, Commentary
Collision of political, economic logic condemns India to rudderless rule and chronic corruption -- Ramesh Thakur, Japan Times
Haiti Can Be Rich Again -- Laurent Dubois and Deborah Jenson, New York Times
The Skyscraper Slums of Caracas: How Hugo Chávez built a squatter city in his backyard. -- Peter Wilson, Foreign Policy
How Austerity Is Killing Europe -- Jeff Madrick, New York Review Of Books
Nuclear Disarmament, No Matter the Cost -- Mark Davis, Weekly Standard
Power Play: It's time for the U.S. to stand up to China. And cutting the Pentagon's budget isn't going to help. -- Patrick Cronin, Foreign Policy