Foreign Policy 2012
The Debate Over America Abroad
How Europe Could Sink Obama's Chances
William Galston, New Republic
The Romney Foreign Policy Agenda
James Mann, The American Prospect
Obama, Ceding from Behind
Washington Times
Romney & Obama Have the Same Foreign Policy
Aaron David Miller, FP
Obama's Looming Afghanistan Debacle
David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy
Europe’s Greek tragedy has now entered its final act, with potentially fateful consequences for the global economy--and for Barack Obama, whose reelection may hinge on the decisi...(full article)
Imagine for a moment: It is two weeks after Election Day and President-elect Mitt Romney holds a press conference to announce his foreign-policy team, the officials who will guide...(full article)
President Obama is hosting two high-level international meetings in a week. He will offer his solutions to global economic and security issues. It's doubtful the rest of the worl...(full article)
Ignore what the candidates say they'll do differently on foreign policy. They're basically the same man....(full article)
He cut out the generals. He cut out the secretary of defense. He cut out the secretary of state. And in the end, he produced a schizophrenic policy that will almost certainly go d...(full article)
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