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• Over States objections, Senate to move ahead on foreign-aid bill

  
  The Cable — Authority: 687
  In yet another sign that the administration and Capitol Hillarent exactly seeing eye to eye these days, the Senate Foreign RelationsCommittee will mark up the Kerry-Lugar foreign aid reform bill Tuesday, movingthe ball forward despite the State Departments desire that Congress hold offuntil administration reviews are ...
  4 hours ago

• Five Things Obama Should Do in China

  
  Foreign Policy — Authority: 760
  Heres what the U.S. president needs to do to shore up what is fast becoming the most important relationship in the world.
  11 hours ago

• A diplomatic surge in Pakistan

  
  The Reaction — Authority: 577
  Guest post by Ziad Haider Ziad Haider is an MPA/JD candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School and Georgetown Law, and a Truman National Security Fellow. He conducted field research on governance in FATA with the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan in the summer of 2008 and previously worked as a foreign policy ...
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• What if we fail in Afghanistan?

  
  The AfPak Channel — Authority: 637
  By Steve Coll I have a new post up over at Think Tank . Last week, I found myself at yet another think tank-type meeting aboutAfghan policy choices. Toward the end, one of the participants, who hadlong experience in government, asked a deceptively simple question:What would happen if we failed? First, the ...
  12 hours ago

• Why the U.S. should keep an eye on Chinas military

  
  Shadow Government — Authority: 637
  By Thomas G. Mahnken One topic that is likely to ariseduring President Obamas trip to Asia, if not in his meetings in Beijing, isthe continuing modernization of the Chinese military. Asian leaders areprivately, and increasingly publicly, concerned about Chinas growing militarymight and what they see as a failure ...
  13 hours ago

• Two (additional) thoughts about Obamas Asia trip

  
  Daniel W. Drezner — Authority: 563
  Im late to this party, but two quick thoughts on Obamas Tokyo speech :  1.  Last week a sharp foreign policy observer -- and a former campaign advisor for Obama -- made an interesing lexicographical observation to me about the Obama administrations foreign policy rhetoric to date.  They use the word ...
  14 hours ago

• Bowing Before Monarchs and Tyrants: Obama Restores Americas World Standing With His Head Down

  
  American Power — Authority: 694
  The headline up top is borrowed from Power Line, " Why is This Man Bowing? " (via Memeorandum ): Obamas breach of protocol is of a piece with the substance of his foreign policy. He means to teach Americans to bow before monarchs and tyrants. He embodies the ideological multiculturalism that sets the ...
  2 days ago

• These Guys Arent F**king Around! Taliban Attack That Killed 9 U.S. Soldiers in July

  
  American Power — Authority: 694
  From ABC News, " Relax, Brother: Exclusive Video Shows Taliban Attack That Killed 9 U.S. Soldiers at Afghan Post ": Hat Tip : Weasel Zippers .
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• Americas First Pacific President - Wont Defend U.S. Nuclear Attacks at Hiroshima, Nagasaki (VIDEO)

  
  American Power — Authority: 694
  At the Politico , " Americas First Pacific President ": Trying to reassure allies and rivals, President Barack Obama billed himself Saturday as "America’s first Pacific president," promising the nations of Asia "a new era of engagement with the world based on mutual interests and mutual respect." Turning ...
  3 days ago

• All the nus that are fit to print...

  
  David Rothkopf — Authority: 410
  Nu is a great Yiddishword that doesnt actually mean anything at all and therefore can meanalmost anything you want it to mean. Even if I werent Jewish, as a writer Iwould therefore love the word. It offers so much freedom without any of thelimitations that actual definitions impose. In this respect it is kind of ...
  3 days ago

• A Web of Lone Wolves

  
  Foreign Policy — Authority: 760
  Fort Hood shows us that Internet jihad is not a myth.
  3 days ago

• Is Saudi Arabia ready to play hardball with Iran?

  
  Shadow Government — Authority: 637
  By John Hannah Are the Saudis prepared to constrain oilprices to weaken Iran? Its an intriguing possibility that, ifimplemented, could have major implications for U.S.-led efforts to curbthe Islamic Republics nuclear program. In no small part because of a weakening dollar, oil priceshave risen for most of ...
  3 days ago

• Curbing John ONeill : The Pipeline and the Saudi-Al Qaeda Connection

  
  The Rag Blog — Authority: 506
  The late John P. ONeill, former assistant director of the FBI, saw threat of bin Laden early on. ONeills attempts to investigate connections with Saudis were thwarted.John O’Neill, the Trans Afghanistan Pipeline:The Saudis, the Bushes and bin LadenBy Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / November 13, 2009The terrorist ...
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• Feds Seize Four Mosques, New York Skyscraper Linked to Iranian Government

  
  American Power — Authority: 694
  At the New York Post , " Feds Move to Seize Mosques, NYC Skyscraper Possibly Linked to Iran ": Federal prosecutors Thursday took steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government. In ...
  4 days ago

• Turning the Karzai challenge into the Karzai crisis

  
  Shadow Government — Authority: 637
  By Will Inboden The leakedcables from U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry this week add anew wrinkle to President Obamas protracted decision-making over hisAfghanistan strategy. Eikenberrys cables apparently urge against increasingthe US troop posture because of his concerns about Afghan President ...
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• Damned if you do, damned if you dont

  
  Stephen M. Walt — Authority: 602
  What should we make of the news that President Obama is still not happy with the proposed strategy for Afghanistan, and that his doubts are being reinforced by a skeptical report from retired general Karl Eikenberry, who is now the U.S. ambassador in Kabul? First, I think its a sign that deep down, Obama knows ...
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• Obama Rejects Afghan War Reinforcements! Wants Plan for Cut-and-Run from Deployment!

  
  American Power — Authority: 694
  President Obama continues to stall on reinforcing American troops in Afghanistan. Multiple news sources indicate that the administration is rejecting all proposals for a troop surge, and the Huffington Post is reporting that the president want details on a cut-and-run from the theater: President Barack ...
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• Gration and Power answer activists questions on Sudan

  
  FP Passport — Authority: 681
  A guest post from Foreign Policy contributor and human-rights activist Rebecca Hamilton. Last week, the State Department partnered with twoU.S.-based advocacy organizations (Save Darfur and STAND) to launch AskUS -- a web 2.0 initiative to connect the Obama administration with citizenactivists. More than ...
  5 days ago

• The big impact of small footprints

  
  The AfPak Channel — Authority: 637
  By Thomas Hegghammer A growing number of people, led by Vice President Joe Biden, are advocating aso-called "small footprint" approach to the U.S.military mission in Afghanistan.They propose a significantly reduced military presence that focuses more ondestroying al Qaeda than on building Afghanistan, and relies ...
  5 days ago

• Destroying al Qaeda Is Not an Option (Yet)

  
  Foreign Policy — Authority: 760
  If the worlds most notorious network goes down, terrorism will get a whole lot messier.
  6 days ago

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