Iraq: strategies for dealing with uncertainty
As bombs and bloodshed continue to dominate news in Iraq, the U.S, commitment continues with no end in sight. Some of the best minds in Washington and Baghdad examine the way forward.
European Integration: looking ahead
It is the world's largest economy, but fiercely shuns the use of force to project power.
Fifty years after its creation in the aftermath of World War II, has the European Union
finally reached "superpower" status?
Diplomacy: talking with the enemy
Iran, North Korea, Hamas. The U. S. has no shortage of enemies worldwide.
Should American diplomats engage with the enemy in an age of terrorism and nuclear proliferation?
Russian and 'Putinism"
Critics of Russia claim the Kremlin is centralizing power and distorting democracy.
Are such charges justified, and what should the world expect in the post-Putin era?
U.S. Defense Policy
Counterterrorism. Reconstruction. Nation-building. Are America's armed forces
prepared to fight today's battles and simultaneously protect the homeland,
or is the U.S. military dangerously overstretched?
Latin America: the next U.S. President's agenda
Though oil-rich Venezuela's radical President Hugo Chavez continues to agitate American policymakers, strong economic performances in Brazil and Chile
are causing many to rethink relations with the region.
U.S.-China Economic Relations: evolving rivalry
When Chinese President Hu Jinato came to the U.S., his agenda placed visits
to Microsoft and Boeing ahead of a trip to the White House.
Where do trade relations between the U.S. and China stand today?
Foreign Aid: new players, new goals?
Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and a slew of celebrities have given billions
towards allevating poverty and improving health conditons the world over.
But do such efforts provide more than good publicity?
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Discussion group is meeting on Tuesday until April 29th