President Obama’s decision to delay approval of the Keystone XL pipeline is a clear demonstration of U.S. leadership on both the domestic and international stage. It demonstrates that the U.S. is moving away from an insecure energy pathway. Resisting the pipeline, and future projects like it, will be critical for ensuring that the security of [...]
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Obama Puts His Own Mark on Foreign Policy Issues
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The Power Trip
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Plan B for Obama: Turn South
Barack Obama must start looking south, not just east and west. Like it or not, the U.S. economic recovery, success in the war on terrorism, and meeting the climate-change challenge all depend on successful partnerships with the developing world — partnerships we just don’t have. To get there, we need to dramatically restructure the leadership of [...]
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New START and the 21st-century nuclear threat
It is time for the U.S. Senate to abandon the Cold War and support a nuclear security agenda designed for the 21st Century. Nothing underscores the rift in generational thinking more than the debate taking shape in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee over whether to ratify the New START treaty. It its core, the debate [...]
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President Obama Must Take the Lead on Climate Finance
There’s another financial crisis on the horizon — the climate financial crisis. Working towards the global meeting in Copenhagen this December, the UN’s climate negotiations are teetering on the brink of failure. The elephant in the room of these negotiations is how to pay for a global agreement — and who will pick up the [...]
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Argentina Has a Bond It Wants to Sell You
Argentina reportedly intends to file for Securities and Exchange Commission approval to re-enter U.S. capital markets. The SEC should instead insist that Argentine securities bear a warning like cigarette packages: “This issuer has a record of misrepresentation, debt defaults and debt repudiation, and therefore may be dangerous to your financial health. Do not consume this [...]
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The Case for Keeping Gates
Here’s a free piece of advice to President Barack Obama or President John McCain: There’s no need to look for a new secretary of defense. You already have the best man in the job. The Obama campaign in particular seems to have noticed the virtues of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates. It’s a little head-spinning [...]