Category: Global Affairs
Hurricane Harvey Is Hitting the US Oil Economy Hard
Hurricane Harvey has had a devastating impact on the people of Texas. The whole country could be seeing some significant resulting changes as well.
So Long, President Obama
It is hard to decouple Obama’s presidency from my personal life, but as he spends his last day in office, I can’t help but wish he stayed longer.
Free Trade Agreement: An Analogy
Nob discusses how pizza can explain the US attitude toward the TPP…maybe.
How Brexit Turned Into an Immigrant’s Nightmare
Yes, we’re still talking about Brexit. But today it’s about more than just the politics, it’s about the racism behind Britain’s Leave vote.
Tenons Avec De Nice
Not a lot known just yet about what happened during Bastille Day celebrations on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France.
Jeffrey Goldberg: The Obama Doctrine – The Atlantic
If you are a supporter of the president, his strategy makes eminent sense: Double down in those parts of the world where success is plausible, and limit America’s exposure to the rest. His critics believe, however, that problems like those presented by the Middle East don’t solve themselves—that, without American intervention, they metastasize.
James Traub: Do Americans Really Want a Wall? – Foreign Policy
Leadership, of course, means persuading citizens to go where they would rather not. A President Clinton would have to find the language to convince Americans that a deep and ongoing engagement with the world, even...
Open Letter on Trump from GOP National Security Leaders – WOTR
Mr. Trump’s own statements lead us to conclude that as president, he would use the authority of his office to act in ways that make America less safe, and which would diminish our standing...
Chemi Shalev: Trump’s Triumphs Demolish Netanyahu’s Fortress GOP Strategy – Haaretz
In the outgoing dogmatic GOP, Trump’s equivocations would have earned him a place in the all-time rogues gallery of Enemies of the Jewish People, somewhere between Obama and Father Coughlin. Today, Evangelicals shrug them...
“Neoliberal” — I’m not sure if I get this term (but I try to)
I’m trying to understand the term “neoliberalism” that is often bandied about. I am interested in whether readers think I get it right here.
Inside Hillary Clinton’s Massive Foreign-Policy Brain Trust | Foreign Policy
One expert said the system helped ensure loyalty for Clinton by creating “the illusion of inclusion.”
Ignatieff and Wieseltier: Enough is enough — U.S. abdication on Syria must end – The Washington Post
The conventional wisdom is that nothing can be done in Syria, but the conventional wisdom is wrong. There is a path toward ending the horror in Aleppo — a perfectly realistic path that would...
