Much Ado About Little: Congress Touts Phony Foreign Affairs “Savings”
There is much hand-wringing in the mainstream media about the Senate Budget Committee’s 6.8% cut of $4 billion last week to the Obama Administration’s massive… Read More
There is much hand-wringing in the mainstream media about the Senate Budget Committee’s 6.8% cut of $4 billion last week to the Obama Administration’s massive… Read More
On April 5, in a speech at Harvard University Secretary of State Clinton’s lead diplomat for Africa Johnnie Carson outlined policy guidelines for sub-Saharan Africa…. Read More
If you are a human rights activist or suffer under the yoke of an oppressive regime, do not expect the United States to be rushing… Read More
The only real victim in the attempted Christmas Day bombing of an international flight bound for Detroit was the Department of Homeland Security. Claiming the… Read More
Increasing spending on the State Department and international affairs while freezing discretionary domestic spending is probably not likely to endear President Obama further to constituencies… Read More
Internet outreach is the hottest new item in the U.S. government’s array of public diplomacy tools. While international broadcasting is in disarray, the focus has… Read More
The National Security Council is priding itself on a successful first year for President Barack Obama in terms of strategic communications. In a blog posting… Read More
New media is playing a critical important role in the rush to save Haiti. Almost immediately after the earthquake struck the White House and State Department appealed… Read More
With all the money that has been shelled out through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Act, it turns out that the State… Read More
Diplomacy and development have been major administration priorities as illustrated by the State Department’s first ever Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) intended to provide… Read More