Bush Doctrine of Diplomacy Sparks Debate - AP
Saddam is behind bars. Libya is shedding its outlaw image. India and Pakistan resumed air links Friday as part of peace overtures. Syria is warming to U.S. ally Turkey and there's talk in Israel of opening a dialogue with Damascus and Tripoli. Backers of the Bush administration sense they are on a roll. But critics of the so-called Bush Doctrine of diplomacy backed by military muscle say it does not deserve credit and actually undermines the cooperation needed to curb terrorism and conflicts.
Powell says US foreign policy respects allies - Reuters, UK
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says President George W. Bush's foreign policy takes account of its allies and ascribes a key role to the United Nations.
Powell Refutes Think-Tank Report on Iraq - AP
Secretary of State Colin Powell acknowledged Thursday that he had seen no "smoking gun, concrete evidence" of ties between Saddam Hussein and the al-Qaida terror network, but insisted that Iraq had had dangerous weapons and needed to be disarmed by force.
Think tank accuses U.S. over WMD case - Reuters
Bush administration officials "systematically" misrepresented the danger of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs, which were not an immediate threat to the United States and the Middle East, a report from a U.S. think tank says.
After the War
There is a small window of time after a major global conflict in which a framework for a new and more stable international order can be proposed. On this, the anniversary of
President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points initiative (proposed during WWI), we should give some thought to the War on Terrorism, and what the post-war world might look like if the U.S. and allies are successful in stemming the tide of jihadism.
US foreign policy focus on Russia, India, China - Times of India
The US Secretary of State Colin Powell, has said that the US works hard to have the best relations it can with nations large and small, old and new, "but for practical purposes, we concentrate on relations with major powers, especially those with whom we have had difficult relationships in the past, notably Russia, India and China."
Why U.S. Foreign Policy Has Become Baffling - AllAfrica.com
Six decades ago, British statesman Winston Churchill described Russia as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma". American promotion of democratic values abroad fits that same description.
Powell Outlines US Foreign Policy Goals - Voice of America
US Secretary of State Colin Powell has outlined foreign policy goals of the Bush administration in the New Year, saying it will work to build democracy in Afghanistan and Iraq and continue to focus on the war against terrorism.
U.S. to Begin New Approach on Foreign Aid - AP
A revolution in U.S. foreign aid, rewarding countries for how they govern, is finally ready to get under way, almost two years after first promised by the Bush administration.The program will favor countries whose governments are judged to be just rulers, welcoming hosts for foreign investment and promoters of projects to meet their people's basic health and education needs. Corrupt police states need not apply.
