Kindergarten Foreign Policy - Heritage Foundation
Americans don't normally elect their presidents on foreign policy, but in some way, the 2004 election looks as though it could depart from precedent. Iraq is constantly in the evening news, and the war has playeda major role in the Democratic primaries. President Bush placed Iraq and the war on terror front and center in this State of the Union speech last week,the kickoff for his re-election campaign.
Is America an empire? - Korea Herald
Three decades ago, the radical left used the term "American empire" as an epithet. Now that same term has come out of the closet: analysts on both the left and right are using it to explain - if not guide - American foreign policy.
George Soros on American Power - CEIP
George Soros, investor and philanthropist, launched his new book,
The Bubble of American Supremacy: Correcting the Misuse of American Power, with a speech and discussion at the Carnegie Endowment. Thomas Carothers, Carnegie Endowment senior associate and director of the Democracy and Rule of Law Project, moderated.
A Tougher War for the US Is One of Legitimacy - New York Times
It is the legitimacy of American power and American global leadership that has come to be doubted by a majority of Europeans. America, for the first time since World War II, is suffering a crisis of international legitimacy. Americans will find that they cannot ignore this problem. The struggle to define and obtain international legitimacy in this new era may prove to be among the critical contests of our time, in some ways as significant in determining the future of the international system and America's place in it as any purely material measure of power and influence.
American foreign policy in an election year - Valletta Times
In the foreign policy sector Democratic contenders are continuously trying to paint a picture in which the US is currently perceived as a lonely superpower attempting to tackle too many security challenges simultaneously. Some are advocating a more cautious international approach and a more multilateralist diplomatic emphasis especially when it comes to co-operating with the United Nations and European countries.
Cheney defends US policy on Iraq - CNN International
Vice President Dick Cheney defended US foreign policy and the decision to go to war in Iraq, in a speech to world leaders.
Battle of ideas on US foreign policy underway ahead of Nov polls - Channel News Asia
When American voters go to the polls in November, they'll be helping to set the direction of US foreign policy for another four years. The battle of ideas is already well underway in the United States.
