Taiwan falls off Bush's radar screen - Taipei Times
As for foreign policy, America's hegemonic role in world politics and the tragic events of Sept. 11 and the ensuing war on terror have further strengthened the US' global role. Of course, the war with Iraq last spring, though victorious for the US, remains a controversial issue. Bush had to defend his decision on this in his address. The only other foreign policy issue he briefly touched on was the nuclear program of North Korea. Why no mention of Taiwan?
U.S. Image Abroad Will Take Years to Repair, Official Testifies - NYT
Margaret D. Tutwiler says that America's standing abroad had deteriorated to such an extent that it would take many years to restore it.
Foreign policy is too important to be left to ideologues - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Of all the issues that will be debated and, to some extent, decided in this presidential election year, none is more important than that of the role and posture of the United States in world affairs.
WMD in Iraq: Evidence and Implications - CEIP
Carnegie's new study on WMD in Iraq by Joseph Cirincione, Jessica T. Mathews and George Perkovich outlines policy reforms to improve threat assessments, deter transfer of WMD to terrorists, strengthen the UN weapons inspection process, and avoid politicization of the intelligence process.
America: The accidental empire? - BBC News
In the second of a six-part series entitled Age of Empire, the BBC's Jonathan Marcus visits Cuba in a continuing investigation into whether the United States is an imperial power.
