Friday, January 07, 2005

Rice's deputy signals conciliatory US foreign policy - Independent
This is a short piece about staff changes in the office of the National Security Advisor and what that might mean for U.S. foreign policy.

Tuesday, January 04, 2005

US intensifies its role in relief - CSM
The OneWorld daily update notes, "As U.S. marines and Black Hawk helicopters - a vintage twosome recognized around the world - enter the forefront of relief efforts in South east Asia, foreign policy experts hope their effort and the Bush administration's financial support will bolster America's image."

Monday, January 03, 2005

President Asks Bush and Clinton to Help Raise Funds for Tsunami Relief - White House

President Bush today announced an unprecedented effort to raise funds for the tsunami relief effort. This is a transcript of the news conference in which President Bush announced that the former presidents will lead a nationwide fund-raising campaign to help victims of the Asian disaster.

Bush and the World: The Second Term - Fernand Braudel Center
Immanuel Wallerstein examines some of the challenges facing President Bush in the second term. He asks: Will the second Bush administration pursue the identical foreign policy as the first? And, to the extent that it changes, how will the rest of the world react?