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American & Chinese Discussions Tempered by Debt: US - China Debt Relationship Slows Barack Obama & Hu Jintao’s Talks

By: Feature Writer Frank W. Hardy

Containing Chinese Expansion: Washington Wary of China’s Growing Military Muscle

By: Feature Writer Rupert Taylor

Copenhagen Climate Conference vs. Kyoto Protocol: American President Will Not Speak at Global Warming Symposium

By: Feature Writer Frank W. Hardy

Angela Merkel Talks to Joint Session of Congress: German Chancellor Addresses American Legislators on World Issues

By: Feature Writer Frank W. Hardy

Obama's Lack of Afghanistan Interest: The President Pays Little Attention to the Afghanistan Election

By: Curt Guillory

China Sides with Iran: Another Superpower Thumbs Its Nose at President Obama

By: Curt Guillory

Putin's Warning: Russia Leader Tells the West to Leave Iran Alone

By: Curt Guillory

Former U.S. Officials Defend Use of Contractors: Ex-CIA Director Hayden Notes Sensitivity on Alleged Blackwater Role

By: Feature Writer John Seidenberg

Government Trend Toward Outsourcing Intelligence: Search for Needed Skills Prompting Use of Non-Government Contractors

By: Feature Writer John Seidenberg

North Korean Charm Offensive Toward the West: Unofficial Visits by Pyongyang to Seoul and Santa Fe Give Hope

By: Feature Writer Frank W. Hardy

Keeping the Public Informed During a Crisis: Communication Lessons from Hurricane Katrina

By: Ethel Matshiya

Kim Dae-jung - South Korea's Nelson Mandela Dies: Nobel Laureate, President, Political Prisoner & Reformist Dead at 85

By: Feature Writer Frank W. Hardy

Is American Policy in Afghanistan Flawed? Tribalism and Ethnicity Supercede Afghan Nationalism

By: Feature Writer Frank W. Hardy

House Passes Simon Study Abroad Act: Law Encouraging Overseas Study will Raise Language Skills

By: Nancy Longatan

Why They Hate Us and the Ugly American Abroad: Approaching the World Without Blind Egalitarianism

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Obama Travels to the Middle East: The US President Will Address Political Issues at Cairo University

By: Fiza Asar

Kim Jong Il's North Korea Tests Obama Doctrine: Defiant Regime Explodes Nuclear Bomb Despite American Objections

By: Feature Writer Frank W. Hardy

The Worldwide American Military Presence: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Lessons of History

By: Shane Suttle

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Arrives in Beijing: Leading Democrat Supports The Obama Doctrine in China?

By: Feature Writer Frank W. Hardy

Obama's Handling of the Somali Pirate Standoff: Has the Stigma of Unilateralism Vanished in the New Administration?

By: Kevin Moore

American Policy for South-Central Afghanistan: Soft Power Places Demands on Kabul Government

By: Feature Writer Frank W. Hardy

Obama's Surge Policy for Afghan-Pakistan Border: Waziristan & the Tribal Region, Pakistan’s Lawless Frontier

By: Feature Writer Frank W. Hardy

Persian Gulf Arabs Help USA With Iran: American Pressure on Iran Gets Help from Gulf Arabs

By: Feature Writer Frank W. Hardy

The Future of Guantanamo: Opportunity to Prevent Tropical Diseases Through Vaccine Diplomacy

By: Sarah Spiker

What Is Hillary Doing Her First Month in Office? Secretary of State Aggressively Pursues Obama Policy Issues

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Obama's Foreign Policy Challenges Toward Iran: Washington-Tehran Relations Under New US President Barack Obama

By: Vincent Gagnon-Lefebvre

Speeches on the Iraq War: The Rhetoric of American Politicans before the Conflict

By: Jared Plotkin

Obama on Abortion and The Gag Law: New President Returns Support to International Aid Organizations

By: Feature Writer Victoria Anisman-Reiner

Obama's Foreign Policy Challenges Toward Russia: Washington-Moscow Relations Under New US President Barack Obama

By: Vincent Gagnon-Lefebvre

Obama's Middle East Foreign Policy Challenges: Gaza Crisis, Relations with Syria and Iran, Wars Inherited from Bush

By: Vincent Gagnon-Lefebvre

The Bush Doctrine v. The Bush Legacy: How Will History Judge The Wartime American President?

By: Paul Hamilton

Obama's Foreign Policy Objectives in Afghanistan: Afghan Strategy and War on Terror Under President-Elect Barack Obama

By: Vincent Gagnon-Lefebvre

Obama's Future Foreign Policy: International Relations Under New US President-Elect Barack Obama

By: Vincent Gagnon-Lefebvre

Obama's Middle East Foreign Policy: International Relations Under New US President-Elect Barack Obama

By: Vincent Gagnon-Lefebvre

Foreign Relations Between U.S. and Russia: Relationship Between White House and Kremlin Remains Strained

By: Cheron Taylor

Iran or Pakistan; Who's the Elephant in the Room: Tehran’s Nuclear Aims or Islamabad an Existing Thermo Nuclear Threat

By: Feature Writer Frank W. Hardy

9/11 7 Years Ago Where's Bin Laden: Taliban Leader Still Missing. The Media Should Be Demanding Answers

By: Kent Ninomiya

Russia Fights for Peace in Georgia: UN Rejected Earlier Russian Nonviolence Resolution for South Ossetia

By: Feature Writer Frank W. Hardy

Soviet Style Aggression By Russia Worries West: Invasion into Georgia Creates Fear Throughout America & Europe

By: Feature Writer Frank W. Hardy

America and EU Unable to Help Georgian Ally: Russia Expands War and Invades Georgia from South Ossetia

By: Feature Writer Frank W. Hardy

The Effects of the Iraq War: Americans No Longer Have Confidence in Foreign Policy Matters

By: Jeff Stanglin

McCain vs. Obama on Iran: Talking with Ahmadinejad?

By: Feature Writer Linda Sue Grimes

George Bush and Barack Obama: The US President Apparently Attacks Obama at Israel's Knesset

By: Jeff Stanglin

America & Extraordinary Rendition: The US Foreign Policy of Torture

By: Timothy Woods

Diplomacy and Obama's Turban Photo: International Protocol Applies to All but Obama

By: Lamyaa Hashim

Replacing Musharraf: Pakistan is Slipping Away

By: Jonas Gamso

The Democratic Dilemma: The Democrats and the Case Against Immediate Withdrawal

By: Jonas Gamso

Looking Past Fidel: Assessing Cuba's Future

By: Jonas Gamso

Hugo Chavez: Poster Man for Castro: Continuing the Ideology and Instability of Southern Hemisphere

By: William De Salazar

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