
The American Interest asks Brent Scowcroft about how to conduct foreign policy in an age of austerity. From our January/February 2010 issue, on sale now.
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AI: Good afternoon, General, and thanks for agreeing to talk about what I think is an important and under-analyzed subject: the possible effects of austerity on our foreign policy. ?

The American Interest symposium on Obama: "Three More Years" by Stephen D. Krasner
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The success of Barack Obama’s presidency will depend on his domestic accomplishments: health care, financial reform and the overall state of the economy. His presidency could be wrecked by foreign policy developments; it cannot be redeemed by them. ...

The American Interest Click the link below for a recorded webcast of "President Obama One Year On", an American Interest/New America Foundation event.
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G. John Ikenberry (via conference call)Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International AffairsWoodrow Wilson School of Public and International AffairsPrinceton University

The American Interest symposium on Obama: "No Breakthrough" by Steve Clemons
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At the October 2009 New York gala dinner of the International Crisis Group, former President Bill Clinton paid a moving tribute to the presidency of the man he had beaten, George H.W. Bush. Clinton said that two brave decisions Bush 41 made vastly eased the challenges of Clinton’s presidency. ...

The American Interest symposium on Obama: "Big Bite, Tough Chew" by Will Marshall
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How to grade President Obama’s first year in office? As Zhou Enlai replied when asked his opinion of the French Revolution, “It’s too soon to say.” Obama has set in motion a host of bold reforms that could ...

The American Interest symposium on Obama: "Not Much Change" by Anne Applebaum
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Like almost everybody else, I’ve spent much of the past year criticizing Barack Obama, second-guessing many of his decisions, finding fault with the incompetence of some of his appointees. Perhaps it sounds ...

The American Interest symposium on Obama: "Mistaken Assumptions" by Michael Barone
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Barack Obama has based his policies as President on two assumptions. One year after his election both assumptions appear to have been mistaken.

The American Interest symposium on Obama: "A Mixed Picture" by William A. Galston
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The Obama Administration is a work in progress, and a fair-minded report card would feature far more incompletes than letter grades. Still, one may venture some interim judgments.

The American Interest symposium on Obama: "Policy Isn't Just Analysis" by Leslie H. Gelb.
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Every time I’m about to pile on President Obama for his foreign policy errors, I have to check myself and recall his painful starting point. George W. Bush left him with the worst heap of inflammatory international garbage and country drownings in American history. ...

The American Interest WRMead: Stolen Auschwitz "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign found in Poland.
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The infamous Arbeit Macht Frei (work will make you free) sign over the main gate of the original Auschwitz camp has, it appears this morning, been found in

The American Interest symposium on Obama: "Who Is This Guy?" by Josef Joffe.
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One year into his first term, we pretty much knew where a new President was located on the classical ideological axes of American foreign policy: internationalism vs. nationalism, realpolitik (Nixon, George H.W. ...

The American Interest WRMead: After Copenhagen—America must act domestically and regionally before trying to think globally.
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The Cluster of Copenhagen, the chaotic and orgiastic assembly of the representatives of 192 countries plus uncountable throngs of NGO leaders and miscellaneous

The American Interest 's symposium on Obama: "The Right Grand Strategy" by G. John Ikenberry
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President Obama inherited the most daunting and intractable tangle of foreign policy challenges of any American leader since the early years of the Cold War. The new Administration found itself saddled ...

The American Interest WRMead: Obama's performance at Copenhagen is convincing evidence that, in foreign policy, his Administration is coming of age.
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Barack Obama and the nation he leads owned the Copenhagen summit, and the administration used its commanding position to achieve some vital national goals. In

The American Interest WRMead: Forget the environment for a bit; the Accord of Copenhagen is a catastrophe for European policy.
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Beyond the brightly crackling hearth here at Mead manor, the world press is still sorting out what happened at Copenhagen yesterday. The UK Guardian has an










