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Why ‘normalization’ with Cuba will be harder than advertized
HAVANA — On December 17, U.S. president Barack Obama announced that his administration would pursue executive policies designed to engage Cuba diplomatically and, potentially, restore relations...
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Obama’s error? Prioritizing TPP over TTIP
I write tomorrow for The National Interest that the Obama administration made a deep strategic error in allowing the fight for trade promotion authority become dominated by the Trans Pacific...
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One chart that explains Obama era Middle East policy
Chart credit to Bank of America. Within a half-century, the most important fact of the Obama administration might well be that it presided over an energy boom that de-linked, for the first time in many...
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Photo of the day (night): Cuba’s embassy in DC
It’s been over a half-century since the Cuban flag flew proudly over an embassy in Washington, D.C. Though the flag had been lowered with twilight, the Cuban embassy is a true embassy, and not just an...
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Four reasons why Puerto Rico won’t become a state anytime soon
For all the comparisons to Greece’s debt crisis, there’s one simple solution that many Puerto Ricans and mainland policymakers are prescribing to solve the commonwealth’s own financial crisis — and...
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Schumer’s right — if Iran wants nukes, the US can’t deter it indefinitely
With the entire US political world focused on the Republican presidential debate last night, US senator Chuck Schumer quietly announced that, after much deliberation, he will vote against the nuclear...
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Is Donald Trump the American version of Le Pen?
Over the weekend, Le Figaro pondered whether Donald Trump, the tart-tongued real estate mogul, might be the U.S. version of Jean-Marie Le Pen, the French far-right founder of the Front national...
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How the BP spill led to today’s Cuban embassy opening
Photo credit to Reuters. When US secretary of state John Kerry raises the US flag above the American embassy in Havana today, it will be a diplomatic highlight of the final 18 months of the Obama...
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Why you shouldn’t take Bush/Rubio foreign policy speeches seriously
Last week, two of the leading contenders for the Republican presidential nomination delivered Major and Very Serious Foreign Policy Addresses designed to establish their credibility on international...
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Some unsolicited advice for Hillary Clinton
Instead of making awkward jokes about Snapchat or sniping about wiping her private server ‘with a cloth,’ why is it so hard for former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton — who will almost certainly...
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A brief history of Republican speakercide
John Boehner, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives will step down and resign from Congress at the end of October. (Facebook) Since the end of the decades-long Democratic dominance on Capitol...
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Why the ‘brosé summit of 2015’ was more about Russia than the United States
US president Barack Obama and Russian president Vladimir Putin share a toast Monday at the United Nations. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The way the US and international media portrayed Monday...
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Don’t be surprised by papal meeting with Kim Davis
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi meets former Pope Benedict XVI. (Alessia Giuliani/Getty) Days after Pope Francis left a historic visit to the United States, news emerged that he spent...
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One reasons for Americans to support TPP? Absolving US sins in Vietnam.
The iconic June 8, 1972 photo that shows 9-year-old Kim Phuc after an aerial napalm attack on suspected Viet Cong forces. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) There are a lot of reasons to be cynical about the...
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Eight things Americans should know about the Danish (and Nordic) welfare state
Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential debate had barely started when the two leading contenders, former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton and US senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont immediately...
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Burmese opposition victory a policy triumph for Clinton, too
Hillary Clinton, during her tenure as US secretary of state, traveled to Myanmar to visit Aung San Suu Kyi. (US State Dept.) With the ruling party already conceding defeat in the landmark elections...
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Fifteen questions I would like to hear at tonight’s GOP debate
Yet another Republican presidential debate is upon us tonight. I do not expect to hear these questions and, if I did, I would not expect to hear the most clarifying answers. Which document is more...
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Why Marco Rubio is such a strong candidate for the Republican nomination
…in 15 tweets. Step back from the horse race, step back from the scorecards of last night’s debate, step back from the peculiarities of Iowa and New Hampshire. Envision what the Republican general...
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16 in 2016: Sixteen global elections to watch in 2016
(123rf.com) Of the most important elections in 2015, it’s a safe bet to argue that three of them took place in Greece: the January parliamentary elections, one insane roller-coaster of a referendum in...
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How I expect the 2016 Republican nomination race to play out
Donald Trump has dominated the imagination of the Republican contest in 2015, but can he turn enthusiasm into real votes in 2016? Maybe. (Facebook) It’s not often that I write about American politics...
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