Not a bad first step for Obama's public diplomacy
Barack Obama's first formal television interview was released today -- with Al-Arabiya: The president sat for the interview, at the White House, moments after officially dispatching George J....
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The Christian Science Monitor's Yigal Schliefer reports on a less-than-productive meeting between Israel and Turkey: A diplomatic spat is threatening to worsen Israel’s strained relations with Turkey,...
View ArticleSeriously, what's the deal with Israeli diplomacy?
Like others at FP who shall go unnamed, I can't resist having some fun at Vice President Joe Biden's expense when he does something silly like say something that's true but terribly stupid to say in...
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Obama to Pacific Rim: drop dead
One of the occupational hazards U.S. foreign policy wonks possess in abundance is the tendency to forget that domestic politics is really important. Regardless of ideology, most members of the...
View ArticleThe first rule of Twitter Fight Club: Everyone retweets Twitter Fight Club
In honor of its 5th anniversary, let's take a look at the following Twitter exchange between spokesmen for the Taliban and ISAF, as captured by The Guardian's Haroon Siddique: Asthe 20-hour...
View ArticleDiplomacy is dangerous business -- a fact Washington needs to remember
One of this blog's minor keys over the years has been the creeping militarization of U.S. foreign policy. I don't mean this in the "all the U.S. does is bomb! Bomb!! BOMB!!!" way. Rather, as the bulk...
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