Archive for the ‘Foreign Affairs’ Category:
PANDYA: Sanctions Have Failed
Om Pandya, Conservative
The United States, Israel, and Palau are the only three nations in the world that believe that sanctions on Cuba should be continued. While everyone else enjoys the benefits of travel and trade with Cuba, American citizens are losing out on a potential market. It’s time now to give up a failed policy of sanctions.
PANDYA: Were the Euroskeptics Right?
Om Pandya, Conservative
Looking back at the debate and presently at the crisis facing the EU, it seems as if those who pushed for the independence of British currency have every right to gloat.
FULHAM: Goldman and the Crisis
Peter Fulham, Democrat
What role did Goldman Sachs play in Greece’s crumble, and how responsible are they?
MARIN: Cyber Warfare May Wipe America off the Map
Paul Marin, Liberal Republican
Without adequate cyber-defense, America’s security and prosperity are gravely endangered. This article offers a potential solution to America’s most serious security threat in the new decade.
PANDYA: Not Orwellian, Just Ineffective
Om Pandya, Conservative
Walking through the streets of London, one has the quite unnerving sensation of being watched. It is not just a sensation; the city of London alone has in operation over one million CCTV cameras costing a total of 200 million pounds. In a typical workday, the average person is filmed by no less than three hundred cameras that are recording almost every alleyway and bus stop.
McCAFFREY: Mr. Ahmadinejad, Tear Down This (Fire)wall!
Kathleen McCaffrey, Libertarian
Secretary Clinton’s new initiative is a modern approach to the problem of censorship – particularly important for US-Iranian relations.
SIEG: Germany: Israel’s Staunchest European Ally?
Emily Sieg, Social Democrat
An analysis of German-Israeli relations after their joint-cabinet meeting in Berlin on the topic of Iran.
PANDYA: Getting Haiti Back on Its Feet
Om Pandya, Conservative
The main problems within the nation come from economic difficulties of the people, not from sociological differences, and economic progress comes from economic freedom.
CUEVAS: French Dressing
Jesse-Justin Cuevas, Liberal
What is this clamping down on Islam really about? Do such policies show an honest concern for religious freedom from coercion and the separation of church and state? Are such laws a western attempt at “saving” women who “don’t know their best interest”? Or is France perhaps trying to make everyone more French by stripping citizens of every other identity the way that America whitewashed blacks decades ago?
FULHAM: Haiti’s Hell
Peter W. Fulham, Democrat
Many vulnerable people were killed or made more vulnerable as a result of the catastrophe in Haiti. But the United States and the rest of the world must take responsibility for allowing this small island nation to fall so far into the rubble. In the days and years to come, we have a remarkable opportunity to rebuild a Haiti that is stronger than ever before.
SIEG: Not Quite a President: Herman van Rompuy
Emily Sieg, Social Democrat
Herman van Rompuy, the petite Belgian, is a true guinea pig as the European Union continues to define the terms of a presidency.
ROGERS: They Forgot Poland – Now Terrorism, Too?
Conor J Rogers, Republican
In failing to swiftly respond to the attempted Christmas bombing, Obama missed his first chance to redefine what it means to be an anti-terror Democrat.
AUTIELLO: Will 2010 Be the Year of Middle East Peace?
Will 2010 be the year of Middle East peace, or will a divided Palestinian society make it impossible?
MARIN: How Words Create Terrorists
The psycholinguistic effects of the phrase “Muslim World” can be more destructive than intended.
MARIN: Drinking to Russian Gas
Without securing alternative energy routes, Europe will entrench its dependence on Russian natural gas.