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President Obama heads for Asia—engaging China in a big and bold way is on his agenda—our White House is providing coverage1.Longtime China hand and specialist Orville Schell well summarizes the state of the current China-U.S. relationship:… more »

Originally Published February 16, 2009; Updated and Republished February 21, 2009; Updated and Republished February 25, 2009; Updated and Republished May 06, 2009; Updated and Republished May 27, 2009:United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton… more »

While we wastes resources, effort, capital, human life, and global good will on King Bush the Idiot's Afghanistan and Iraq War debacles, wars of a different type are heating up (literally).Economic wars and the choice of weapon for the initial skirmi… more »

World leaders and nations gather this month in New York for the 64th session of the General Assemble of the United Nations—several urgent global problems are on the agenda: Climate Change; Disarmament; and Nuclear Test Ban.Fortunately our presid… more »

The experts are misinformed to the extent they assert diplomatic candor is not always the best tactic. What the experts likely mean is they have been taught that diplomatic candor is not always best and thus cannot envision what they have not learned&… more »

Hopefully Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez won't stop entertaining us with his antics just because he likes our new president. A compliment, of sorts, maybe—you judge: "I think President Obama is an intelligent man, compared to the previous U.S.… more »