Joshua Kucera
It's not clear if the president's visit made progress on forging a partnership with Beijing
When President Obama visited
What did he get for his troubles?
Other than a tantalizing but vague joint statement on climate change, it's not clear that Obama made any progress getting
With
Obama's accommodation to Chinese wishes continued while in
A joint statement by
Perhaps the most significant example of this, Mann says, was the Chinese government's arrest and detention of dozens of dissidents and activists before Obama's trip and the fact that no U.S. official said anything about it, at least publicly, in an apparent desire not to sour relations before the big visit. "The only reason they can be doing this is to show
The vow of noninterference is crucial, however, to getting
Afghanistan: A Missed Turning Point
Jules Witcover
President Obama offered only a change in approach in his long-awaited plan to press on with the war in Afghanistan. His decision to approve of most of the troop surge requested by General McChrystal, with more finely tuned schemes for troop deployment in Afghanistan, is a thinly veiled agreement to continue Bush's stay-the-course commitment.
On Foreign Policy Front Consider Obama Lucky So Far
Ian Bremmer
Barack Obama has had an exceptionally lucky first year. All newly elected U.S. presidents arrive in office hoping to avoid the unforeseen foreign-policy crises that upend their domestic agendas. President Obama has avoided the foreign-policy blowups that push an administration off balance. His luck isn't likely to last. Here's why ...
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