Written by lookingbeyondbordersSeptember 13, 2012

Chinese Companies and Foreign Policy Headaches For Nations: Huawei Cries Foul, Says U.S. Barriers To Harm Ties Between Two Nations

A paper published by China‘s biggest telecommunications equipment maker said the company’s path into the United States had been blocked by unsubstantiated “allegations based on allegations” that threatened to harm ties between the world’s two biggest economies. The complaint published by Huawei Technologies Co – topped by a reference to McCarthy-era Red Scare witch-hunting – was […]

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Written by lookingbeyondbordersSeptember 13, 2012September 13, 2012

Anti-U.S. Violence In Libya and Egypt

The twin acts of violence in Libya and Egypt on the anniversary of 9/11 highlight the difficult road ahead for U.S. relations with these nascent democracies, says Robert M. Danin, a CFR Middle East expert. Read Here – cfr.org

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Written by lookingbeyondbordersSeptember 12, 2012

A Proposal For A Middle Path For America, Between Confronting China And Giving Way To It

“THE Pacific is big enough for all of us,” declared Hillary Clinton, America’s secretary of state, on August 31st. Or is it? Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency, countered this week that the ocean is also “small enough to create conflicts that can threaten peace in the region and the world at large”. Certainly, America […]

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Written by lookingbeyondbordersSeptember 7, 2012September 7, 2012

Obama’s Clinical, Calculated Appeal

What Obama needed to deliver at this convention was not soaring rhetoric, but a plausible case for why Americans should grant him another term—and how, if they do so, the next four years would differ from the last four, write Joshua Green in Businessweek. Read Here – Businessweek

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Written by lookingbeyondbordersSeptember 7, 2012

Eighty Percent of U.S. Asia Policy Is Just Showing Up

With China throwing its weight around the South China Sea, and snapping at Japan for its plans to buy disputed islands, the waters of the Pacific are looking a little choppy these days. Time for a little high-level diplomacy, you might think — something that not only eases tensions but also refocuses the nations of the Asia-Pacific […]

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Written by lookingbeyondbordersSeptember 6, 2012

The Dangerous Political Battle For Afghanistan

The US hopes a new democratic era will begin as the occupation ends, but many people worry a power vacuum will emerge instead, leaving political rivals to fight it out as the Taliban closes in on Kabul. Read Here – GlobalPost