A Book To Shape Historical Record
By breaking convention to publish a critical memoir while a president he served remains in office, the former defense secretary will help shape the historical record. Read Here – The Atlantic
Category: United States
Is Walt The New Keenan?
Plenty of pundits have jockeyed to be the top voice on the Middle East, but only one person’s ideas dominate the conversation Read Here – Tablet Magazine
“I Really Want To Be A President Who Makes A Difference”
In 2007, at the start of Obama’s Presidential campaign, the historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and her husband, Richard Goodwin, who worked in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations, visited him in his Senate office. “I have no desire to be one of those Presidents who are just on the list—you see their pictures lined up on […]
Fading Headwinds
Ben S. Bernanke says the headwinds that have held back the U.S. economy may be abating, leaving the country poised for faster growth as his tenure as Federal Reserve chairman comes to an end. Read Here – Bloomberg
Nannygate Troubles
The diplomatic row over the arrest and strip search of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade by U.S. law enforcement officers has built to a genuine crisis in bilateral relations. The dispute threatens to derail a decade of hard work at the foundation of the India–US “strategic partnership.” Read Here – The National Interest
The World’s Most Important Bilateral Relationship
The U.S. and China have the most important bilateral relationship in the world. The rising global superpower and the status quo superpower are deeply cooperative and deeply competitive — at the same time. Read Here – Bloomberg
Kerry Calls As India-US Row Over Diplomat Deepens
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressed his regret toIndia over the arrest and strip-search of a consular official inNew York, as the top American diplomat sought to calm a deepening row over the incident. Read Here – Bloomberg
Nanny Scandal Tests India-U.S. Ties
There’s a major diplomatic rift developing between the United States and India over the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York for underpaying her nanny. Read Here – Slate
India’s Mr M Is And The U.S. Problem
A series of elections in India last week has exposed a major diplomatic problem for the U.S. State Department: The man expected to lead the world’s largest democracy in 2014 is not legally allowed to enter the United States. Read Here – Foreign Policy
China-U.S. Ties: The Missing Trust
A survey finds that there is low level of strategic trust between the United States and China, which could make bilateral relations more turbulent. Read Here – Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
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