December 3, 2008
A single word was Barack Obama's ringing slogan as he set out on the long march to the White House. The key appointments he has made as the world waits for him to take the controls of the American government into his hands promise, in key areas, continuity more than change. Godfrey Hodgson...
go to article »November 19, 2008
"Let Reagan be Reagan!" That was the slogan of Ronald Reagan's conservative followers. They were afraid that their leader's sharp ideological thrust was being blunted by timidity and moderation. The shrewder among them were also aware that, while a president of the United States...
go to article »November 16, 2008
Barack Obama's victory in the election for the next president of the United States on 4 November 2008 was an undeniable symbol of progress for the entire world, including for the middle east. For months, as the opinion-polls fluctuated and Obama gradually established a perceptible lead, Arab po...
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To: The President of the United States From: A Wess Mitchell Subject: America's Europe Policy, Version 3.0 Mr President, You will inherit a policy agenda for Europe that was conceived twenty years ago for a world that no longer exists. That agenda was built on three bedrock assumpti...
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To: The President of the United States From: John C Hulsman Re: The Middle East Peace Process Mr President, I can only imagine how many long-winded memos you will have to wade through between election night and your inauguration. They will all have basically the same message: You mus...
go to article »November 7, 2008
"Yes we can!" With that rhythmically repeated trope, three of the simplest Anglo-Saxon monosyllables, Barack Hussein Obama greeted his victory in the United States presidential election. In the same breath he dedicated it to a future that can fulfil the audacity of his hope, and the dr...
go to article »November 5, 2008
5:30am The time-change from daylight to standard time just happened this past weekend, and my body has not yet adjusted to the difference. I am instantly wide awake, the sun just peeking in my second-storey bedroom windows. I gather consciousness, walk down to the front porch to gather the newspa...
go to article »October 19, 2008
Bill Clinton became United States president in 1992 by repeating as his mantra: "It's the economy, stupid!" The insistent message helped him to victory against an incumbent president, George HW Bush who exuded little concern about the money-worries facing millions of American families...
go to article »August 22, 2008
The dog days of the United States presidential election of 2008 are over, and at last the convention season is arriving. The Democrats meet in Denver, Colorado on 25-28 August; then the Republicans will hold their conclave in St Paul, twin city to Minneapolis, on 1-4 September (the opening day, 1 S...
go to article »July 30, 2008
Senator Barack Obama's trip to the middle east and Europe from 19-26 July 2008 was no junket. Nor was it an updated version of the old "three I's tour" that Democratic presidential candidates used to make - to Italy, Ireland and Israel - for reasons exclusively of domestic electo...
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