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The 'Should We Stay or Should We Go?' Matrix

(Click here to see a full-sized version of the matrix.) 1. Howard Dean: The former DNC chairman, who opposed the war in Iraq, is an Afghanistan hawk for national security and humanitarian (women's rights) reasons. He believes that "we can win this war ...

From BARRON YOUNGSMITH, NOAH KRISTULA-GREEN, BEN BERNSTEIN, JULIE SOBEL, The New Republic,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Taliban,  Stanley A. McChrystal,  Howard Dean,  Al-Qaeda

TNR on the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Twenty years ago today, the Berlin Wall fell, bringing with it euphoria, foreboding, joy, and confusion. TNR had plenty to say on the subject. Read through this collection for some of our best archived pieces from the period. "After the Wall" TNR's ...

From BARRON YOUNGSMITH, The New Republic,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hendrik Hertzberg,  Ian Buruma

From the Archives: The Death of Che Guevara, and More

Honduras's constitutional crisis has ended, thanks in part to the efforts of the U.S. State Department. What does it all mean? To get some perspective, TNR has unearthed some fascinating pieces on Latin America from the archives. Take a look: "The Case ...

From BARRON YOUNGSMITH, The New Republic,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Che Guevara,  Hugo Chávez,  US State Department

Insights from TNR's Extensive Afghanistan Coverage

Barack Obama is currently mulling what will certainly be some of the defining choices of his presidency: Should he send a lot more troops to Afghanistan, as his commander there has recommended, and, if so, what should their objectives be? Understanding ...

From BARRON YOUNGSMITH, The New Republic,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Taliban,  Peter Bergen,  Al-Qaeda,  Hamid Karzai

BREAKING: Obama's Darfur Policy Supports the ICC, Elevates Counter-Terrorism

A few things stand out upon a first reading of Obama's official Sudan policy announcement, TNR's copy of which is pasted below. One is the stark language it uses regarding President Omar Al Bashir's indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) ...

From BARRON YOUNGSMITH, The New Republic,  19 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  International Criminal Court,  U.S. Congress,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  James B. Steinberg

The Obama Administration Finally Has an Official Darfur Policy. But Where’s Obama?

For months, the White House has been saying that President Obama would personally roll out the results of his administration's long-delayed Sudan Policy Review, which will officially set the direction of U.S. policy for Darfur and South Sudan, a region ...

From BARRON YOUNGSMITH, The New Republic,  18 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Susan E. Rice,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Don Cheadle

Hillary in Moscow: Will the New START Treaty Cripple Conventional U.S. Military Power?

The news surrounding today's meeting between Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is pretty bad. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has taken the opportunity to dump cold water on our hopes for more Iran sanctions and to trumpet a Sino- ...

From BARRON YOUNGSMITH, The New Republic,  13 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  U.S. Senate,  Sergei Lavrov,  Vladimir Putin,  Barack Obama

One Issue Where Obama Really Is Winning

Among President Obama's attempts to pass far-reaching liberal legislation this year, his signature plan to overhaul the way students receive college loans has probably received the least attention. Yet, right now, it's arguably the issue on which Obama ...

From BARRON YOUNGSMITH, The New Republic,  7 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. House of Representatives,  Tom Harkin,  Bob Casey, Jr.,  U.S. Democratic Party

The Tragedy of Bud McFarlane

What is Robert "Bud" McFarlane doing meddling in Sudan? Twenty-three years ago, as Ronald Reagan's National Security Advisor, he embarked on a secret mission to Tehran--which he and his future successor, John Poindexter, had promoted in the White House- ...

From BARRON YOUNGSMITH, The New Republic,  30 Sep 2009

Related Topics: White House,  Ronald Reagan,  Robert McFarlane,  John Poindexter,  U.S. Congress

Our Sudan Policy is in Dismal Shape

While Scott Gration's appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in August was deeply uninspiring, in the weeks that followed, the U.S. special envoy to Sudan did manage to make some fitful progress. He prevented a violent resolution to ...

From BARRON YOUNGSMITH, The New Republic,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Senate Foreign Relations Committee,  Barack Obama

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