At the outset of his campaign, I had severe reservations about Barack Obama’s ability to lead on foreign policy. His charisma and ability to transform politics initially drew me to support his candidacy. As one of the very few Americans who base their vote largely on a candidate’s foreign policy, I was concerned about his […]
Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal published a fascinating article about the foreign policy teams of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The essential thesis of the article Obama is putting together an army of advisors in an effort to articulate a grand strategy while Clinton is relying on a small group of advisors to advance her incrementalist […]
In early August, Barack Obama – who for the purposes of full disclosure I support in the Democratic primaries – gave a speech called “The War We Need to Win.” Although it received most of its press attention due to a somewhat controversial assertion that if Musharraf would not act against actionable intelligence in Pakistan […]