Feature articles in this theme:
By Steve Clemons
05 May 2009 |
World Politics Review
Throughout its history, America has experienced many kinds of
bubbles. The 19th century brought us a railroad bubble, the 20th, an
Internet bubble. Now, 100 days into a new presidency, America has
replaced the housing bubble that opened the 21st century with an Obama
bubble -- one that we and the rest of the
world desperately need.
By Joshua Muravchik
05 May 2009 |
World Politics Review
In foreign policy, although Barack Obama has not had time to do much, he has set a tone. Mr. Obama's principal goal seems to be to reverse the legacy of the Bush administration through bold demonstrations of American humility. But while his stratagem of courting our enemies and criticizing
ourselves has achieved no benefits and is not likely to, it also comes
at a price.
By Nikolas Gvosdev
05 May 2009 |
World Politics Review
The first steps of Barack Obama's presidency have given him and his team some breathing room, instituting
a "zone of separation" from the policies and approaches of their
predecessors. This should not be dismissed out of hand. But so far, what Obama largely has done is to make
promises -- ones that have been well-received, for the most part,
but not yet implemented.
By Anthony H. Cordesman
05 May 2009 |
World Politics Review
No president could restructure U.S. national security strategy in
100 days. It takes
months to translate concepts into plans and budgets,
and even urgent actions take time to implement. But having inherited one of the worst presidential legacies of the
postwar era, President Obama has made an impressive start in changing
America's image, and the goals and concepts that shape the operational realities of its national security strategy.
By Thomas P.M. Barnett
05 May 2009 |
World Politics Review
America and the world are experiencing the kind of restructuring of international affairs that only a
global collapse of economic demand can trigger.
The meteor has struck and now we shall find out who are the
dinosaurs and who are the mammals. The aura of leadership clings to those great powers whose demeanor best matches their
objective circumstances.