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Showing posts with label foreign policy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label foreign policy. Show all posts
Monday, January 20, 2020

From Lawfare: The Age of Open Assassination

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Whether constitutional or not, the author argues that they are not a good idea. - Click here for the article . The terms “assassination”...
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

From the Washington Post: Trump to sign executive orders enabling construction of proposed border wall and targeting sanctuary cities

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Today's executive actions. These appear to be actual orders, not memorandums. - Click here for the article . President Trump plans to ...
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

From the Guardian: Donald Trump dossier: intelligence sources vouch for author's credibility

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If you like spy stories, you'll love this. It describes the career of Christopher Steele - the British spy responsible for the dossier a...
Thursday, January 5, 2017

On this day in History: Eisenhower proposes new Middle East policy

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The year is 1957. This helps demonstrate how the ongoing conflict in the Middle East evolved over the past century. It also highlights the r...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

From Vox: How America became a superpower, explained in 8 minutes

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A great, great video. Something here for both 2305 and 2306. Foreign policy for the former - westward expansion for the latter. - Click here...
Wednesday, September 21, 2016

From the NYT: Bombing Case Points to Gaps in Trump’s and Clinton’s Antiterrorism Plans

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- Click here for the article . There is nothing in Donald J. Trump ’s or Hillary Clinton ’s antiterrorism plans that would have had much c...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

From the NYT: Obama, Pressing Senators, Delays Veto of Bill Exposing Saudis to 9/11 Suits

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Veto alert. It has to happen by Friday or the bill becomes law without a signature - as we know. - Click here for the article . President ...
Monday, July 4, 2016

From Vox: How America became the most powerful country on Earth, in 11 maps

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For our look at foreign policy making. The US took specific - and highly aggressive - steps over the course of its history to become dominan...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

From the Business Insider: Obama's chief of staff brought doughnuts to White House reporters amid tension over a top aide's comments

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Apparently it was to make amends. - Click here for the article . Barack Obama's chief of staff Denis McDonough on Wednesday apparentl...
Monday, June 20, 2016

From Foreign Policy: The Syria Dissent Channel Message Means The System Is Working The State Department Syria memo isn't some dangerous sign of insurrection. It's an essential instrument for sparking essential debate.

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For out look at the media's relationship with government officials. The State Department has a process in place to allow administrative ...
Sunday, April 17, 2016

From Vox: The new era of great power competition Defense Secretary Ash Carter sees a world of heightened tension and even higher stakes.

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The Secretary of Defense tries to make sense of the current geo-political landscape. - Click here for it . When Ashton Carter began his ca...

From the Atlantic: The Obama Doctrine The U.S. president talks through his hardest decisions about America’s role in the world.

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For our look in 2305 about foreign policy. Presidents tend to have their own unique approaches to foreign policy - Obama is no different. - ...
Tuesday, December 22, 2015

From the Council on Foreign Relations: Trends in U.S. Military Spending

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This is simply offered to augment the section on budgeting - as well as foreign policy. I stumbled across it and it helps address issues ass...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

The Supreme Court on the president's foreign policy powers

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This is from the majority decision in Hines v. Davidowitz . That the supremacy of the national power in the general field of foreign affai...

From the CRS: Refugee Admissions and Resettlement Policy

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This seem to be as good as any place to find an outline of US refugee policy. - Click here for the analysis . Here's the summary: A re...
Sunday, November 15, 2015

Some random items related to the Paris attacks

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For 2305 these come at a fortuitous moment since we're taking a look at foreign policy in class. General info: - Vox: Paris attacks...

The ______ Doctrine

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As we will discuss in class, foreign policy is dominated by the executive branch far more that any other area of public policy. This has bee...

From the Miller Center: John Tyler: Foreign Affairs

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This gives us a glimpse at foreign policy in the 1840s. Tyler's presidency is largely ignored, but he was in office during a period of ...
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

From the Federation of American Scientists: History of the National Security Council 1947-1997

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In case you are into this level of detail, here's a look at the steps that the US government took after WW2 following the passage of the...

It's Veteran's Day

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A little history - and a loot at Armistice Day and World War 1. Veteran's Day can be traced back to a celebration of the end of WW1 - th...