GLOBAL JOB BOARD

Post & search global jobs

More Jobs

GLOBAL EVENTS

Post & search global events

More Events

Foreign Policy Blogs
  • Cuba and the power of resolver

    The Americas - Cuba and the power of resolver

    I returned recently from several weeks in Cuba spent at a fascinating time. The Cuban government is in the middle of a gradual series of economic reforms that amount to an overhaul of the inefficient, troubled Cuban economy. The current centrally managed system is becoming one that allows for more ...

  • Farewell My Lady

    Europe - Farewell My Lady

      Margaret Thatcher, also known as the Iron Lady, has died on April 8th. The media and think tank planets have not missed the occasion to discuss her policies, attitudes and legacies. I will neither write an obituary nor a commentary on Ms. Thatcher, but rather list below the most outstanding ...

  • No News Is Bad News for Brazil

    The Americas - No News Is Bad News for Brazil

    Brazil’s economy has turned tepid. Last year growth was one perccent, the lowest rate of any major emerging economy. Mexico is now Latin America’s growth darling. Meanwhile Sao Paulo’s jetsetters are squirreling away their savings in Miami real estate, a trend that perhaps has less to do with ...

  • NO: The Rest of the Story

    The Americas - NO: The Rest of the Story

    If you have not seen it, you ought to check out the new Chilean movie NO. A fictionalized account of the campaign to remove Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet through a plebiscite, it was one of this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Foreign ...

  • The Iraq Endgame and the Lessons for Afghanistan: An Update

    Asia - The Iraq Endgame and the Lessons for Afghanistan: An Update

    Washington is in a rush and everyone knows it The U.S. commentariat spent much of last month ruminating over the lessons of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq.  Left unexamined were the important lessons relating to the U.S. endgame in that country and how they should be applied to the accelerating ...

  • An intimate conversation with HR Ashton

    Europe - An intimate conversation with HR Ashton

    Several weeks ago, HR Ashton, EU foreign policy chief, announced that she will be done at the end of her mandate in 2014. In an interview – posted below – orchestrated by Steven Erlanger, Paris Bureau Chief of the New York Times, and organized by the German Marshall Fund, ...

  • Cuba’s Little Bird Flies Free

    The Americas - Cuba’s Little Bird Flies Free

    Freedom is fundamentally the possibility of standing on a street corner and shouting “There is no freedom here!” — Yoani Sanchez Cuban dissident Yoani Sanchez is fond of comparing Cubans to little birds in a cage – captives who are given free education, food, and water but who are still ...

  • Come, All Ye Hopeful

    Europe - Come, All Ye Hopeful

    “Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.” That is how a famous prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi starts; the very saint that Pope Francis took his name from, a saint known for his philanthropy and love of nature. As though a reflection of Saint Francis, the Pope, in ...

More Blogs