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Foreign Policy
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Cov Africa
What Premier Li’s Visit to Ethiopia Says About China’s Plans for the Continent
As Secretary of State John Kerry wraps up his four nation visit to Africa and Commerce Secretary, Penny Pritzker prepares to visit Ghana, Nigeria and Ethiopia later this month, Chinese…
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Richard Haass: A Foreign Policy Flirting With Chaos – WSJ.com
American foreign policy is in troubling disarray. The result is unwelcome news for the world, which largely depends upon the United States to promote order in the absence of any…
International Law Prof Blog
President Obama Signs Law Banning Iran’s UN Ambassador, But With a Signing Statement that the Law is Only “Advisory”
The Islamic Republic of Iran has named as its new Ambassador to the United Nations a man who was involved in the taking of hostages at the U.S. Embassy in…
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Foreign Policy: From Bad to None | National Review Online
Barack Obama had a foreign policy for about five years, and now he has none.via www.nationalreview.com
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Court to Rule on Separation of Powers in Foreign Affairs
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear Zivotofsky v. Kerry--or, rather, to rehear the case, this time on the merits. The case tests…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Woody on Securities Laws and Foreign Policy
Karen E. Woody has posted Securities Laws as Foreign Policy on SSRN with the following abstract:The SEC was founded in 1934 and bestowed by Congress with a three-pronged mission: (a) protecting…
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Obama Handles Russia Like Republicans: Overpromise, Under-Deliver, and Write Off – NationalJournal.com
President Obama came to office nursing dreams "of forging a new partnership" with a stubborn rival. When times got tough, he abandoned the relationship and adopted dusty zero-sum gain policies…
Cov Africa
Boko Haram and U.S.-Nigeria Relations
On March 18, 2014, National Security Advisor Susan Rice met with governors from Nigeria to explore, among other topics, how the U.S. can work together with the state governments in…
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Obama s Anemic Speech in Europe – NYTimes.com
Still, his Brussels speech, presented as a capstone of his visit and one of those Obama specials designed to offset with eloquence a deficit of deeds, was a poor performance…
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Washington is headed for disaster: Column
In Lightning Fall, American diplomats (in a thinly disguised Hillary Clinton administration) seem unable to grasp that other nations might be happy to see the United States destroyed or drastically…