In July 2003, President George W. Bush made a five-nation tour of Africa. The purpose of the visit was to cast American foreign policy in a gentler light after the diplomatic donnybrook over Iraq — by, among other things, showcasing the Bush administration’s seriousness about combating Africa’s AIDS pandemic. But Africa didn’t have the president’s […]
Michael Steinberger
Michael Steinberger is a senior editor at Foreign Policy magazine.
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Hocking a Lugar
So the White House got its man through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: John Bolton was approved for a floor vote for confirmation as UN ambassador, albeit without a committee recommendation. Even before today’s vote, it was clear who was the biggest loser in this sorry episode: committee chairman Richard Lugar. Throughout the Bolton debacle, […]
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Neo-Economics
In late January, after weeks of waiting for a sign that the Bush administration would lead a coordinated effort to try to prevent the dollar’s recent slide from turning into a full-fledged crash, the world finally seemed to get the message. “There’s nobody home on economic policy in America right now,” a frustrated Morgan Stanley […]
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Annan and On
The call for Kofi Annan’s resignation has gotten louder and louder as the conservative media flogs the overblown oil-for-food scandal. But should liberals be calling for Annan to go — on wholly different grounds? Prospect senior correspondent Michael Steinberger argues the case against Annan, while Ian Williams, UN correspondent for The Nation and author of […]
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Annan and On
The call for Kofi Annan’s resignation has gotten louder and louder as the conservative media flogs the overblown oil-for-food scandal. But should liberals be calling for Annan to go — on wholly different grounds? Prospect senior correspondent Michael Steinberger argues the case against Annan, while Nation UN correspondent Ian Williams, author of The UN for […]
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Annan and On
The call for Kofi Annan’s resignation has gotten louder and louder as the conservative media flogs the overblown oil-for-food scandal. But should liberals be calling for Annan to go — on wholly different grounds? Prospect senior correspondent Michael Steinberger argues the case against Annan, while Nation UN correspondent Ian Williams, author of The UN for […]
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Spreading Democracy Thin
Hong Kong voters go to the polls September 12 to elect a new Legislative Council. LegCo, as it’s known, symbolizes the “high degree” of autonomy that Hong Kong was promised when it reverted Chinese rule in 1997; with a record 30 of 60 seats to be filled this year by universal suffrage (the rest are […]
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Get Real
Among conservative commentators, and in certain quasi-liberal circles, there’s been lots of tut-tutting in recent weeks about John Kerry’s foreign-policy instincts. What has these concerned citizen-pundits nervously stroking their chins is the suspicion that Kerry is a “realist” who has no particular interest in promoting democracy and human rights abroad. It may well be that […]
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Eastward, Whoa
The European Union formally welcomes 10 new members on Saturday, in the process extending its borders all the way to Russia’s doorstep. It is a monumental triumph for the architects of European integration, and with agreement on a draft constitution for the EU now within reach, they could soon have even more reason to break […]
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Misoverestimated
In July 2003, President George W. Bush made a five-nation tour of Africa. The purpose of the visit was to cast American foreign policy in a gentler light after the diplomatic donnybrook over Iraq — by, among other things, showcasing the Bush administration’s seriousness about combating Africa’s AIDS pandemic. But Africa didn’t have the president’s […]
