Tag Archives: world affairs

Barely A Deal, Certainly Not A Solution

10/16/2013 Published on Forbes.com
“Berrinche.” That’s the word many Mexicans now use to describe Washington. What does it mean? Tantrums. The Mexicans, and indeed our critics across the globe, couldn’t be more on the money. Our legislators have become nothing more than petulant children,…

What Do We Do Now? The Way Forward For The President, Congress And America

10/03/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Things look very different than 2011. Indeed, the conflict over raising the debt ceiling strikes a familiar note. And the power players are the same, too. But while President Obama talked to House Speaker Boehner almost every day during the…

Government Shutdown Courtesy Of The Republicans

09/30/2013 Published on Forbes.com
It wasn’t supposed to go this way. The Republicans’ latest maneuver appears to be a complete failure – we are headed for a government shutdown, and fast. It appears that the Republicans, and certainly Senator Ted Cruz, have become the…

The Printed Word

08/06/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Douglas E. Schoen and Jessica Tarlov The printing press rocked the world by spreading literature and news to the masses for the first time. A wild, bold entrepreneurial streak created the most efficient, durable way we consume information. The internet…

The US Must Follow Through On Middle East Aid Commitments

08/05/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Douglas E. Schoen and Joshua Schoen The Arab Israeli peace talks are on the verge of being restarted after three years. This raises questions as to what the United States’ broader strategic interests are and what role Middle Eastern states…

Egypt Highlights The United States’ Impotence

07/05/2013 Published on Forbes.com
The situation in Egypt highlights the quandary the United States also finds itself in in Syria and, to put it bluntly, our nation’s impotence. To be clear, the quandary is three parted. The first part is the question of whether…

What Does Rowhani’s Election As Iran’s President Mean for America?

06/16/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Iranian President-elect Hassan Rowhani (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) The election of Hassan Rowhani as the next Iranian president is a clear rebuke of the current regime. The final count shows Rowhani with a remarkable fifty-two percent of the…

Edward Snowden And The Obama Agenda

06/12/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Move up http://i.forbesimg.com tMove down Google’s War On Government Secrecy Kashmir Hill Forbes Staff After NSA Leaks, Senators Re-Introduce Bill To Reduce Patriot Act Secrecy Andy Greenberg Forbes Staff As the world was first introduced to Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old…

What Really Happened In Benghazi?

05/14/2013 Published on Forbes.com
On Monday President Obama delivered a defense of his administration’s response to the Benghazi attacks: he said that nothing new came out in last week’s hearings, that he called the Benghazi attack what it was–a terror attack–the day after it…

The Age of Disruption

02/26/2013 Published on Forbes.com
We seem to be always in crisis these days. Paralysis, gridlock, partisanship, and stale thinking from our political class abound. Politicians cling to their party lines with no vision for how they are actually going to get anything done. The…