Section: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (USA)
Europe’s sputtering economic locomotive
Today’s report that the German economy managed to expand by a mere 0.1 percent in the third quarter of the year has to heighten fears of a renewed European sovereign debt crisis sometime next year. Since a highly indebted European economic periphery needs a vibrant German economy to revitalize overall European economic growth and to prevent...
The Hagel opportunity
The resignation of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel creates a golden opportunity for the new Republican majority in the Congress: not only will the hearings on Hagel’s replacement be a natural venue for reviewing the defense reductions and many retreats of the Obama years, but they provide a forum for Republicans to begin to chart a positive...
Long live the Maidan!
The Ukrainian revolution, which began a year ago, started with no more than 150 people deciding to stay on Independence Square (also known as the Maidan) to protest the decision of former President Viktor Yanukovich to turn away from signing an Association Agreement with the European Union and, instead, accept $15 billion from Moscow, on top of a...
It’s time for India and the US to band together
India’s recently elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi just enjoyed a very successful visit to the United States. Modi, who is the head of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is a very different kind of leader than those of the ousted Congress Party. He appears to be substantially pro-foreign investment and in favor of market-based reforms to...
A budget roadmap for rebuilding US military strength
The self-evident strain showing across the US military — due to a relentless pace of operations after Iraq and Afghanistan combined with six years of budget and capability cuts — is of increasing concern in the halls of Washington. Growing bipartisan calls, like that of the National Defense Panel, to reverse recent budget decisions and rebuild...
The Greek exit, part II
One has to be struck by the financial market’s present equanimity about Europe’s deteriorating economic and political outlook as reflected in very low European sovereign bond yields. The reason for astonishment is not simply that all-too-many indicators suggest that a highly indebted European economy appears to be heading for a...
Obama goes to Asia
Visiting Beijing for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting just days after his party suffered huge losses in the midterm elections, President Obama appears to be playing into the stereotype that domestically beleaguered U.S. presidents focus on foreign policy in the final years of their term. Such a turn is a trickier proposition...
Who is at fault in Ukraine?
Foreign Affairs has recently published a number of articles examining the extent to which the ongoing crisis in Ukraine is the West’s fault. Those articles sparked a heated debate, so they decided to ask a broader pool of experts to state whether they agree or disagree with the following statement and to rate their confidence level about...
Remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power: Reforming peacekeeping in a time of conflict
Good afternoon.I’ve come here today to talk to about UN peacekeeping. There is a lot going on in the world right now, but the urgent, critical issues on our plate should not divert us from an important fact: the United States has a vital interest – and a critical role to play – in strengthening peacekeeping to meet demands that peacekeepers...
A dying dream: Europe’s never-ending economic nightmare
This past Saturday the members of the new European Commission, the “cabinet” of the European Union’s executive branch, took office. Led by former Luxembourgish prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker, the new Commission faces a wide range of challenges both within the Union and in its near abroad. The EU faces an unemployment rate higher than 10...
