This paper evaluates US trade and cooperation policy in Central America, focusing on the impact of the Free Trade Agreement between Central America, the Dominican Republic and the United States (DR-CAFTA) and of the Millennium Challenge Account on economic development in the region
One of the most intractable national security challenges facing the United States today is its over-dependence on oil supplied from the most unstable parts of the world
A keynote speech by Kurt Volker, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, provided during the CSIS /Elcano Royal Institute dialogue on U.S.-Spain bilateral relations.
US President George W. Bush, battered by a year of political setbacks, enters 2006 hoping to regain control of his legislative agenda and nurture a new democracy in Iraq, the make-or-break issue of his presidential legacy
This is an abridged version of the conference given on 12th December last at the Elcano Royal Institute by the Director General of Foreign Policy for Asia and the Pacific Region, José Eugenio Salarich, in the run up to the public presentation of the Plan of Action
Speech of Zheng Bijian, Chairman of the China Reform Forum and one of the architects of the process of China's 'peaceful rise' implemented by President Hu Jintao.
On 14 March China approved a law that codifies its long-standing threat to use military force if Taiwan formally declares independence. The measure could touch off a destabilising action-reaction cycle that could spin out of control and draw China into unnecessary armed conflict with the United States over Taiwan
President George W. Bush’s nomination of Condoleezza Rice as Secretary of State is certain to put a more assertive stamp on US foreign policy during the next four years. By replacing Colin Powell, who frequently strayed from White House orthodoxy, Bush has signalled that he is determined to fix a dysfunctional relationship that hampered the execution of his foreign policy during his first term.
This paper analyses the issues that decisively shaped the election agenda during the United States presidential campaign and election of 2 November 2004. It can be expected that, during his second term, President George W. Bush will find different degrees of popular support to pursue new policy initiatives on various issues
The decisive re-election of President George W. Bush –with larger Republican majorities in both houses of Congress– confirms that the United States is a centre-right country. Nevertheless, the country remains divided. Indeed, the campaign highlighted cultural divisions within American society that in many ways reflect the source of the current tensions in trans-Atlantic relations
The first debate of this year’s presidential campaign was about foreign policy–which candidate could best protect America in a dangerous world–. Overall, George W Bush and his Democratic challenger, John F Kerry, did not raise many new arguments.
This is the biggest foreign-policy election in the United States since 1968. Because preventing nuclear terrorism will be the defining national security issue of the next administration, Iraq, Iran and North Korea will dominate US national security concerns. This means that US foreign policy will not fundamentally shift from the past four years, even if John Kerry wins the White House