List of Barack Obama articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Senior U.S. Diplomat Raises ‘Dumb Blonde’ Incident with Turkish Officials
The State Department has responded with a mix of opprobrium and humor after the mayor of Turkey’s capital city referred to State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf as a “stupid blonde” for criticizing the way Turkish police tactics handled a 2013 demonstration.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama’s Social Media Hits and Misses
President Obama's social media guru is leaving. Here are some of his best, and worst, social media campaigns.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 After Key Departure, Kerry Reorganizes Leadership Team
Following the departure of his top aide, Secretary of State John Kerry is overhauling his leadership team amid concerns about who is running Foggy Bottom while he embarks on another year of high stakes diplomacy and grueling globetrotting, senior State Department officials told Foreign Policy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Dump Realism. It’s Time For a Conservative Internationalism
It's time to devise a new middle ground foreign policy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama Taps Insider Gayle Smith to Lead USAID
President Obama picks Gayle Smith, a member of his inner circle, to take over USAID.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Denial Keeps the Genocide Alive
Armenians can’t put the genocide behind them while Turks deny their responsibility — and the United States turns a blind eye.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Japan’s Abe Sells Trade Deal to Congress
In a 50-minute minute speech in Washington, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made his most high-profile pitch yet for a trans-Pacific trade pact that has divided U.S. lawmakers and turned liberal Democrats against the White House over concerns about job losses and wage stagnation.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 White House to U.N.: First Iran, Then Mideast Peace
Wary of alienating Congress while Iran nuclear talks advance, the Obama administration is putting the brakes on a new U.N. Security Council push for an Israel-Palestine resolution.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Plus some things I still don’t know and would like to get some answers to
What is the Obama Administration’s plan going forward for Syria?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Where Do We Draw the Line on Balancing China?
The United States needs to think carefully about how far it wants to commit to limiting Beijing’s rising power.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Make Sure Iran Is a Nuclear Non-Proliferator
Without fanfare or hoopla, the NPT has succeeded in making the world a safer place. And now Tehran is back in the fold.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Pakistan Helped Weinstein Family Arrange Ransom
The family of American aid worker Warren Weinstein paid a $250,000 ransom in a failed effort to win his release, three years before he was killed in a botched U.S. drone strike.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Illusory precision: Some thoughts on drone strikes after the Weinstein incident
When editors and bookers call wanting a comment on some breaking act of violence, the safe response is this: “I’ll need to wait until the facts are in.” Or: “I don’t want to speculate…” The promise of drones has been that the facts would always be in.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The United States Does Not Know Who It’s Killing
A remorseful acknowledgment of the drone deaths of American civilians is not an acceptable answer for a counterterrorism policy out of control.
