Monthly Archives: November 2009
Yesterday, the Kerry-Lugar-Menendez-Corker initial aid reform bill, S.1524, passed out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by a vote of 14-3. Voting against were Sens. Jim Webb (D-VA), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), and James Inhofe (R-OK). As interesting as the vote were the comments by committee members. Chairman Kerry declared there was a need to “modernize and [...]
As an influential leader in your community and member of the USGLC’s Florida Advisory Committee, please join us for a special event on the future of smart power in American foreign policy. This event is part of our Putting Smart Power to Work series – the USGLC’s new campaign to build sustained support for international [...]
Foreign Policy Journal A Front Row Seat on Smart Development Ken Hackett November 14, 2009 Helping the world’s poor find their way to a prosperous and sustainable future is not an exact science. There is no formula that will produce the right answer. But this elusive goal is worth striving for. This week I end [...]
The Huffington Post The Importance of “Democracy Promotion” J. Brian Atwood November 16, 2009 “Out with the old; in with the new.” This aphorism has produced some strange results over the years as one administration succeeds another as the curator of American foreign policy. In the Reagan era, for example, it was forbidden to use [...]
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has joined all of the other eight living former secretaries of state as a member of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition’s Advisory Council. Dr. Rice is currently the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, where she is also a professor of political science. The [...]
Nils Daulaire Director of the Office of Global Health Affairs Acting
The business community understands the importance of a robust International Affairs Budget, as evidenced by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s support for the FY11 Letters to the President circulating on the Hill right now. In their endorsement letter to Congress, the U.S. Chamber stated, “American businesses understand that diplomacy and development assistance play vital roles [...]
