Monthly Archives: November 2011
This morning, USGLC’s own Mark Green teamed up with former OPIC CEO Rob Mosbacher to set the scene for the Busan forum in the Washington Times. They write “it is fitting that Korea plays host to this conference, as this country more than any other demonstrates how strategic aid investments can produce remarkable returns.”
“Repeating Korean Miracle Through Private Enterprise” by Mark Green and Rob Mosbacher The Washington Times, November 29, 2011 U.S. foreign policy is most successful when it projects conservative values of limited government, economic opportunity and respect for democracy and human dignity. Such values should guide the U.S. commitment to global development as world leaders, including Secretary [...]
As Congress continues to struggle to pass appropriations bills for fiscal year 2012, it has an opportunity to strengthen the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) by passing a permanent or long-term authorization of the agency. [...]
Today’s top stories from South Korea to Washington, D.C.
With an FY12 continuing resolution now in effect until December 16, House and Senate leaders are working hard to reconcile the FY12 appropriations bills from both chambers and sign them into law. [...]
In Sunday’s Washington Post, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair wrote about strategies for “ending global aid in a generation.” This morning, Admiral James Stavridis, the Commander, U.S. European Command and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe cross-posted on the USGLC blog about his conversations with USAID mission directors, saying “in this turbulent 21st century, we [...]
Cross-posted with United States European Command Blog “From the Bridge.” Click here to view original posting. Every year the Agency for International Development gathers together their 80 mission directors from around the world. At the invitation of my good friend and colleague, AID Administrator Raj Shah, I had the chance to speak to his senior [...]
At last night’s Republican presidential debate on foreign policy, Paul Wolfowitz, former Deputy Secretary of Defense, put the candidates on the spot on development assistance. After last week’s floating of “zero-based” foreign assistance (and the media buzz that followed), it wasn’t clear what direction the debate would take, but, there was no repeat performance challenging [...]
The investments we make today in the developing world will help create the jobs of tomorrow here in America. Right now, the tough choice is to maintain foreign assistance, not to cut it. Right now, the bold act of leadership is to defend spending on key international programs, not to attack it.
The programs supported by the International Affairs Budget are as essential to our national security as defense programs. Development and diplomacy protect our nation by addressing the root causes of terrorism and conflict. But it’s not just about security. By building new markets overseas for American products, the International Affairs Budget creates jobs and boosts [...]
