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A Way Out for the Developing World
By John Glenn at 11 May, 2010, 1:56 pm
Trade is the “only exit path” out of the financial crisis for the developing world, according to Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Speaking at a conference organized recently by the Bertelsmann Foundation, he declared pointedly that domestic consumption is unlikely to jump start developing countries’ economies since their populations are [...]
Read More >>Elevating Development with the PSD
By John Glenn at 10 May, 2010, 4:52 pm
After months of working quietly behind the scenes, a leaked draft of the Presidential Study Directive on Global Development (PSD-7) suggests the Administration is ready to make a major strategic commitment to elevating development as “a central pillar of our national security strategy, equal to diplomacy and defense.”
Read More >>Gates Raises Proposal for Security Assistance Reform
By John Glenn at 26 February, 2010, 5:15 pm
In a speech to the Nixon Center Wednesday, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates highlighted anew his proposal for “pooled authorities” for international security assistance to be funded and administered jointly by State and Defense – a proposal he originally made in a letter to Secretary Clinton in December. Congressional authority for this funding, known as [...]
Read More >>On the QDR
By John Glenn at 1 February, 2010, 6:06 pm
While the release of the President’s FY11 budget captured headlines, Monday also saw the release of the Department of Defense’s 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), a report published once every four years intended to articulate DoD’s strategy and priorities. The bulk of the report focuses on medium-term military strategy and funding priorities, but the 2010 [...]
Read More >>General Jones on Restoring America’s Leadership in the World
By John Glenn at 1 February, 2010, 9:50 am
Following President Obama’s State of the Union address, General James L. Jones, National Security Advisor, made a major address reviewing the national security challenges facing the Administration on January 29th at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Weaving elements of the “three-legged stool that I like to talk about” throughout his remarks, General Jones [...]
Read More >>The SFRC on the MCC
By John Glenn at 29 January, 2010, 1:51 pm
A recent letter from Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and Ranking Member Richard Lugar (R-IN) praised the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and new CEO Daniel Yohannes (with whom USGLC members also met recently). They promised to “work closely with you to ensure MCC retains the support of the Congress and remains an [...]
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