U.S. and the World

Resolving broken promises: a recipe for economic recovery

Steve Suranovic - U.S. and the World - 23/3/2012
The US economy is growing stronger every month. GDP, total employment, and the stock market index are all rising, while the unemployment rate is finally coming down. Still, despite the good news, there seems to be a notable lack of excitement and exuberance. This good news has been too long coming and the pace of economic growth remains lackluster compared to previous economic recoveries...

Afghanistan: per gli USA, un ritiro più rapido?

Emanuele Giordana - U.S. and the World - 16/3/2012
Non c'era forse peggior viatico possibile per la visita del primo ministro britannico David Cameron negli Stati uniti che la vicenda del sergente americano che, alla vigilia della partenza, ha fatto strage di civili in un distretto della provincia afgana di Kandahar...

Obama’s Asian pivot viewed from Australia

Michael Fullilove - U.S. and the World - 13/3/2012
Last November, President Barack Obama spoke to the Australian Parliament about a “deliberate and strategic decision” he had taken to engage more fully in Asia. When it came to this region, the president said, the United States was “all in.” He also announced that by 2016, 2,500 U.S. marines will be on rotation in the north of Australia...

Washington’s Fading Faith in Deterrence

Ted Galen Carpenter - U.S. and the World - 12/3/2012
Deterrence and containment were the twin pillars of U.S...

Debating decline, sidelining foreign policy

Gregorio Bettiza and Emiliano Alessandri - U.S. and the World - 12/3/2012
As the US economy improves, Syria continues its descent into chaos and Iran carries on its enrichment program, foreign policy is acquiring a more prominent role in the 2012 presidential contest than initially expected...

Extending the West requires rethinking mental maps

Ian O. Lesser - U.S. and the World - 12/3/2012
The idea of extending the West – a club of like-minded countries – has been at the heart of transatlantic debates over the past two decades. It had tangible expression in EU and NATO enlargement. Today, both of these processes are now less central and less strategic...

The next US president and Europe’s defense

Alessandro Marrone - U.S. and the World - 23/2/2012
Recently, America’s disengagement from Europe has been a focus of debate in more and more quarters. Indeed, a number of indicators point out a strategic re-orientation of American defense and foreign policy away from the European theater – and even from NATO – and this trend can only partly be influenced by the next US president...

How Asia’s economy is key for America

Donatello Osti - U.S. and the World - 20/2/2012
Economic growth and job creation will be key issues in the 2012 presidential campaign. With the European economy in the doldrums, only Asia is capable of spurring US economic growth. The recent visit of Xi Jinping – the likely future president of China – to the White House reinforces the narrative that US jobs are tightly linked to China...

Candidati e politica estera: ambizioni e limiti di bilancio.

Mattia Ferraresi - U.S. and the World - 15/2/2012
A metà del primo mandato di Barack Obama, l’America sembrava sulla strada dell’isolazionismo...

Worrisome Belligerence: GOP Presidential Candidates and Foreign Policy

Ted Galen Carpenter - U.S. and the World - 15/2/2012
Foreign policy has not featured prominently in the campaign among Republican candidates for the presidential nomination. That may be a blessing in disguise. On the relatively rare occasions when those aspirants for the White House do address foreign policy topics, it is enough to make intelligent voters wish that the candidates would stick to domestic topics...