Posts Under ‘foreign policy’ Category

In Praise of FP Magazine

I am a huge fan of Foreign Policy magazine’s website. In addition to their terrific roster of bloggers, they put up a treasure trove of original content every day. I’m convinced they’ve hit on a successful journalistic formula. The lively mag site on the web is a different animal from the print version. The two…Continue Reading…

No Longer a Foreign Affair

When deforestation is covered in places like this, the environmental debate becomes much richer and expansive:

Green Alert

It’s not news that some sectors (and top brass) in the U.S. military are taking environmental issues seriously. But what’s news to me is that a legendary Vietnamese war general–someone who played an instrumental role in defeating France and then the U.S.– has suddenly gone green. According to this Grist story, Gen.Vo Nguyen Giap is…Continue Reading…

Greening U.S.-China Relations

This op-ed in the Christian Science Monitor suggests that “environmental engagement” could serve as sort of a back-door channel for easing U.S.-China tensions: Environmental collaboration is unlikely to hit politically sensitive buttons, and thus offers great potential to deepen dialogue and cooperation. Military-to-military dialogue can facilitate the sharing of best practices on a range of…Continue Reading…