Updated 11/5 10:00 PM EST US Ambassador Ryan Crocker said today that the United States' general policy towards Iraq will not change after the election of Democratic Party nominee Barack Obama to be the next President of the United States. This seems to also be the...
Obama May Keep Some Bush Foreign Policies
President-elect Barack Obama's 300 member foreign policy team already moved from campaign to transition mode weeks ago, and now the challenge begins in earnest to prepare his administration for the various wars and other foreign policy challenges it will face after...
Israelis Wary of Obama Presidency
Though Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said she believes that President-elect Barack Obama will maintain America's "close strategic cooperation" with Israel and continue the "unshakable special relationship," many Israelis are reportedly uncertain of what the...
President Obama – A World Reacts
After what wound up being a relatively early-call for the major networks and a landslide electoral victory, Senator Barack Obama is set to become the 44th President of the United States. But as much of America celebrates and the new President-elect eyes his new role...
Obama Wins
As of 11 PM EST tonight, Democratic Party Presidential nominee Barack Hussein Obama has been declared by all major networks to be the victor of the 2008 campaign, and the junior Senator from Illinois will be inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of...
President-Elect Obama Likely to Chart More Afghan-Centric Foreign Policy
Today's presidential election has been decided, and Democratic Senator Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States of America. And though President-elect Obama is unlikely to make any wholesale changes to America's foreign policy when he takes office...
Election’s Impact on War and Peace
Americans head to the polls today to decide on a successor to President Bush, and if the multi-hour long lines at polling places across the country early today are any indication, the turnout will be enormous. And while the foreign policy positions of the two major...
Indian Govt Dismisses Obama “Rhetoric” on Kashmir
In a move that has riled up some members of India's opposition parties, Barack Obama linked the tensions in Indian Kashmir with Pakistan's clashes with militants along its border with Afghanistan, and suggested that "we should probably try to facilitate a better...
Like US, Iraqis Divided on McCain, Obama
With 150,000-plus US soldiers still in their country over five years after the invasion, the Iraqi public is watching the upcoming US presidential election with great interest. But much like the American public, they appear divided on whether Republican Party nominee...
McCain, Obama Advisers Get Secret Afghan Briefing
The New York Times is reporting that the Bush Administration held a secret meeting two weeks ago to brief advisers from the campaigns of both Republican Presidential nominee John McCain and his Democratic Party counterpart Barack Obama on the ever-deteriorating...