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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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