March 26, 2012
The White House and Your House: Policy Inertia and Organizational Resistance in the On-going Crisis of American Housing
Ask any of the Republican presidential hopefuls in this long and drawn out primary season what in general is wrong with the economic policies of the Obama Administration, and they will each tell you that the economy is under-performing now because the current Administration intervenes in its workings too frequently and too heavily. They […] read more »
June 15, 2011
The War on Terror: An Update
In one critical respect, the Obama Administration had a “good” first half of 2011 in their inherited war on terror. On May 1st a team of navy seals found and killed Osama bin Laden. The release of that news prompted some fairly distasteful domestic demonstrations of American jingoism. read more »
September 18, 2010
“Turning the Page” in Iraq and Afghanistan
“Obama envisions no major changes in Afghan strategy. Despite discouraging news from Afghanistan and growing doubts in Congress and among the American public, the Obama administration has concluded that its war strategy is sound and that a December review, once seen as a pivotal moment, is unlikely to yield any major changes” (The Washington Post, […] read more »
May 7, 2010
Chapter 9: May 2010 Update
The war in Afghanistan has largely vanished from public view in 2010. The death toll among US service personnel crossed the 1000 mark in late February, but went largely unreported. The rising cost in US lives reflected the new military push against the Taliban in Helmund province. US casualties in Iraq have now leveled out, […] read more »
January 28, 2010
Chapter 9: Reviewing 2009
The Move from Iraq to Afghanistan Five key developments are particularly worthy of note in 2009 l. The slow run down of the US military presence in Iraq 2. The escalation of the US military presence in Afghanistan 3. Stalemate on the peace progress in the Middle East 4. The Obama acceptance of the Nobel […] read more »