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The Misery Of Roxana Saberi

April 18, 2009 – 5:09 pm

Roxana Saberi, for those who do not know, is an NPR journalist from Iran. She has been detained on charges of spying since January of this year, and she has just been sentenced to eight years in prison.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Foreign Relations, Iran, Roxana Saberi | Comments

Obama And Chavez: BFFs?

April 18, 2009 – 1:17 pm

I am in favor of talks with Cuba because I believe that such talks, which would include a discussion of human rights abuses in Cuba, would help put renewed pressure on the Cuban regime to liberalize, change and reform.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, foreign policy, Hugo Chavez, Summit of the Americas, Venezuela | Comments

Guns To Mexico: Inflating The Figures

April 18, 2009 – 12:53 pm

The degree to which Mexico is increasingly resembling a failed state has gotten a lot of discussion in foreign policy circles, but not nearly as much discussion as it needs. Mexico has attracted the attention and interest of the Obama Administration, which is a good thing, but unfortunately, the Obama Administration appears to be playing fast and loose with the facts when it comes to the state of affairs in Mexico.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, foreign policy, guns, Mexico, Obama Administration | Comments

Take The Deal

April 17, 2009 – 8:54 am

I am not in favor of unconditional talks with foreign leaders, as I think that there are various conditions that need to be set with a great many of them. That having been written, I would jump at the report that Cuba wants to talk to the United States if I had anything to say about foreign policy as a member of the Obama Administration, especially given the scope of the talks that Cuba suggests:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Cuba, foreign policy, Obama Administration, United States | Comments

Marque And Reprisal

April 16, 2009 – 9:01 am

My colleague, Ben Domenech, has penned a very nice examination of Ron Paul’s very good idea to use letters of marque and reprisal to create a new class of privateers that can take on pirates abroad:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged foreign policy, Letters Of Marque And Reprisal, National Security, Pirates, Ron Paul | Comments

Reaganism And Foreign Affairs

April 16, 2009 – 1:11 am

I enjoyed reading this appreciation of Ronald Reagan by William Inboden, but what he terms as “the limits of realism,” I would term as realism’s ultimate triumph.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Cold War, foreign policy, History, International Relations, Reagan Administration, Realism, Realpolitik, Ronald Reagan, Soviet Union | Comments

Pirates Defeated

April 12, 2009 – 8:40 pm

Kudos to the Navy in general and the Navy SEALs in particular. The Financial Times has a good story on the matter, including a description of the President’s role in authorizing the rescue:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, foreign policy, Obama Administration, Pirates | Comments

Omidreza Mirsayafi

April 12, 2009 – 1:09 pm

Remember his name:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Blogging, Civil Liberties, foreign policy, Human Rights, Iran, Omidreza Mirsayafi, Political Freedoms | Comments

Resolved: Hugo Chavez Actually IS A Dictator

April 12, 2009 – 12:55 pm

There has been, quite amazingly, a great deal of argument concerning whether Hugo Chavez is a tyrant. I would have thought that the issue was settled a while ago, but since there still appears to be doubt, let’s turn to the Financial Times, which gives us details of the latest outrage from Venezuela:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Authoritarianism, Dictatorship, foreign policy, Hugo Chavez, Tyranny, Venezuela | Comments

Dear, Sick Leader

April 11, 2009 – 12:31 am

Not looking too good, eh?

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged foreign policy, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-un, North Korea | Comments

The Obama World Apology Tour

April 10, 2009 – 1:00 am

It may charm the planet, but it’s setting us up for a fall.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, foreign policy, Obama Administration, World Apology Tour | Comments

Cheap

April 7, 2009 – 8:45 am

Remember how “stingy” the Bush Administration was accused of being during the Asian tsunami back in 2004?

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Cheap, Earthquake, foreign policy, Italy, Obama Administration, Stingy | Comments

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