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House Passes Budget Which Deeply Cuts International Affairs Funding
With time running out before a temporary federal funding measure expires on March 4th, the House of Representatives last week passed H.R....
Global CooperationMenendez Pushes Back Against Excessive Cuts
"I'm concerned that our interest and our challenge is incongruous with the essence of what we are trying to do here." These...
NewsThe President’s Budget Proposal: What Does It Mean For International Affairs Funding?
President Obama released his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2012 yesterday, launching the annual budgetary process in which the White House and...
Global CooperationImagining International Agreements to Limit Cyber-Warfare
The threats of cyber-terrorism or cyber-warfare have been discussed in ever widening circles for some time. As modern society and commerce rely...
Global CooperationThe United Nations: Change through Engagement
The first full committee meeting of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) was titled “The United Nations: Urgent Problems that Need Congressional...
Global CooperationA New Start on Treaties
Getting two-thirds of the Senate to agree on anything is a daunting task. So it was no small feat when the Senate...
Global CooperationHaiti: One Year Later
January 12, 2011 commemorated the 1 year anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti that claimed 220,000 lives and displaced around 2.3 million...
NewsNew START Treaty: a Win for the US and the World
The United States Senate agreed to the New START Treaty today. The bilateral nuclear arms treaty passed with bipartisan support by a...
Global CooperationReid’s Choice – Kyl’s Folly
64GVHWCP88RG The New START nukes treaty is at a critical make it or break it moment. The administration and Majority Leader Reid...
Global CooperationWhat Do Europe and the U.S. Agree On?
The Need for Allies to Work Together to Address Global Issues At an event on transatlantic relations sponsored by the Brookings Institution...
Global CooperationObama Visits India and talks UN Security Council Reform
In a recent visit to India, President Obama announced U.S. support for India taking a seat on the United Nations Security Council....