Obama Announces New U.S. Global Development Policy at UN
President Obama just gave a very strong speech at the United Nations General Assembly, announcing a new U.S. Global Development Policy, including...
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NewsNew START Bipartisan Victory in Foreign Relations Committee
Five months after being signed by the President, the New START treaty successfully made it out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...
The Lesson of Iraq
As published in the Huffington Post President Obama, speaking from the Oval Office, told the nation (and the world) that it is...
The Unified Security Budget: Getting the Most Bang for Our National Security Buck
As published in the Huffington Post Here's something you don't hear every day--a Secretary of Defense talking about reducing military spending. Yet...
New START vs. the Tea Party: What’s the Greatest Threat?
Written by Don Kraus for the Huffington Post What's more dangerous: the thousands of nukes that will still target U.S. and Russian...
Global JusticeJustice for Darfur Victims – Jail for Bashir
Written by Don Kraus for the Huffington Post The indictment of Sudanese President al-Bashir on charges of genocide by the International Criminal...
Peace Movement AWOL on Aggression
I just published this oped on the Huffington Post: Our nation is blessed with a conscience that demands an end to unjust...
Human RightsTime to Make History With CEDAW
The bumper sticker on my wife's car reads, "Well-behaved women seldom make history!" I believe proponents of CEDAW, the Women's Treaty, have...
A Global National Security Strategy
Today the Obama administration releases its first National Security Strategy (NSS). The NSS is a document prepared periodically by the executive branch...
Global JusticeNo Immunity for National Leaders in the ‘Shadow of the Court’
Last night I had the pleasure of participation in a presentation at the Council on Foreign Relations given by Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the...
Obama on the Nobel Prize “A Call To Action”
I was pleased by President Obama's 'aw-shucks' comments on winning the Nobel Peace Prize, saying: "After I received the news, Malia walked...
Open Letter to President Obama for World Ocean’s Day: The Law of the Sea – Why Now?
Dear President Obama, I write to you to urge you to inaugurate World Oceans Day on June 8th by taking leadership and...