Punahou School alumni Commentary

Russia Optimistic

Andranik Migranyan | Jul 15, 2010
Hillary Clinton's tough talk in Eastern Europe prompted little reaction from Moscow—a sign that U.S.-Russia relations are moving in the right direction.

Clinton's Reassurance Mission

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Jul 06, 2010
 Washington needs to offer Moscow concrete incentives if it wants results. Just look at the S-300 deal.

The Reset is Working

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Jun 21, 2010
Russia canceled the sale of an air-defense system to Iran because America made a fair counteroffer.

Obama’s Security Strategy is Clueless

Ted Galen Carpenter | May 28, 2010
Fluffy talk about “burden sharing” and multilateralism won’t keep America secure.

Ignoring Russia

Paul J. Saunders | May 11, 2010
Obama should have gone to Moscow’s Victory Day Parade. Small slights to Russia won’t help us get its cooperation on bigger issues like Iran.

Fire Napolitano

Jacob Heilbrunn | May 04, 2010
She doesn’t understand the risk of domestic terrorism. It’s time for her to go.

Checks & Balances

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Apr 14, 2010
The reset with Russia won’t amount to anything unless Congress is on board.

An American Treaty

Julia Ioffe | Apr 08, 2010
The new arms deal with Russia is a historic achievement—for Obama. The Kremlin couldn’t care less and is focused on a wholly different set of foreign-policy issues.

George Washington vs. Barack Obama

Dimitri K. Simes | Mar 26, 2010
Obama’s obsession with health-care reform at a time of war and international crisis is nothing short of an abrogation of his responsibilities as commander in chief.

Dr. Obama

Jacob Heilbrunn | Mar 24, 2010
The president’s health-care fix better reduce the deficit. Our bloated entitlement spending threatens to undermine our position as a world power.

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