Publications

Small Steps Toward A Big Vision

Präsident Obamas Kampf für eine Welt mit weniger Atomwaffen

Vor einem Jahr sprach Präsident Obama in Prag von seiner Vision einer Welt ohne Atomwaffen und hat damit das Thema der Abrüstung wieder auf die globale Tagesordnung gesetzt. Während seine Avancen gegenüber Iran und Nordkorea von diesen bisher nicht zufriedenstellend erwidert wurden, kann Obama auf erste Erfolge in seinem Bemühen um ein neues Abrüstungsabkommen mit Russland verweisen.

Filibuster and Reconciliation

Ways to Pass or Sink Health Care Reform

The filibuster strategy "makes the Senate dysfunctional," said Mark Strand, the president of the Congressional Institute, a nonpartisan research group. That, in turn, blocks the Obama administration's agenda, but it also sours public opinion on Washington, with polls showing clear public disdain for Congress in particular. Republicans think voters will reward them for that in November.

The Greek Financial Crisis: Fallout in the US

Within the current economic downturn, the U.S. is considering the implications of a weakened European recovery, the debt crisis in Greece and its effect on the global economy. Questions remain as to whether the current factors are large enough to revive the financial crisis in the U.S.

„Professor Obama schools lawmakers on health-care reform“

Am Donnerstag, 25. Februar 2010, fand der mit Spannung erwartete „Gipfel zu Gesundheitsreform“ statt. Unter dem Vorsitz von Präsident Obama diskutierten Senatoren und Congresmen/-women der Demokraten und Republikaner darüber, ob und wie ein Kompromiss zwischen beiden Lagern gefunden werden könne. Die Diskussion dauerte sieben Stunden und wurde direkt im Fernsehen übertragen.

The Bomb for Beginners

A do-it-yourself guide to going nuke in a few easy steps

Building a nuclear weapon has never been easier. NATO’sMichael Rühle provides step-by-step instructions for going nuclear, fromdiscretely collecting material to minimizing the fallout when caught. Thesesimple steps have worked for the likes of Israel, Pakistan, and North Korea,among others. The nuclear club is open to your country, too.

„This is not the Kennedy seat – this is the people´s seat”

Demokraten verlieren Nachwahlen zum US Senate in Massachusetts

Bei der Senatswahl in Massachusetts haben die Demokraten von US-Präsident Barack Obama eine verheerende Niederlage erlitten. Der seit Jahrzehnten von Edward Kennedy gehaltene Sitz ging am Dienstag an den Republikaner Scott Brown.

U.S. Intelligence-Post 9/11

A first probe into the lapses that almost led to an explosion on a transatlantic airliner on Christmas Day reportedly found that US government agencies failed to share key information that would have stopped the would-be bomber from ever getting on an airplane. Despite the billions of dollars spent over the last eight years to improve the intelligence flow and secret communications across the United States’ national security apparatus, the system failed according to President Obama.

Copenhagen viewed from afar

US-perspective of climate change conference in Copenhagen

After Copenhagen

U.S. Press Review

US press and blogs gave a cool response to what President Barack Obama called an "unprecedented" 11th-hour, non-binding deal on climate change during talks in Copenhagen.

Obama Negotiates 'Copenhagen Accord' With Senate Climate Fight in Mind

President Obama may have improved his chances for passing global warming legislation in the Senate by forging an interim international agreement here that puts both rich and poor countries on a path to curtail greenhouse gas emissions.