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January 5, 2022

South Africa
Reflections: Former Asst. Sec. for Africa Walter Kansteiner on the George W. Bush Administration's Zimbabwe Policy

Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Walter Kansteiner reflects on his dealing with former South African President Thabo Mbeki in formulating U.S. policy toward Zimbabwe from 2001 to 2003.

Walter Kansteiner sits and addresses the media. An American flag is situated behind him.
Blog Post by Michelle Gavin Africa in Transition

May 15, 2015

United States
You Might Have Missed: Islamic Violence, the Bush Legacy, and Rubio on Libya

Michael Morell, with Bill Harlow, The Great War of Our Time: The CIA’s Fight Against Terrorism from Al Qa’ida to ISIS (New York, NY: Twelve, 2015), p. 63. [On September 15, 2001], a senior State Dep…

Jeb Bush May 2015
Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action

April 4, 2014

April 4, 2002: Bush on Middle East Peace (and a Correction on Cheney)

On April 4, 2002, twelve years ago today, President George W. Bush gave the first of two important speeches about Middle East policy. The April 4 speech challenged the leadership of Yasser Arafat, wh…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

May 17, 2005

China
So, is the Bush Administration for bashing China or against it?

Let no one think the Bush Administration doesn’t occasionally try to have it both ways. A month ago the Bush Administration ratcheted up the verbal pressure on China. China was ready to change its…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

May 23, 2013

United States
In Egypt, Obama Even Less Popular Than Bush Was: New Pew Poll

There are many ways to measure the success of American foreign policy, and popularity is not necessarily the best one. But when an administration and a president start out as Mr. Obama did, in essen…

Hosni Mubarak and Barack Obama
Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points