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Veteran journalist Bernard Gwertzman interviews foreign policy experts from around the world to explore the significance of the 2008 U.S. presidential race beyond U.S. borders, part of CFR.org’s special election coverage.
May 14, 2008
Josef Joffe, Publisher-Editor, Die Zeit interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Josef Joffe, an expert on European and U.S. politics, notes unparalleled European interest in the U.S. presidential campaigns—and unrealistic expectations as well.
See more in United States, Europe/Russia, Media and Foreign Policy
April 21, 2008
Allan Gyngell, Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy, Sydney, Australia interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Allan Gyngell, a former Australian diplomat, says there is concern in Australia and East Asia that the next U.S. president might retreat from the United States' support for free trade.
See more in United States, Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, Australasia and the Pacific, Elections
April 14, 2008
Andrei Piontkovsky, Executive Director of the Strategic Studies Center, Moscow interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Russian analyst Andrei A. Piontkovsky says the next U.S. president could face a more conciliatory policy from the Kremlin and new Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.
See more in United States, Russian Fed., Elections
March 31, 2008
Serge Schmemann, Editorial Page Editor, International Herald Tribune interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Serge Schmemann, a veteran journalist based in Europe, says the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign has generated “a bigger stir than any election I can remember.”
See more in United States, Media and Foreign Policy
February 28, 2008
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Edward Alden, a CFR trade and immigration expert, says it is wrong to pin blame on NAFTA for the ills of the U.S. economy. Most of the competition that has affected U.S. manufacturing has come from the rest of the world, he says.
See more in NAFTA, Trade, U.S. Election 2008
February 6, 2008
Walter Russell Mead, Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Walter Russell Mead, an award-winning historian, discusses the importance of national security credentials and religion in the presidential nominating contests.
See more in United States, Elections
January 9, 2008
Amity Shlaes, Senior Fellow for Economic History interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Amity Shlaes, an economic scholar, says she is impressed by Sen. John McCain’s New Hampshire primary win but notes that he has not traditionally concentrated on economic policy, a chief area of voters’ concerns.
See more in United States, Elections
January 4, 2008
Peter Beinart, CFR Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
CFR's Peter Beinart says the Iowa caucuses reveal shifts in the political beliefs of both parties' bases.
See more in United States, Presidency, U.S. Election 2008
July 24, 2006
Tom Tancredo interviewed by Robert McMahon, Deputy Editor
Congressman Thomas Tancredo, a four-term Colorado Republican who chairs the 104-member House Immigration Reform Caucus, believes that tough immigration reform is essential to preserve the country's identity.
See more in Mexico, United States, Immigration
We welcome your views on the foreign policy issues in the 2008 presidential campaigns. Join the discussion and post your comments on the Candidates and the World blog, or send us an email at letters@cfr.org.
Click here for video from the Dec. 3 panel of experts from CFR, the Economist, and NYU's Stern School of Business, on the role of environmental policy in the 2008 presidential campaign.
Click here to see video from the Nov. 12 panel of experts from CFR, the Economist, and NYU's Stern School of Business, on why a wary U.S. public has made trade a hot-button issue in the presidential campaign.
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