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Source: RealClearPolitics.com |
Issue Trackers provide summaries of presidential candidates' positions on an array of foreign policy issues facing the United States. They are updated regularly to reflect changes in candidates' stances. Candidates who have withdrawn from the race continue to be listed in these Issue Trackers, providing an archive of the debate on each subject.
April 29, 2008
U.S. policy towards Iran is a major campaign issue, given the country’s defiance of UN demands for transparency in its nuclear program. Candidates’ stances run the gamut from considering direct military action to isolating Iran.
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April 25, 2008
Democratic presidential candidates have much more readily embraced plans for federally mandated action to curb carbon emissions, and combat climate change.
See more in Climate Change, U.S. Election 2008
April 25, 2008
The next U.S. president will have to confront a deteriorating U.S.-Russia relationship.
See more in Russian Fed., U.S. Election 2008
April 23, 2008
Homeland security is likely to generate considerable discussion in the 2008 presidential race on topics such as the USA Patriot Act, border fences, and FEMA reforms after Hurricane Katrina.
See more in Homeland Security, U.S. Election 2008
April 23, 2008
The next president will need to find a new strategy for balancing the historic U.S. alliance with Israel against demands from the Arab world and beyond for an equitable deal for the Palestinian people.
April 14, 2008
China's rise and challenge to the United States is a growing preoccupation of U.S. policymakers and, increasingly, presidential candidates.
April 7, 2008
Debate over issues of fair trade, enforcement of labor standards, and trade policy towards developing economies was intensifying as the 2008 presidential campaign unfolded.
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April 3, 2008
With the stability of the Middle East in question, presidential candidates' stances on promoting democracy in the region hold greater significance.
April 3, 2008
With recent controversy over President Bush's domestic surveillance program, candidates must weigh their support for civil liberties against protection from attacks.
April 2, 2008
Democrats stress the need for nuclear disarmament to spur nonproliferation while Republicans argue for maintaining a strong nuclear deterrent.
See more in Proliferation
March 18, 2008
The foreign policy issue already framing the 2008 presidential election is the war in Iraq. The war's growing unpopularity among Americans, coupled with nightly images of civilian and soldier casualties, will only add to the candidates' need to craft a plan to win the war.
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March 11, 2008
The Iraq and Afghan wars aside, a series of complex defense policy decisions will face the next president—and, by association, those who seek the office.
March 11, 2008
In the face of criticism of U.S. tribunals and prisons, candidates frame their positions in terms of guarding basic civil liberties or protecting the homeland.
March 11, 2008
Pakistan’s domestic crisis has emerged as an important barometer of the foreign policy credentials of U.S. presidential candidates.
See more in Pakistan, U.S. Election 2008
March 7, 2008
North Korea’s October 2006 nuclear test heightened debate over whether the United States should hold bilateral negotiations with Pyongyang or maintain a more assertive line with the isolated country.
February 29, 2008
A majority of the U.S. presidential candidates for 2008 see a reformed UN as helpful to the promotion of U.S. foreign policy goals but many have expressed deep frustration with the organization.
February 25, 2008
The rise of globalization, coupled with terrorism and security concerns have transformed immigration into an issue with foreign policy implications and major resonance for the 2008 presidential campaign.
February 25, 2008
With longtime Cuban leader Fidel Castro fading from the political scene, the next U.S. president will likely need to adjust policy toward the Caribbean island nation.
February 14, 2008
Alternative energy policy—ranging from boosting ethanol supplies to conservation—has emerged as a crucial issue for candidates in the 2008 presidential campaign.
November 8, 2007
Republican and Democratic candidates generally agree that a major campaign is needed to combat radical Muslim fundamentalism but differ on whether it amounts to a “war on terror.”
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.
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