January 21, 2009
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Michael Gerson writes that, "like Lincoln or Martin Luther King Jr., Obama positioned himself as a conservative revolutionary" in his inaugural speech.
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January 21, 2009
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Statement
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January 2009
Op-Ed
Foreign Policy
Daniel Markey offers some advice for the next U.S. special envoy to South Asia.
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January 20, 2009
Op-Ed
Vancouver Sun
In this Vancouver Sun op-ed, Edward Alden says that while gridlock has been the norm in Washington, there are precedents for outbursts of creative and energetic government. Still, Americans' expectations for Obama face long odds.
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January 20, 2009
Op-Ed
Daily News Egypt
Richard Haass looks at how President Obama might handle the extraordinary constraints he faces and what that means for the rest of the world.
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January 20, 2009
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Speech
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Updated: January 20, 2009
Daily Analysis
Barack Obama's inauguration as forty-fourth U.S. president occurs at a time of global economic crisis, with multiple conflicts raging in the greater Middle East. Yet he enters office amid high expectations at home and abroad.
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January 15, 2009
Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
Federiga Bindi, Charles Kupchan, Justin Vaisse write that, "Sarkozy offered a brand of EU leadership that works, reviving the Union...the Obama administration should recognize this for what it is - the stirrings of the more capable and collective European partner that the United States so sorely needs."
January 15, 2009
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January 15, 2009
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