The World Next Week: Obama and Romney Debate Again, Libya One Year After Qaddafi, and the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis
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By James M. LindsayMary and David Boies Distinguished Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy
The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the second presidential debate; where Libya stands one year after the death of Muammar Qaddafi; and the fiftieth anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis.
The highlights:
For more on the topics we discussed in the podcast check out:
Obama and Romney rematch in the second presidential debate: The Huffington Post outlines four foreign policy issues that will dominate Romney’s debate strategy. The LA Times reports on Madeleine Albright’s criticism that Romney changed his mind on several issues and failed to provide specifics about his proposed foreign policy strategy. ABC News compares what Obama and Romney have to say on several foreign policy topics.
Libya one year after the death of Muammar Qaddafi: United Press International covers the ouster of Libya’s prime minister on Monday. Time contends that the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi has intensified the deep political divisions in Libya. The Chicago Tribune reports that the International Criminal Court is deciding whether Libya can provide Qaddafi’s son with a fair trial. The New York Times notes that partisan politics may play a role in the congressional hearing on the attack in Benghazi.
The Cuban missile crisis fifty years later: VOA News points out particular events in 1961 that helped fuel the Cuban missile crisis. Forbes compiles political figures’ thoughts and reflections on the Cuban missile crisis. Foreign Policy plans to tweet the Cuban Missile Crisis in real time while outlining its historical lessons. The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University commemorates the crisis with a website loaded with information and analysis about the events and people that drove the confrontation. USA Today reports that the National Archives is releasing 2,700 pages of papers from its Robert F. Kennedy collection, many of them dealing with the missile crisis.