Tag Archives: United States

What I’ve been up to for the past 3 months.

Posted on March 11, 2011 by alexanderfogleman

It has been a while since I’ve posted here, but it was not out of neglect. I have been working on two different research papers for the past several months, one on cyber security and one on state’s rights, individual … Continue reading →

Posted in Policy Analysis, Politics, technology | Tagged Computer security, computers, Cyber Security, Egypt, facebook, international relations, International Studies Association, internet, Iran, Montreal, protests, revolution, States' rights, twitter, United States | Leave a comment

Culture Hopping: DC Style

Posted on January 4, 2011 by alexanderfogleman

Time for a little break from populism and policy, two of my friends are in the district today (visiting from Arizona, which officially has more snow than Washington) and are doing the machine gun version of sightseeing. I get to tag along … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Culture, Food | Tagged Bier Baron, Brickskeller, Darlington House, Good Stuff Eatery, history, Kramer's Books and Afterwards Cafe, Lincoln Memorial, Metro, National Archives, National Gallery of Art, politics, Sightseeing, Smithsonian, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Tourism, United States, US Capital Building, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington DC, Washington Monument, World War II | 2 Comments

The Dead Idea of American Populism

Posted on December 16, 2010 by alexanderfogleman

A few weeks ago, a friend sent a link to me and asked my thoughts on what was discussed within. The link turned out to be a series of articles from salon.com on the subject of populism and populist movements … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged American People, Campaigns and Elections, Citizens United v Federal Election Commission, funding limits, lobbyists, politics, Populism, Salon, spending caps, Supreme Court, term limits, United States, United States Supreme Court | Leave a comment

Bob Woodward on Journalism, War, and A Man Divided

Posted on December 3, 2010 by alexanderfogleman

On Tuesday November 30, the noted author Bob Woodward came to the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University to participate in a Q&A session. The topics ranged from Wikileaks to getting the truth from sources to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Policy Analysis, Politics | Tagged Afghanistan, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bob Woodward, Elliot School, George Washington University, Iraq, Journalism, Obama's Wars, Pakistan, Sources, United States, War in Afghanistan (2001–present) | Leave a comment

Obama’s India Trip Creates A New UN Question

Posted on November 8, 2010 by alexanderfogleman

As President Obama begins to wrap up his trip to India, the first leg of a 10-day Asia tour, he backed a proposal to add India to a new, permanent seat in the UN Security Council. This would be the … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Security, UN | Tagged Asia, Barack Obama, China, India, NEW DELHI, Pakistan, Security Council, UN Policy, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, United States | 1 Comment

General Wesley Clark Speaks at GWU Elliot School

Posted on October 26, 2010 by alexanderfogleman

Last week I had the privilege of listening to General Wesley K Clark speak at the Banville Forum, a speaker series presented by the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University. General Clark is a former NATO Supreme … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Security, Policy Analysis | Tagged Cold War, Elliot School of International Affairs, ESIA, future, George Washington University, GWU, history, military, Military–industrial complex, NATO, Osama Bin-Laden, Pakistan, security, strategy, United States, Warfare and Conflict, Wesley Clark | Leave a comment

NYT On the Education of a President

Posted on October 15, 2010 by alexanderfogleman

The New York Times published an article on 10/12/2010 by Peter Baker about the education of President Barack Obama, and it was not on his schooling – it was on the lessons Mr. Obama has learned during his first two … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Barack Obama, Elections, government, history, New York Times, United States, Washington | Leave a comment

A Silent Victory in Afghanistan

Posted on October 13, 2010 by alexanderfogleman

I was reading an op-ed article from yesterday’s Washington Post by Michael Gerson about how America will secure victory in Afghanistan. His idea? They already are, but it is largely a silent victory, overshadowed by the greater political stories of … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Security, Policy Analysis, Politics | Tagged Afghanistan, Al-Queda, Armed Forces, Bob Woodward, David Petraeus, DC, diplomacy, extremism, freedom, Global Security, Intelligence, Interests, Lt Col Anthony Shaffer, Michael Gerson, military, NATO, news, Obama, Obama's Wars, Operation Dark Heart, peacekeeping, politics, Security Policy, Taliban, The Guardian, United States, Washington Post | Leave a comment

Its Official – ISA Conference is a Go!

Posted on September 27, 2010 by alexanderfogleman

If some of you remember the post from quite a while ago (This One), I submitted, with one of my peers, several paper proposals to the International Studies Association Conference in Montreal. Well, a few months and much waiting later, … Continue reading →

Posted in EU, Global Security, Policy Analysis | Tagged Authors, Cybersecurity, facebook, Foreign Policy, government, International Studies Association, ISA, Mass media, Montreal, Open Media, Panel Discussions, Papers, policy, twitter, United States | Leave a comment

Ground Zero Mosque, Quran Burning, And Where Our Security Has Gone Astray

Posted on September 13, 2010 by alexanderfogleman

Our national discourse has to move away from anger and bumper-sticker slogans and into real respect, the same respect Americans show to Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and any number of other religions and creeds. Only then will we have a real chance and making the world a better place. Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Global Security, Politics | Tagged Dove Outreach Church, extremism, Ground Zero, Imam, islam, mosque, New York City, peace, Rauf, Religion, Religion and Spirituality, Terry Jones, U.S., United States | Leave a comment