Showing posts with label foreign policy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label foreign policy. Show all posts

Friday, June 21, 2013

Africa: Obama Walks In George W. Bush Shadow



                                            



By ralph geeplay 


It’s the Obama Africa’s trip and everyone is talking. Sure bet, everywhere Obama goes he sure grabs the headlines, and why not? He’s THE American President; leader of the world’s only unipolar power. Yes, China’s influence is spreading and its soft power taking root and getting noticed, especially in Africa. But the United States still commands the bully pulpit, especially where global dynamics and power play are discussed and policies enunciated when the big boys sit around the table [world powers].

Thursday, January 24, 2013

President Sirleaf “Enduring Legacy”: A Rejoinder



ralph geeplay


President Sirleaf
                                   

Let’s pick some bones with Ms. Shirley N. Brownell, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s Communications Director and her well written op-ed, “Journey to Partnership: An Enduring Legacy for President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.”