Nearly everywhere you turn, one hears that the world is  fascinated by Barack Obama.   Europeans have “Obamamania,” and Germans imagine Obama speaking in Berlin like Kennedy did in 1963.    I’ve been asked occasionally, does it matter to Americans what Europeans think?   In a recent radio program I did with Wisconsin Public Radio, [...]

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After the failed attempt at Comprehensive Immigration Reform in the summer of 2007, the United States still has to determine what to do with the estimated 12 million undocumented individuals currently living within its borders. Employed in largely unskilled occupations in the agriculture, construction, meat packing, domestic care, and services industries, undocumented migrants are often [...]

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WASHINGTON – Most climate change opinion leaders on both sides of the Atlantic have modest expectations for the July G-8 summit in Hokkaidō, Japan.   On the central political question €“ how quickly Europe, the United States, and other G-8 partners should reduce emissions over the next decade €“ the transatlantic allies appear an ocean [...]

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WASHINGTON — As President Bush makes what many think will be his last trip to Europe, some observers are warning against high hopes for change after the U.S. elections.   Timothy Lynch and Robert Singh  say  that Americans should not expect a big change in foreign policy regardless of who’s elected.   They argue that [...]

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