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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 2/22/2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to Guantánamo, President Obama is still stuck. It’s clear the detention facility won’t close any time soon. That leaves many people, in and out of the administration, in the United States and overseas, wondering: What’s next for Guantánamo? [more]
Just how unpopular are President Barack Obama&#8217;s anti-terrorism policies with his Republican critics? Even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Obama Might Learn from the Past: Bending History in the Direction of Justice</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/01/26/what-obama-might-learn-from-the-past-bending-history-in-the-direction-of-justice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is the nature of the political process that presidents campaign outside history and must then live within it. For Barack Obama, this meant promising a speedy withdrawal from Iraq, a stronger focus on defeating Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, firm but respectful relations with Russia and China, engagement with opponents like Iran, and progress with our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the Shadow of Failure: Obama&#8217;s Quest for Constructive Engagement</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/01/26/in-the-shadow-of-failture-obamas-quest-for-constructive-engagement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cary Fraser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Barack Obama completes his first year in office, he faces challenges that will test his considerable political skills to the very limit. While many voted for Obama because was able to project an image of calm competence that was notably lacking in both John McCain and George W. Bush, the Wall Street crisis and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama and U.S. Foreign Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/01/26/obama-and-u-s-foreign-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KC Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Historians, of all people, should understand the dangers of prematurely evaluating a President’s foreign policy record. Quite apart from all that we learn as archives open, the passage of time provides perspective. To take an obvious example: while few contemporary observers would celebrate it now, at the time, Ronald Reagan’s approach to Afghanistan was heralded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A View from the Outside: Assessing Obama&#8217;s First Year as President</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/01/26/a-view-from-the-outside-assessing-obamas-first-year-as-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama’s run for the presidency was observed by European publics perhaps more than any US election in recent history. Students, for whom the presidency of Bill Clinton was barely a memory and little more than a footnote introducing the Bush era, debated the relative merits of a Clinton or Obama nomination largely in terms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Assessment of Obama&#8217;s First Year</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/01/26/an-assessment-of-obamas-first-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walter Hixson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is, of course, still too early after one year to evaluate the foreign policy or the presidency of Barack Obama.  That said preliminary analysis illuminates both the best and the worst about American culture and the foreign policy that flows from it.
The best part is Obama himself.  This culture is not likely to produce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 1/4/10</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/01/04/weekly-digest-1410/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many African nations staged a walk-out at the recent Copenhagen climate conference.  They claim that the larger nations are marginalizing the smaller nations.  [more]
Britain and the US closed embassies in Yemen because of fears of an imminent terror attack by al-Qaeda elements. [more]
As the United States and its allies wrestle with the issue of Iran&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8212; 12/14/09</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2009/12/14/weekly-digest-121409/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled an eminently sensible proposal this week: to place a 50 percent tax on all bankers’ bonuses in his country. But another, even more sensible idea of his last month was shot down by other nations, notably the United States. [more]
President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize speech Thursday is drawing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 12/7/09</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2009/12/07/weekly-digest-12709/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ If President Obama is looking for something that transcends the national divisions over healthcare reform and Afghanistan          policy, he might try isolationism. [more]
The Afghan surge makes military action against Iran less likely &#8212; and refutes the thesis that America wages war in the Muslim world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The State Department Wants You! (or does it?)</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2009/11/23/the-state-department-wants-you-or-does-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Molly Wood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October 2007, presidential candidate Barack Obama promised a new approach to American foreign policy.  “It’s time to make diplomacy a top priority,” he announced.  “Instead of shuttering consulates, we need to open them in the tough and hopeless corners of the world. Instead of having more Americans serving in military bands than the diplomatic [...]]]></description>
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