Americans’ Outsized Expectations for Obama Face Long Odds

Sunday, August 7th, 2011

In this Vancouver Sun op-ed, Edward Alden says that while gridlock has been the norm in Washington, there are precedents for outbursts of creative and energetic government. Still, Americans' expectations for Obama face long odds. The stern multilateral call for Syria's President Assad to step down further isolates his regime and could boost opposition morale, ...

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The World Next Week: August 4, 2011

Sunday, August 7th, 2011

CFR's Director of Studies James Lindsay and Director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program Stewart Patrick preview major world events in the week ahead. In this week's podcast: The United States is expected to run out of money to pay its bills unless an agreement is reached on raising ...

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