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12. An American Grand Strategy for the Middle East: A Report of the Aspen Strategy Group
- Author:
- Kurt M. Campbell
- Publication Date:
- 03-2004
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Aspen Institute
- Abstract:
- Former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara was fond of saying that the Middle East was the graveyard of American diplomatic hopes and dreams, and this is a man who knows something about disappointment in global politics (as well as cemeteries). Now, the United States has embarked upon an ambitious mission to remake the Middle East – rebuilding war-ravaged and leader-abused countries in Afghanistan and Iraq, seeking to settle the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, blocking further nuclear proliferation, pushing the region to embrace political moderation and reform, and hopefully improving America's image in the region in the process. There are unintentional though unavoidable echoes of the “best and the brightest” in this campaign as the U.S. embarks upon a global crusade (call it what it is) to help re-direct the course of one of the world's dominant civilizations and the institutions that have served it so poorly. This uniquely American sense of mission and manifest destiny is apparent in a range of endeavors worldwide but it is in the Middle East where U.S. ambitions approach the point of audacity.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Security, and Democratization
- Political Geography:
- United States, America, and Middle East
13. America and the Global Energy Challenge
- Author:
- Hal Harvey
- Publication Date:
- 06-2002
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Aspen Institute
- Abstract:
- Energy is at once the lifeblood and the bane of the modern world. Fossil energy has fueled tremendous economic growth over the past 150 years. The economic history of the United States is largely the history of extracting and using coal and oil. At the same time, the profligate use of these energy sources has created the world's most pressing environmental problems, and led to major national security concerns for the United States. Energy consumption is the primary source of greenhouse gas emissions, smog, acid rain, oil spills, and nuclear waste. American dependence on oil from the Middle East forces our hand on foreign policy and imposes high economic and human costs. It is becoming increasingly clear that America's—and the world's—current diet of fossil energy is not sustainable.
- Topic:
- Economics, Environment, Science and Technology, and Treaties and Agreements
- Political Geography:
- United States, America, and Middle East
14. American Journalism in Transition: A View at the Top
- Author:
- Amy Korzick Garmer
- Publication Date:
- 01-2001
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Aspen Institute
- Abstract:
- American journalism is in the midst of a transition unlike any other it has experienced in the 225-year history of the republic. Like other societal institutions, news organizations must contend with a variety of forces that are upsetting the status quo and shaping new business and cultural environments. These forces include advances in technology, demographic shifts and the changing interests of consumers, changing government regulations, market consolidation, and globalization, to name a few. The convergence of these market and cultural phenomena and the relentless advance of the information revolution have rocked the comfortably familiar culture of journalism.
- Topic:
- Globalization, Industrial Policy, and Science and Technology
- Political Geography:
- United States and America