Foreign Policy and the Next President

Around the Web, a number of articles are aimed at advising the next president (Democrat or Republican) on ways to improve U.S. foreign policy.

On Day One
This Web site wants to help people "...tell the next president what to do on the first day in office to improve our standing in the world."

Steps for the Next U.S. President to Reduce the Threat of Nuclear Weapons
Ten unilateral steps the next president should take to transform U.S. nuclear policy, strengthen national security, and put the world on a path to eventually banning nuclear weapons in a report from Federation of American Scientists, Natural Resources Defense Council, Union of Concerned Scientists, and independent experts.

Modernizing Foreign Assistance for the 21st Century: An Agenda for the Next U.S. President
Steve Radelet at the Center for Global Development says U.S. foreign assistance programs are out of date and badly in need of modernization. He proposes a five-point strategy for modernizing U.S. foreign assistance.

What America Must Do
A dozen experts from across the political spectrum wrote short articles in the January/February 2008 Foreign Policy answering the question, "What single policy or gesture can the next president of the United States make to improve America’s standing in the world?" (subscription may be required for full articles)

Hungry For America
In that same issue, Editor-In-Chief Moises Naim writes, "After seven long years, the world is ready—and waiting—for the return of the United States."

Not Much Foreign-Policy Experience? Wanna Be President? Get In Line
To accomplish all this, should we select a new president with significant foreign policy experience? The Foreign Policy Passport blog says it really doesn't matter.

2008 Race to be "Leader of the Free World"
My foreign policy profiles of all the candidates including Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Barack Obama.

Bush: Little Chance of Masterstroke
Any Chance President Bush can pull of some of these changes before he leaves office? An Iranian analyst writing for the International Relations and Security Network writes, "For the Bush administration, it seems imperative to leave behind at least one bright spot in an otherwise unexceptional, or even dismal, foreign policy legacy, but many believe there is little chance for this to happen."