Author Archives: Alan Alexandroff

Caucuses, Counterweights or Leadership – The Evolution of the G20

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Alan Alexandroff

A quick trip to London enabled me to enjoy the valuable discussion at a small gathering brought together at Chatham House.  The conference sponsored by Chatham House and the Australian Lowy Institute spent the good part of a day examining … Continue reading →

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The Strategy of “Restoration” – “Foreign Policy Begins at Home”

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Alan Alexandroff

  Richard Haass is one of the most well-known foreign policy experts today in the United States about the United States. He has been on the inside including the head of Policy Planning at the State Department.  Today he is … Continue reading →

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The ‘Hare and the Tortoise’ – Global Media and their Continuing Harsh Assessment of the G20

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Alan Alexandroff

Now I think it was my colleague Dan Drezner over at Foreign Policy who spent some time – at the moment I am at a loss to remember the exact piece – defending the G20 against the dismissive attacks that … Continue reading →

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Rising to a Summit – Australia’s Kevin Rudd and US-China Leaders

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Alan Alexandroff

  Kevin Rudd, the former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Australia has been on the “speechifying path” recently – I guess that’s what comes with others running the show.  He has been in North America and in the granddaddy … Continue reading →

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A Compelling Counterweight? – The Role of the BRICS in Global Summitry

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Alan Alexandroff

  So the 5th BRICS Summit has come and gone in Durban South Africa.  The first BRICS Summit in Africa; the first hosted by the newest BRICS member South Africa; and the first to be attended by the new Chinese … Continue reading →

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The ‘China Dream’ or ‘A New Type of Great Power Relationship’

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Alan Alexandroff

Experts are trying to puzzle through exactly what Chairman Xi Jinping has in store for US-China relations now that the power transfer has been completed in China and Xi has been named President. There appear to contending views from the … Continue reading →

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Cold Reality – Economic Growth Among the BRICS

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Alan Alexandroff

I was caught by the recent FT article chronicling a report from Goldman Sachs that concluded “that the global economy will expand at a faster rate this decade than in any of the previous three.”  What powers this enhanced growth, … Continue reading →

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Democracy and Economic Development in India

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Alan Alexandroff

  Well once again I must apologize for a prolonged silence. These past two weeks I have been travelling through parts of India most particularly Delhi and Agra and then through Rajasthan – Jaipur, Udaipur, Jodhpur and Jesilmar – etc.  … Continue reading →

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Debating Continuing American Global Leadership

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Alan Alexandroff

As a descant to the US-China relations melody, there is a rising debate at least among the cognoscenti over US global leadership.  A recent addition to that debate is a piece from International Security brought to you by Stephen Brooks … Continue reading →

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Looking at the ‘World’ With Two Lens

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Alan Alexandroff

Final reflections on the Harvard-Beida conference on US-China relations (see previous blog posts for further information).  If I was a meteorologist, I would suggest that the weather forecast for US-China relations has gone from, partly sunny to partly cloudy. A … Continue reading →

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