Category: Charles Stith
North Korea puts Kerry to test
Boston Herald
Charles Stith, College of Arts & Sciences
Andrew Bacevich, College of Arts & Sciences
Secretary of State John F. Kerry is getting mixed reviews in his first high-stakes test as North Korea brazenly threatens a nuclear showdown…
Expert quotes:
Stith:
“If you wanted a champion for peace and stability, somebody who has a sophistication and savvy, we couldn’t have a better person than John Kerry in the mix.”
Bacevich:
“I think that his actions are entirely predictable and regardless of who President Obama had appointed secretary of state, I think we would see the same policy: The United States is trying to make it clear to North Korea that A) avoiding war is in everybody’s interest and B) we’re not going to get pushed around.”
Caroline Kennedy in line to become ambassador to Japan
Boston Globe (subscription required)
Charles Stith, College of Arts & Sciences
Caroline Kennedy, whose endorsement of President Obama in 2008 helped propel him to the Democratic nomination, is in line for the post of ambassador to Japan, according to published reports…
Expert quote:
“She has certainly demonstrated that she has a diplomatic disposition in her management of the family legacy.”
Wickham: U.S. military role in Mali not far off
USA Today
Charles Stith, College of Arts & Sciences, African Presidential Center
The Obama administration’s decision to give non-combat, air support to French forces trying to beat back Islamic militants who are threatening to overrun Mali, so far, hasn’t caused much of a ripple among war-weary Americans…
‘Respected in every corner’
Boston Herald
Charles Stith, College of Arts & Sciences, African Presidential Center
With apologies to Jay-Z, President Obama has 99 problems, but John Kerry ain’t one…
You Decide 2012: Politics and Libya attack
WFXT
Charles Stith, College of Arts & Sciences, African Presidential Center
Mitt Romney’s reaction anything but presidential
Boston Herald
Charles Stith, College of Arts & Sciences, African Presidential Center
To buy Mitt Romney’s logic of the past few days is to accept the notion that bigotry, specifically religious bigotry, is one of those “American values” no U.S. diplomat under siege should ever “apologize” for…
One ‘heinous act’ could unite or divide nations
Boston Herald
Charles Stith, College of Arts & Sciences, African Presidential Center
Former ambassador Charles Stith — a Boston academic and civil rights leader who took over the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania after the 1998 al-Qaeda bombing — said U.S. relations with Libya could be at a critical tipping point after Tuesday’s deadly embassy attack…
Is Ethiopia’s new leader in place for long?
Associated Press
Charles Stith, College of Arts & Sciences, African Presidential Center
The death of Ethiopia’s prime minister pushed his relatively unknown successor, Hailemariam Desalegn, into the spotlight on Tuesday, and he may be merely a placeholder or might hang on to become Ethiopia’s next long-time leader…
Hopes for spreading democracy in Africa
BBC News
Charles Stith, College of Arts & Sciences, African Presidential Center
The club of former African heads of state, known as the Boston University African Presidential Center, is growing…
BU African center chief mourns Malawi’s president
Associated Press
Charles Stith, College of Arts & Sciences, African Presidential Archives and Research Center
The head of Boston University’s center that studies democratization and free market reform in Africa is mourning the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika of the southern African nation of Malawi…
