Andrew Hammond Articles

In his landmark state-of-the-union speech last Tuesday, Barack Obama re-affirmed his intention to intensify US efforts to tackle climate change.  He laid down a direct challenge to Congress to act with legislation, and emphasised that if this didn’t happen that his...

As Obama’s second term begins, foreign policy looms large. Following his public inauguration, Barack Obama has now begun his second term of office.  While this is a high moment for the Democratic Party (Obama is just the second Democrat to be re-elected president...

The 2012 US election season begins on January 3 when Iowa becomes the first state to hold contests to decide who will be the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates in November. While Barack Obama will be renominated as the Democratic contender, the...

Ten years after 9/11, the United States has a new window of opportunity to regain the initiative in the ‘missing battle’ of the campaign against terrorism. That is, a sustained soft power effort to win the battle for hearts and minds in predominantly Muslim countries....