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About Michael

Michael D. Mosettig was the PBS NewsHour’s foreign affairs and defense editor from 1985 to 2012. He now travels the world, watches wonks push policy in Washington's multitude of think tanks and writes occasional dispatches on what those scholars and wannabe secretaries of state have in mind for Europe, Asia and Latin America.

Michael’s Recent Stories

World May 06

Column: Why the U.S. should care about the ‘Filipino Donald Trump’

This Monday, more than 40 million Filipinos will elect new leaders, from president to senators to mayors. And with a renewed U.S.-Filipino alliance, their choices could help determine how deeply America will be drawn into potential future conflicts, this time…

World Mar 24

Two superpowers collide in the Pacific

At the center of debate and strategic discussions across Asia is the question of whether the region can accommodate two superpowers -- China and the United States.

World Nov 05

Between the Middle East and U.S., a growing gulf

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- Rarely do gatherings of international policy wonks and officials produce defining or crystallizing moments.

World Oct 27

An Indonesian visitor under fire

When international leaders come to the White House, a military band often plays ruffles and flourishes and their country's national anthem. For Indonesia's President Joko Widodo, a more appropriate tune would have been the Platters' classic, "Smoke Gets in Your…

World Oct 20

Lessons learned from Cuban Missile Crisis, not so much in South Asia

Just about anyone with the slightest connection to the Cuban Missile Crisis 53 years ago has penned their recollections, including me. But few of those who were around then, and certainly subsequent generations, have much recall of a simultaneous conflict…

World Oct 13

On Obama’s Korean table, much China

When President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart Park Geun-hye meet Friday, they could spend as much time talking about China as about the relations between their two countries.

World Jul 31

China and U.S.: What might have been 70 years after V-J Day

As the 70th anniversary of V-J Day approaches, the United States and Asia are facing another reminder that history may not repeat itself but often it seems to come around full circle. Seventy years after the end of World War…

World Jun 26

Small expectations between two big countries during Brazil’s official trip

As official visits go, it has been an inauspicious scene-setting for next week's trip of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to the United States and a Tuesday meeting with President Barack Obama.

World Jun 04

In Germany, a tale of two summits

BERLIN, Germany -- This weekend President Barack Obama will be meeting in a Bavarian castle with six of his fellow leaders from Europe, Canada and Japan at the Group of Seven (G7) summit, a highly choreographed annual event that produces…

World Apr 24

Shinzo Abe: Will he or won’t he apologize during Washington visit?

Throughout this coming week, a Japanese visitor named Shinzo Abe will be touring the United States with stops in Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles as well as meetings in Washington with President Barack Obama and a speech to Congress.

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