This webliography covers the new U.S. Administration team that is building, describes the presidential transition process and examines some of the key issues and challenges for the U.S. and the world. It covers foreign policy and security, economics, and energy, environment and climate change issues. For reference inquiries, please call librarians at the Lincoln Resource Center at tel: 2168 4822, 2168 5085 or 2168 4996 or send email inquiries to lrckl@po.jaring.my. December 2, 2008
PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN
President –elect Barack Obama’s Acceptance Speech http://www.america.gov/st/elections08-english/2008/November/20081105101958abretnuh0.580044.html Barack Obama: 44th President of the United States http://malaysia.usembassy.gov/lincoln/LRCBriefObama.pdf Joe Biden and Limited Government by David Boaz. Cato Institute http://www.cato-atliberty.org/2008/08/24/joe-biden-and-limited-government/ Renewing American Leadership by Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, July-August 2007. http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20070701faessay86401/barack-obama/renewing-american-leadership.html Viewpoints: Obama According to the World by Melinda Brouwer. Foreign Policy Association, August 21 2008. http://www.fpa.org/topics_info2414/topics_info_show.htm?doc_id=701809
THE PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION
2008-2009 Presidential Transition: National Security Considerations and Options-CRS Report for Congress, April 21, 2008 http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/104698.pdf Ensuring A Smooth and Effective Presidential Transition http://www.america.gov/st/texttrans-english/2008/October/20081028144002eaifas0.0438959.html General Services Administration – Transition http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/channelView.do?pageTypeId=8199&channelId=-19661
Keeping the Nation Safe Through the Presidential Transition (Senate Committee Hearings) http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=00174c24-3eef-47d1bb2c-39c3d27c26d3 Overview of the Transition (Office of the President-elect, Barack Obama) http://change.gov/learn/transition/ The White House Transition (Under President George W. Bush) http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/transition/ US Government Accountability Office 2009 Congressional and Presidential Transition http://www.gao.gov/transition_2009/ White House Executive Order on Presidential Transition Act http://www.america.gov/st/texttransenglish/2008/October/20081010093808eaifas0.1962244.html
THE NEW TEAM IS BUILDING
Dozens of Advisors Will Guide the Next President http://www.america.gov/st/elections08-english/2008/November/20081114165105hmnietsua0.377392.html Gates Brings Stability and Diversity to Obama Cabinet http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-12-01voa60.cfm Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel Is Obama’s White House Chief of Staff http://www.america.gov/st/elections08english/2008/November/20081106180912esnamfuak0.1655237.html Obama Names Key Members of Foreign Policy, National Security Team http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-12-01-voa28.cfm Obama Names Campaign Rival Hillary Clinton as His Secretary of State http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-12-01-voa37.cfm Obama Picks Retired General as National Security Advisor http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-1201-voa66.cfm Work Begins Immediately for Next U.S. President and His Team http://www.america.gov/st/elections08english/2008/November/20081105000652hmnietsua0.3228571.html
ECONOMIC ISSUES AND THE NEW PRESIDENCY
After the Crash: Helping the U.S. Economy Right Itself by James Grant. Foreign Affairs, NovemberDecember 2008. http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20081001faessay87611/james-grant/after-the-crash.html An Economic Team for ―Bold, Clear, Decisive Steps‖ (Timothy Geithner, Larry Summers, Christina Romer, Melody C. Barnes, Peter Orszag, Paul Volcker) http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/an_economic_team_for_bold_clear_decisive_steps/ Memo to the President: Decrease Poverty and Increase Opportunity by Rebecca M. Blank, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2008/1124_poverty_opportunity_memo/1124_poverty_ opportunity_memo.pdf
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The Obama-Biden Plan to Revitalize the Economy. http://change.gov/agenda/economy_agenda/ Obama to Usher In Major Shift in Trade Policy by Jim Abrams. Associated Press, Nov 19, 2008. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gJUy2QNCPnj1yjLw1mdqbzBfbITQD94HSKA00 Paul Krugman: Fiscal Expansion. International Herald Tribune, December 1, 2008 http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/01/opinion/edkrugman.php President-elect Obama Announces Top Economic Advisers (Treasury Secretary-designate Geithner would oversee U.S. financial system) http://www.america.gov/st/elections08english/2008/November/20081124152347esnamfuak0.2744562.html?CP.rss=true President-elect Obama Planning Response to Economic Crisis http://www.america.gov/st/elections08english/2008/November/20081107170610esnamfuak0.5743219.html President-elect Obama Forms New Economic Advisory Board http://www.america.gov/st/elections08english/2008/November/20081126134528esnamfuak0.1935694.html&distid=ucs Should the Next U.S. President Adopt a Tougher Stance on Trade Policy with China? by Daniel J. Ilkenson and Robert E. Scott. Cato Institute Center for Trade Policy Studies, March – April 2008. http://www.freetrade.org/node/858 The U.S. Financial Crisis: The Global Dimension with Implications for U.S. Policy. CRS Report for Congress, November 18, 2008. http://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34742.pdf Top Advisors Illuminate The U.S. Presidential Candidates’ Views on Asia Policy. Special Joint USAPC Interview with Randall G. Schriver and Michael Schiffer, Senior Advisors to Sen. John McCain (R, AZ) and Sen. Barack Obama (D, IL), Respectively. US Asia Pacific Council Washington Report. September 2008. http://www.eastwestcenter.org/fileadmin/resources/washington/wr0908.pdf
FOREIGN POLICY AND THE NEW PRESIDENCY
―A Hand Picked Team for a Foreign Policy Shift” by David E. Sanger. International Herald Tribune, December 1 2008. http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/01/america/01policy.php A Plan for Action: A New Era of International Cooperation for a Changed World: 2009, 2010 and Beyond—Managing Global Insecurity by the Brookings Institution, New York University Center on International Cooperation and Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation. September 2008. http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2008/11_action_plan_mgi/11_action_plan_mgi.pdf Blueprint for Change: Obama and Biden's plan for America 2008. http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/ObamaBlueprintForChange.pdf Deterrence: From Cold War to Long War. The Rand Corporation, 2008. http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/8361 Foreign Policy and the Next President. Address at the Foreign Press Center by Stephen Flanagan, Senior Vice President, Kissinger Chair in National Security, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Nov 4, 2008. http://fpc.state.gov/111555.htm Foreign Policy Challenges for the New Administration by John Bolton. Foreign Policy Research Institute, November 2008. http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200811.bolton.foreignpolicynewadministration.html
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From Great Game to Grand Bargain: Ending Chaos in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Barnett R. Rubin and Ahmad Rashid. Foreign Affairs, November- December, 2008. http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20081001faessay87603/barnett-r-rubin-ahmed-rashid/from-great-game-togrand-bargain.html Harvard Professors Joseph Nye and Stephen Walt on Obama’s Foreign Policy. Belfer Center, Harvard University. November 26, 2008. http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/analysis/inthenews/?tag=foreign-policy Nuclear Weapons and Deterrence in the 21st Century by Robert Gates. U.S. Department of Defense. October 28, 2008. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/1028_transcrip_gates_checked.pdf Obama Committed to Fighting Global Poverty by Michele Austine. November 25, 2008. http://blogs.america.gov/campaign/2008/11/25/obama-committed-to-fighting-global-poverty/ Obama Foreign Policy May Be Rooted in Multilateral Diplomacy http://www.america.gov/st/elections08english/2008/November/20081107142355hmnietsua0.1471674.html?CP.rss=true Obama’s Advisers To Back Soft Power by David E. Sanger. International Herald Tribune, December 1, 2008. http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/01/america/obama.php Pacific Currents: The Responses of U.S. Allies and Security Partners in East Asia to China’s Rise. The Rand Corporation, 2008. http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG736.pdf Senior Policy Seminar: Shifting Currents of U.S. and Asia-Pacific Economics, Resources, and Security. East West Center, 2008. http://www.eastwestcenter.org/fileadmin/stored/pdfs/seniorpolicyseminar2008_1.pdf
ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENT ISSUES
The Obama-Biden Plan on Energy and the Environment. http://change.gov/agenda/energy_and_environment_agenda/ Obama Looks To Curb Climate Change by Michele Austine. November 21, 2008. http://blogs.america.gov/campaign/2008/11/21/obama-looks-to-curb-climate-change/ Renewable Energy Meeting Draws Policymakers , Business Partners http://www.america.gov/st/env-english/2008/February/20080229174650mlenuhret0.3410913.html United States Climate Change Actions. Department of State, November 18, 2008. http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/112428.pdf United States Committed to Protecting World’s Oceans. http://www.america.gov/st/envenglish/2008/October/20081003151712adkcilerog0.4250605.html?CP.rss=true U.S. National Clean Energy Summit Proposes Guidelines http://www.america.gov/st/env-english/2008/August/20080822135704mlenuhret5.216616e02.html?CP.rss=true
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