s national security transition team, but the realists have been the Republicans who steered the ship of U.S. foreign policy the best, according to Zoellick's mentor, former Secretary of State James Baker. "I know where I am; I think I know where Henry Kissinger and George Shultz are. I think we were al

ight a war." Baker rejected, in detail, the four main criticisms neoconservatives both inside and outside the Romney campaign have made regarding Zoellick: that Zoellick is soft on China, insufficiently supportive of Israel, was weak on pressuring the Soviet Union toward the end of the Cold War, and t

Baker rejected, in detail, the four main criticisms neoconservatives both inside and outside the Romney campaign have made regarding Zoellick: that Zoellick is soft on China, insufficiently supportive of Israel, was weak on pressuring the Soviet Union toward the end of the Cold War, and that he didn't

is new approach on the US and global economies in a discussion hosted by the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PliE) on July 25, 2023. Zoellick has written on the subject in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that President Biden's "industrial policy doesn't serve consumers, but its rules and subs

Building, Room 2060, as our panel of experts discuss tax expenditures, tax reform, and what's next on Washington's tax agenda. • PIIE: Summers and Zoellick on industrial policy and US foreign policy — Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Location: Online Event, 9:30 AM. Lawrence H. Summers and Robert B. Zoellick bot

departments and with multilateral economic institutions. The U.S. had better wake up: International economic strategy is the new foreign policy. Mr. Zoellick has served as president of the World Bank Group, U.S. trade representative and deputy secretary of state. He is now a fellow at the Belfer Center at

departments and with multilateral economic institutions. The U.S. had better wake up: International economic strategy is the new foreign policy. Mr. Zoellick has served as president of the World Bank Group, U.S. trade representative and deputy secretary of state. He is now a fellow at the Belfer Center at

ack to the prospect), and considered maneuvers. It is said (notice the circumlocution) that Donilon suggested to Obama naming Susan Rice to replace Zoellick at the World Bank. It was a justifiable move, given America's difficulties in holding onto the bank's presidency. But it would also have removed Ri