Paul Wolfowitz
Paul Wolfowitz
Paul Dundes Wolfowitzis a former President of the World Bank, United States Ambassador to Indonesia, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, and former dean of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He is currently a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, working on issues of international economic development, Africa and public-private partnerships, and chairman of the US-Taiwan Business Council...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth22 December 1943
CountryUnited States of America
The current trading system is one of the biggest obstacles to fighting poverty and improving living standards in developing countries. Trade barriers need to be dismantled.
The fight against terror is going to be a long fight, but have no doubt about it, we will win,
The committee represents the Bank Group's regions and network as well as its rich diversity of personnel,
The indications are that the administration has no intention of giving a single rifle or a single anti-tank missile to a single Iraqi opposition group or person. Until they state to do that, they clearly aren't serious.
A lot of work needs to be done to sustain growth,
This is a historic agreement combining increased financing with debt relief, which will help poor countries meet the millennium development goals.
The Iraqi people are going to have a chance to show the whole world what Arabs are capable of.
I wish there were somebody I could be comfortable voting for. I might have to vote for Hillary Clinton, even though I have big reservations about her.
If a cat sits on a hot stove once, it will never sit on a cold one either.
I think Obama sees everything through one lens. Doing nothing in the face of the slaughter in Syria is not only shameful, it is unrealistic. This approach leaves Syria as a broken country and a breeding ground for extremists for decades.
To stay back from an intervention is not always a good solution.
If the Arab world today looked like Tunisia, it would be a huge blow for the extreme ideologies. But Tunisia needs more support than it is getting, particularly from their close neighbors in Europe who have a great stake in North Africa.
People change their habits. I know Americans who don't go to Paris because they think it is too dangerous.
I certainly think it's important to speak up and say how unacceptable Donald Trump is. I'm always more than willing to do that.