From Wolfgang Ischinger, Spiegel:  China is booming, the Arab world is in tumult and the Internet is fundamentally changing the way we live -- and what is Germany doing?

Strategy is a roadmap that individuals, organizations, and countries use to advance interests over time. At a minimum, strategy is designed to prevent anticipated tragedies (such as conflict over a disputed territory) or at least be prepare for when tragedy strikes (e.g., humanitarian assistance after an earthquake). When it comes to climate change, emerging strategies are visible.

"Viewed from across the pond, the U.S. Congress seems at best incompetent and at worst a joke," Alex Massie argues. And that perception is not without consequence.

What international agreement produced 10 times the climate benefits of Kyoto and could produce several times more greenhouse gas reductions than any post-2012 climate agreement? The answer: the Montreal protocol, which Kofi Annan described as “perhaps the most successful international agreement to date”.

"Obama Has Failed the World on Climate Change," blares a Spiegel op-ed by Christian Schwägerl.  The essay is another data point in the growing notion that the new American president's aura is fading on the other side of the Atlantic.

Analysis on U.S.-China climate accords by Atlantic Council Asia Program director Banning Garrett was cited in testimony before the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs' Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment.

The challenges posed by climate change are too severe to rely on military institutions that are equipped only to respond to crisis situations.

With the upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review and the looming debate over the Waxman-Markey bill, securitizing climate change is in vogue.  However, proponents of securitizing climate change, particularly on the grounds of the Responsibility to Protect concept, are mistaken.