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
If you had that kind of pandemic, I don't think there is any question it could happen, the costs both in human life and in disruption of world economic activity would be very high.
For any country it is sensitive to have foreign troops on your territory. It would be sensitive in the United States, and I can tell you it is extremely sensitive in Indonesia, ... What is remarkable is that it has caused no problems to date.
It should do so in a manner that respects and enhances individual freedoms, as well as the role of markets in allocating resources.
It's been on our agenda ever since the fall of Baghdad,
The fact that we're moving with one and holding up on five is a very strong message to the Kenyan Government.
The costs are large, but it is a battle that we can win and a battle that we must win,
The cost of the high-cost economy remains too high.
It's not an exaggeration to say that 1.2 billion people living in extreme poverty need a result from Hong Kong,
Jobs are a priority for every country. Doing more to improve regulation and help entrepreneurs is the key to creating jobs - and more growth.
Our goal in Iraq is a democratic Iraq that truly respects the wishes of the people of Iraq, ... We can set up some parameters for a process, but we cannot write a blueprint.
We believe there are adjustments and realignments and enhancements that both of us can make to our forces that would give us a stronger deterrent posture -- not that it's weak now,
We're unified as an administration on this, ... We're unified within the Defense Department. We all understand the enormous value of expanding this coalition.
Above and beyond the humanitarian considerations -- which would be compelling enough -- we have an enormous interest in seeing this succeed,
High tariffs keep them out of key markets, and tariffs and subsidies together drive down the world price of their exports. Without the income that trade could provide, it is their children who go hungry and who are deprived of clean water, medicines and other basic necessities of life.