Robert Zoellick
Robert Zoellick
Robert Bruce Zoellickis an American banker who was the eleventh president of the World Bank, a position he held from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2012. He was previously a managing director of Goldman Sachs, United States Deputy Secretary of Stateand U.S. Trade Representative, from February 7, 2001 until February 22, 2005. Zoellick has been a senior fellow at his alma mater Harvard Kennedy School since retirement from the World Bank in July 1, 2012...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 July 1953
CityNaperville, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Helping to end violence, ease suffering and forge a lasting political solution for Sudan's conflicts remain high priorities for the United States, ... The situation remains tenuous.
It is a very fluid situation ... the process of SLM coherence is proceeding.
We are too interconnected to try to hold China at arm's length, ... It is time to take our policy beyond opening doors to China's membership into the international system, we need to urge China to become a responsible stakeholder in that system.
We are too interconnected to try to hold China at arm's length, hoping to promote other powers in Asia at its expense.
The American steel industry faces a turning point. We believe the actions the president is taking today can restore the strength and profitability of this very important American industry.
The Philippines copyright enforcement is weak and and we are concerned it has the potential of becoming a center of pirate optical media production in Asia given the doubling in the number of production lines for compact discs (CDs) and other optical media during the past year,,
There are a number of items that we want to see progress on and that is one reason why I am going to Sudan to make sure that the policies under the comprehensive peace accord are on track,
We consider Australia an extremely strong ally. Clearly there's a security basis ... But we also want to strengthen the economic relationship. That's what this free-trade agreement is about.
there are questions that are being asked not only in the U.S. but other parts of Asia and Europe about how China will use this growing power.
the proliferation of danger will undermine the benign security environment and healthy international economy that it needs for its development.
It is clearly the case that programs in Europe and the United States that have increased biofuel production have contributed to the added demand for food.
Great upheavals produce shock waves that widen cracks in political, economic, and security orders. Sometimes the old orders break. Yet it can be in the power of leaders and peoples to shape the directions of change.
An empowered public is the foundation for a stronger society, more effective government, and a more successful state.
It is much harder for economies to prosper if they cannot sell to, buy from, invest with, and even transit their neighbors. Landlocked countries with failed or failing neighbors can lose access to the world economy.