Earle Scarlett is a Jamaican born U.S. diplomat with global experience; diplomatic postings include: Cameroon, Brazil (twice), Philippines, Ex-Yugoslavia, Bosnia, and Charge' d'Affaires a.i. in Ireland. Postings at the State Department include: China and Somalia Desks. As Lecturer, he was a State Department Dean Rusk Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University where he subsequently was examiner for Master’s theses in foreign affairs. In the U.S. State Department, he was Director of Training for Political Officers at the George Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center. Scarlett was also Advisor for International Affairs at Maxwell Air Force Base where he taught at the Air War College.

After a 30 year career in diplomacy he has taught and lectured at the following institutions: University of Bologna (2005-2010), Emory University (2004), University of Georgia, Columbia University, Georgia Technical University, and Lynn University. Before entering the Foreign Service he taught Political Science and International Relations at Loyola-Marymount University Los Angeles.

Scarlett was educated in Jamaica, US, France, and UK.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Obama’s Foreign Policy: Opportunities and Constraints (January 28, 2014)

A discussion paper presented by Earle St. Aubin Scarlett at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Change

Candidate Barack Obama’s stirring victory in 2008 under the mantra “hope and change” engendered great excitement for a renewed America and a refreshing approach to statecraft. At the outset, he faced serious difficulties: first, being the first black person at the helm of the United States – with all the historical implications and attendant overlay; second, a global financial crisis of monumental proportions; and third, US involvement in two unpopular wars, Iraq (which he had opposed), and Afghanistan which he reluctantly accepted. In addition to these three major issues, there was a sagging US image abroad, large national debt, high unemployment, neuralgia over immigration, and an ineffectual US Congress due largely to a corrosive partisan unwillingness to compromise on an array of presidential initiatives, graphically evident in a contentious struggle over the Affordable Health Care Act—a revival of the debates of states and individual rights and the role of the government in solving domestic ills.

Read more: http://www.uwi.edu/salises/pdf/Paper_by_EarleScarlett.pdf




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