CGD senior associate for outreach and policy Sarah Jane Staats considers the development policy implications of a major foreign policy speech in which Senator John McCain vowed to use public diplomacy, development assistance, law enforcement training, expansion of economic opportunity, and robust intelligence capabilities to preserve U.S. interests. The presumed Republican nominee for U.S. president said that international good citizenship is crucial for improving America's security and image in the world.

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CGD research has shown that every major global public health success has benefited from agreement among specialists on the best approach. So far this has been lacking for efforts against malaria, which have been marred by infighting among advocates for particular interventions (such as bednets, specific medicines, and DDT). Ruth Levine, who leads CGD's global health work, welcomes a new article in the Lancet by Richard Feachem and Oliver Sabot that suggests a New Global Malaria Eradication Strategy. Importantly, Levine writes, the authors recognize that their approach is not the only possible path to malaria eradication and they challenge others to mobilize the best evidence and thinking around alternatives.

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