The Republican National Convention wrapped up Thursday night with Mitt Romney formally accepting his party’s nomination for president. Romney and the other speakers focused primarily on domestic issues, such as education, and how they impact U.S. global competitiveness. Read more »

Signature moments of the Republican National Convention Wednesday night included vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), who spoke on reinvigorating White House leadership of an economic turnaround (WashPost), and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who stressed the need for the U.S. president not to shirk from leadership (Reuters) on a range of global issues. Read more »

The United States’ role on the world stage and in the global economy were central topics during the second night of the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, as Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) accepted his party’s nomination for vice president of the United States. Read more »

The GOP platform adopted Tuesday at the GOP convention in Tampa, Florida, takes on  fiscal and social issues in what some analysts says is a sharp lean to the right. Read more »

The Republican National Convention was in full swing Tuesday night, with speakers focusing on economic messages, including job creation, the struggles of U.S. small businesses, and the fiscal future of the United States. Here are a few excerpts:

Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) touched on what he said was the need to speak frankly with voters about the hard realities on federal spending. Read more »

Even before Mitt Romney is officially nominated as the Republican presidential candidate, his top advisers are working on choosing his potential cabinet (Politico), including Robert Zoellick, former World Bank president and Goldman Sachs executive, as a possible secretary of state. Read more »

The GOP convention has begun in Tampa. National political conventions as a rule primarily focus on domestic policy, and the 2012 election has largely been about the U.S. economy and ancillary issues like entitlement spending. However, there are number of foreign policy issues that could also come to play. Read more »

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney outlined his plans governing for Politico’s Jim Vandehei and Mike Allen, including his plans to run his administration more like a business and address the sluggish economy. Read more »

With the Republican National Convention kicking off this week, we took a look at some  of the more memorable and pivotal moments of convention platforms and speeches addressing major foreign policy issues in prior years for both parties. Read more »

The Washington Post’s Walter Pincus writes that there are few surprises in the GOP’s 2012 defense and foreign policy platform approved this week. Read more »