Sarkozy cool on relationship with Obama
Financial Times December 27, 2009 Nicolas Sarkozy, the most pro-American president of France for half a century, has gone cold on Barack Obama, the most popular American leader in France in generations. more
Month: December 2009
Still a Special Relationship
The Guardian December 27, 2009 What if Hitler had won the war? Or Lee Harvey Oswald had missed? History is full of what-if questions, the stuff of fiction and almost-fact – and here are two more as we pound into 2010. What if Tony Blair hadn’t dissembled about weapons of mass delusion? And – absolutely […]
French Mosque’s Symbolism Varies With Beholder
The New York Times December 27, 2009 MARSEILLE, France — The minaret of the new Grand Mosque of Marseille, whose cornerstone will be laid here in April, will be silent — no muezzin, live or recorded, will disturb the neighborhood with the call to prayer. Instead, the minaret will flash a beam of light for […]
America’s healthcare bill: Obama’s Christmas present
The Economist December 24, 2009 IT WAS, critics and admirers agreed, the most consequential vote in the Senate for more than 40 years; since, in fact, the bill that created America’s state-run health scheme for the elderly back in 1965. On the morning of Christmas Eve, Barack Obama’s promise to deliver affordable health care to […]
Losing Cairo?
Foreign Policy December 24, 2009 Since Barack Obama’s speech six months ago, the Muslim world has begun to lose hope in the United States. But it’s not too late … yet. more