Reuters Canada February 2, 2009 President Barack Obama’s ability to lead and help restore the global economy will be damaged if the United States includes restrictive “Buy American” provisions in its economic stimulus plan, Canadian and European Union officials said on Monday. more
The National Interest February 2, 2009 Media reports indicate that President Obama may abandon his plan to ask America’s NATO partners to provide more combat troops for the mission in Afghanistan. Given how militarily useless many of the existing European deployments have been, that may not prove to be a big loss. more
Washington Post February 1, 2009 The world may be on the brink of a gentler kind of trade war. more
International Herald Tribune February 1, 2009 This was supposed to be the year the United States came in from the cold at the annual gathering of world leaders here. more