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Obama inherited the debris of two wars, a global economic crash created by the greed of Wall Street and the stubbornness of right-wing ideologues. He has done more in one year than Bush did in eight. Hang on America. You have a great leader. Lois Grant aldgate Australia
Beijing has what it used to call "core interests" - issues that stand above and beyond the rest. Taiwan is one. Another - a recent product of its economic surge - is long-term access to the oil, gas and minerals needed to fuel the country's growth for decades to come. Iran...
But when Clinton went public in isolating Beijing earlier this month, it was clear the diplomatic game had changed, and not in China's favor. Beijing had always had a partner in pushing back against the West's desire for tough sanctions against Iran: Moscow. The Russians don't need...
In all the panic, finger-pointing and schadenfreude that has ensued, though, it's easy to forget that the gulf is more than just Dubai. Neighborhood rivals - some of them much wealthier than Dubai thanks to much bigger oil and gas deposits - have emerged from the financial crisis in better...
And then there's Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates. Dubai's staid big brother has re-exerted political and financial control over its profligate sibling, mostly because it has an interest in Dubai's success. Dubai's port and airport are among the largest in the world...