Word: foreigners
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...learned what most capitalist CEOs have known for years. Putin plays the heavy. He is the ex-KGB bully who is willing to say that invading neighboring countries is fine. Medvedev gets to play the role of the leader with balanced views, the cooler head, the man that foreign leaders would like to meet. And, for the privilege of being loved, Medvedev is paid $13,300 less than Putin. It shows the flaw in the US system. Of the people in the Administration President Obama is clearly the most well-liked as well as being the best paid. Geithner should...
...move underlines China's desire to take a leadership role in the global response to the financial crisis. Still, few analysts expect the dollar to be replaced by what Zhou Xiaochuan called a new "supersovereign reserve currency" in the foreseeable future. China, which holds nearly $2 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves, is the U.S.'s largest creditor...
...that the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction—especially nuclear weapons—is one of the greatest international security challenges of the twenty-first century. Preventing terrorists and rogue states like North Korea from obtaining nuclear weapons should therefore become of the primary goals of American foreign policy. Towards that end, we hope that President Obama will follow through on his bold pledge in Prague on Monday to make nuclear nonproliferation a top priority...
...China's reaction to the launch was almost nonchalant, as if its diplomats couldn't be roused to work on a pleasant spring Sunday. In effect, Beijing said, Let's move along, folks - nothing to see here. The Foreign Ministry, in fact, issued a statement calling on other nations not to do or say anything that would upset international "peace and stability" - as if Pyongyang's launch had not already done...
...coincidence that Obama chose Turkey to cap his first trip abroad. Turkey is a significant player in foreign policy issues that matter to the U.S. - concerning Iraq, Iran, Israel and the Palestinians, and Afghanistan. It also combines a mainly Muslim population with a secular democracy. Washington's close ties here exemplify the type of relationship Obama hopes to build with the rest of the Islamic world. "Some people have asked me if I chose to continue my travels to Ankara and Istanbul to send a message to the world," Obama said. "And my answer is simple: Evet...