American nightmare: Al Qaeda at home
- Bernd Debusmann is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own - It has been a recurring nightmare of American counter-terrorist officials for years — growing numbers of home-grown al...
View ArticleGoodbye America, Hello China? Think again
For the growing number of Americans who see China heading for inevitable global dominance, nudging aside the United States, a brief walk down memory lane helps put long-term predictions into...
View ArticleEuro woes increase risk of trade wars
Europe won’t just be exporting deflation to the rest of the world, it will export serious trade tensions as well: first between the United States and China, and, possibly, eventually between Europe and...
View ArticleSpend Save Man Woman
Far from being lauded as a virtue, China's high savings rate has been blamed for the economic imbalances underlying the global financial crisis. The criticism being that the Chinese spend too little...
View ArticleWhat are the risks to growth?
Mike Dicks, chief economist and blogger at Barclays Wealth, has identified what he sees as the three biggest problems facing the global economy, and conveniently found that they are linked with three...
View ArticleThe IMF to turn on the rich
The latest International Monetary Fund meeting ended with emerging market powers getting a pledge from the organisation for stronger and "more even-handed" scrutiny of what is going on in large...
View ArticleAmerica still needs to engage the world
This is a response to Nader Mousavizadeh’s latest Reuters column, “A smaller America could be a stronger America.” By David Miliband The opinions expressed are his own. Nader’s statistics pointedly...
View ArticleAmerica’s biggest growth industry: declinism
By Susan Glasser The opinions expressed are her own. The Amerislump is upon us. Conservative agitator Pat Buchanan’s new book says America might not survive until 2025; it’s called “The Suicide of a...
View ArticleIs U.S. economic patriotism hurting?
Any Americans believing that their country is being bought up by the Chinese might want to pay heed to a new report from the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment. It says that...
View ArticleWhy the surge in obesity?
Editor’s note: This post is republished from the author’s blog. The Weight of the Nation is a four-part series on obesity in America by HBO Films and the Institute of Medicine, with assistance from the...
View ArticleAddressing China’s ‘soft power deficit’
Xi Jinping (L) met with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 14, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed As Chinese President Xi Jinping prepares for his landmark summit...
View ArticleChina’s air defense zone: The shape of things to come?
China’s announcement of an air defense identification zone (AIDZ) that covers substantial portions of the East China Sea has unleashed a storm of concern among China’s neighbors — as well as in the...
View ArticleThe nuclear option for emerging markets
Last year, greenhouse gas emissions reached a record high of 39 billion tons. Emissions actually dropped in the United States and Europe, but substantial increases in China and India more than erased...
View ArticleWho loses most in Ukraine?
As we march toward Sunday’s Crimean referendum, the result is predetermined. Crimea will vote Russia, and tensions will only escalate. At this juncture, it’s important to take a step back and ask who...
View ArticleConfederation: An off-ramp for the Ukrainian crisis
The United States has no good options with regard to Crimea. The best outcome would be for Crimea to remain an integral part of Ukraine. This will not happen. The next best outcome would be to give...
View ArticleNo drama in Obama’s Ukraine policy
Many are asking: How can we stop Russian President Vladimir Putin from moving into Ukraine and seizing a large chunk of its territory in the east? The actions of forces that resemble the Russian...
View ArticleDon’t cry for the Nabucco pipeline
It is too late for regrets. With Europe worried that Moscow could cut off gas deliveries to Ukraine, which would trigger price volatility and supply risks throughout the continent, the failure of the...
View ArticleWhy the Russian sanctions don’t work
Why did the U.S. and European sanctions against Russia earlier this week trigger a rebound in the ruble and the Moscow stock market? To understand this paradox it is worth recalling Yes Minister, the...
View ArticleUS-Iran relations: When history isn’t history after all
By Jim Gaines I learned what a trickster history can be 20 years ago at Hanoi airport. After everything the United States gave and lost in Vietnam while trying to keep it safe from Communism, who would...
View ArticleHollywood’s hopes in China rest on Youku
By Rob Cox The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Look around the subway in Beijing or Shanghai and maybe nine of 10 passengers are watching videos on...
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