Obama’s deficit reduction plan is three times slower than Osborne’s
President Obama has announced his plans to eliminate the US budget deficit within 12 years. His timetable is three times slower than George Osborne’s.
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Rethinking traditional ideas on nuclear deterrence
In a recent op-ed, four US elder statesmen called for a re-think of traditional ideas on nuclear deterrence. The group, led by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, warned that the horizontal proliferation of nuclear technology had undermined the doctrine of ‘mutual assured destruction’.
The Afghan Surge: Where are we now?
Left Foot Forward’s Patrick Bury, a former Captain in the Royal Irish Regiment who served in Sangin, Afghanistan, reports on the latest news out of Afghanistan.
US vetoes settlement resolution: reaction and analysis
As uprisings continue to spread across the Middle East – particularly Libya – in a small corner of New York, the United States has taken a stand which could inflame the region further.
Realpolitik alive and well under the Obama administration
There is no doubt that Bahrain is a less likely place for the popular unrest sweeping the Middle East to settle, over and above more traditionally volatile states in the region.
Time for Obama to take a stand on Egypt and the Middle East
Within the space of two weeks, the Obama administration has managed to find itself sitting in the middle of the road on the vexed questions of Egypt and the Middle East.
The State of the Union: Where next for America’s progressives?
Chris Tarquini discusses whether President Obama’s State of the Union address last night was progressive or a dash to the political middle.
Left needs to learn lessons from the States
The Fabians’ discussion on how the left, can learn from the right in terms of campaign strategy turned vaguely into “how the left can learn from the Democrats”.
Cameron’s G20 ignorance risks shutting Britain out of global policy making
If the sad truth is that Cameron simply doesn’t care about Britain taking a lead in developing a more multilateral economic approach then so be it. But by doing so he’s shutting the UK out of the game – with the US, the G20 and the EU.
Midterms post-mortem: Wrong to say Obama over-promised and under-delivered
Two years after Barack Obama swept into the White House, questions are being asked about how the Democrats did so badly in last night’s elections; Left Foot Forward’s Frank Spring reports from the States.