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Now that the Iranian people have elected a new president, Hassan Rowhani, the opportunity for a new peace overture is at hand.
In the end, Russia's president came down against backing the US, yet he has - so far - attracted none of the angry gibes that the French and German leaders have received from America.
From the start of the crisis, Russia's president shrewdly saw the difference in the way Americans perceive France and Germany, on the one hand, and Russia, on the other.
Not one mentioned the relentless stream of ignorant statements, outright lies, and impetuous actions that have eroded the standing of the US president – and thus of the US – in the world.
But when economics becomes merely another tool for enhancing the president’s personal power, the economy, as we now see, necessarily pays the price.
The French president spoke of "infantilism" on the part of the candidate countries and said that they should have consulted first with the EU or else remained silent.
The US president’s disdain for NATO, and the revelations about his campaign’s contacts with Kremlin-connected Russians prior to the 2016 election, have made it abundantly clear that Europeans can no longer rely exclusively on the United States for their security.
To be sure, the US is in an interregnum until the election of a new president.
Moreover, George W. Bush seems to be far weaker than any normal “lame duck” president, creating a global power vacuum that has been filled vigorously by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is also the current president of the European Council.
And the recent ill-conceived proposals of the French president on state ownership made things even worse in Berlin.
An incompetent president of the Commission has had his term renewed for another five years as a reward for his innocuousness.
European policymakers, including Jean-Claude Trichet, the ECB’s former president, have suggested that Ireland’s dogged commitment to austerity is a model for others.
The Trump administration would like us to believe that the dollar’s rise reflects faster economic growth, driven by the president’s agenda of deregulation, massive tax cuts, and substantially expanded defense spending.
The American president is not known for keeping his promises, and he is clearly fascinated with Putin.
The company even sent a letter to the European Commission’s president claiming that “gas is good for Europe.”
Obama’s Global Ethical ChallengesPRINCETON – The astonishing story of Barack Obama’s election as president has already done much to restore America’s global image.
In place of a president whose only qualification for the office was his father’s name, we now have one whose intelligence and vision overcame the formidable obstacle of being the exotically named son of an African Muslim.
Last year, when speaking to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, he called for a president who can speak directly to everyone in the world who longs for dignity and security, and say: “You matter to us.
But if any US president can overcome that historical shadow hanging over the UN, Obama can.
Thain, also a former president of Goldman Sachs, helped himself and his Merrill Lynch staff to $4 billion in bonus payments even after he had to sell the firm to Bank of America to save it from bankruptcy.
Avoiding Algeria in EgyptPORTO – The military coup that has overthrown Egypt’s first democratically elected president and led to the arrests of Muslim Brotherhood leaders across the country poses an enormous danger not only for Egypt’s democratic transition, but for the democratic hopes of the entire Arab world as well.
To Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, US President Barack Obama betrayed Israel when he sacrificed Egypt’s former president, Hosni Mubarak, and paved the way for the Muslim Brotherhood’s rise to power.
In Europe, the prevailing reaction highlights that, between the lines, America’s first self-proclaimed “Pacific president” delivered the most “European” inaugural address in recent memory.
As Larry Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute, puts it, “ignoring the losers was deliberate.”
Apart from anything else, there is an important domestic political reason for US reticence: a Democratic US president cannot afford to look “soft.”
The Obama administration’s reset – the fourth since the Soviet collapse – was the most successful, at least during the president’s first term in office.
Even a president committed to putting “America first” now seems to recognize that a framework through which countries can pursue shared goals is not a bad thing.
Holding more capital is not costless for US banks, as advisers like Gary Cohn, formerly of Goldman Sachs and now the head of Trump’s National Economic Council, presumably tell the president morning, noon, and night.
Trump can’t be pleased that the Obama administration rushed to push through the reappointment of its chosen World Bank president, Jim Yong Kim.
As Americans prepare to choose their next president, a better understanding of the policy changes that would minimize the risk of future crises – and which politicians are most likely to implement them – is urgently needed.
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