The committee to save the world: Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel, Gordon Brown and other leaders at the Copenhagen climate talks Photo: AFP/GETTY There'll Be Nowhere To Run From The New World Government -- Janet Daley, The Telegraph
'Global' thinking won't necessarily solve the world's problems, says Janet Daley
There is scope for debate – and innumerable newspaper quizzes – about who was the most influential public figure of the year, or which the most significant event. But there can be little doubt which word won the prize for most important adjective. 2009 was the year in which "global" swept the rest of the political lexicon into obscurity. There were "global crises" and "global challenges", the only possible resolution to which lay in "global solutions" necessitating "global agreements". Gordon Brown actually suggested something called a "global alliance" in response to climate change. (Would this be an alliance against the Axis of Extra-Terrestrials?)
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Analysis
Copenhagen: a world at war over its future -- Geoffrey Lean, The Guardian
Copenhagen: We Just Saw the Future -- Leslie H. Gelb, The Daily Beast
The Decline of the West -- Therese Delpech, Int'l Herald Tribune
Off To The Races: America Must Start the Earth Race -- Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Mourning Montazeri: The remarkable life of Iran's bravest cleric. -- Abbas Milani, The New Republic
Filling Montazeri's Shoes in Iran -- Meir Javedanfar, The Guardian
Iran's Opposition Lose a Mentor, But Gain a Martyr -- Robin Wright, Time
The Face-off Between India and China -- Sadanand Dhume, Asia Sentinel
Weapons Seizure Hits North Korea Hard -- Brian McCartan, Asia Times
Cheap Natural Gas and Its Enemies -- Ed Lasky, American Thinker