President Obama joined the Group of Twenty leaders on stage for a photo on Friday. Doug Mills/The New York TimesObama’s Glow Dims On Trip To Asia -- Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times
SEOUL, South Korea — Foreign leaders could not seem to get enough of President Obama when he arrived on the world stage two years ago. They brought copies of his memoir to global conferences seeking his autograph. They angled for handshakes and “bilats” — or bilaterals, diplomatic jargon for one-on-one meetings. They maneuvered to get next to him in photo opportunities.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Obama's economic view is rejected on world stage -- Sewell Chan, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and David E. Sanger, Mercury News/New York Times
Germany rebuffs Obama on trade gap: China shuns fixing imbalance -- Patrice Hill, The Washington Times
Kremlin official issues death threat in Russian spy scandal. Is the KGB coming back? -- Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor
Dealing with Tehran: U.S. denies Islamic republic has been at war with us for 30 years -- Adm. James A. Lyons, The Washington Times
How to squeeze Iran on the nuclear issue -- Ray Takeyh, Washington Post
The good and bad of Iraq's political deal -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
China needs to lengthen its short fuse -- Rajan Menon, L.A. Times
China buys up the world -- The Economist
Why President Obama is right about India -- Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Obama drops Bush's 'war on terror' -- Julie Mason, Washington Examiner
A Tale of Two Europes -- George Weigel, National Review
Ireland has been betrayed by its EU 'friends’ -- Jeremy Warner, The Telegraph
GOP civil war on defense -- Gordon Lubold, Politico
Defense Is Different -- Jay Nordlinger, the Corner/National Review
A World Without America's Leadership and Military Might Would Be Chaos -- Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney, FOX News