Obama's China Ambush -- Peter Beinart, The Daily Beast
The President will skip China on his Asia tour, but his itinerary signals America's growing unease with the superpower's global clout. Peter Beinart on why Obama's cozying up to China's rivals this week—and how his policy is more hawkish than Bush's.
We have entered the post, post-9/11 era. The past two midterm elections—2002 and 2006—were dominated by Iraq. Watching the 2010 campaign, by contrast, you’d barely have known the U.S. was still at war. A few years ago, a hawkish stance on the “war on terror” pretty much defined what it meant to be a Republican. Today, the Tea Party—the GOP’s activist core—has no identifiable view on the “war on terror” at all. (Which explains why the media can identify both uber-hawk Sarah Palin and isolationist Ron Paul as among its leaders).
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
The EU juggernaut must be stopped -- The Telegraph view
Young Kim set for early China photo-op -- Sunny Lee, Asia Times
India, China Take Different Roads to World Leadership -- Frank Ching, Real Clear World
Why Is China Isolating Itself? -- Jason Miks, The Diplomat
The real choice Turkey has to make when it comes to Israel -- Michael Singh, Shadow Government/Foreign Policy
As Haiti suffers, the world dozes -- Washington Post editorial
The package bombs may have failed, but al-Qaeda is still a threat -- James M. Loy, Washington Post
Long Live Lady Luck (on Al Qaeda) -- Thomas Friedman, New York Times
What Price to Stay Free of Terrorism? -- Alan Cowell, New York Times
'The US Has Lived on Borrowed Money for Too Long': Interview With German Finance Minister Schäuble -- Spiegel Online
Bernanke's road to hell -- Colin Barr, Fortune
The futility of a ‘currency’ war -- Paul Donovan, Jakarta Post
Ireland Is Insolvent -- Morgan Kelly, Irish Times