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Greece’s Banks Give Eurozone Peers Glimpse Into Abyss

June 29, 2015
Greek banks do not have enough money to provide depositors with limited amounts, restricted at $67 per day, which may be needed for daily expenses. Greece is not alone. “Beyond Greece, the rest of the eurozone must look to an acceleration of full banking union to protect weaker banks in Portugal,...

Remarks by the President at Whitehall Palace

November 19, 2003
In London, President Bush spoke to members of Prime Minister Tony Blair's government about the progress of the coalition-led war in Iraq. He called upon the British to remain strong in their resolve, while acknowledging that many of Prime Minister Blair's constituents were against the...

Dance of the Giants

November 29, 2011
The US president’s whirlwind East Asia tour spotlighted the intensifying rivalry between the US and China. While the US spent the last decade preoccupied with radical Islam, China quietly went about furthering its strategic interests in Southeast Asia. The US now finds itself playing catch-up in...

Fresh Corporate Default Tests China’s Resolve

March 14, 2014
Defaults, like profits, are a part of doing business, warns China’s premier, after Haixin Steel and Chaori Solar failed to make payments on debt. “Li Keqiang told reporters that China was likely to see a series of defaults as the government accelerates financial deregulation but said his government...

Clinton Urges Cambodia to Strike a Balance With China

November 16, 2010
Recent multi-stop visits to Asia by US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demonstrate newfound US respect for the entire continent. The previous administration’s secretary of state last scheduled meetings in Asia in 2003, reports John Pomfret for the Washington Post....

Iraq Finds Unity on the Global Soccer Field

July 21, 2007
Iraq’s soccer team defeated Australia and advanced to the quarter finals in the Asia Cup. And despite a bitter civil war, Iraqis unite in cheering for their team. “If the team, which includes Sunni Arabs, Shiites and Kurds, can play together, then maybe the country can bridge the bloody hatreds...

North Africa Reluctant to Host US Command

June 29, 2007
A US delegation recently traveled to Africa in the hopes of finding a country willing to host AFRICOM, but even strong American allies in the region are unwilling make a commitment. African responsibilities and operations are now divided between US military commands based in Europe and Florida –...

This Is Not Only a French Crisis - All of Europe Must Heed the Flames

November 10, 2005
With urban insurrection raging from Normandy in the north to Marseille in the south, it is now impossible for the French to dismiss the country’s enormous demographic faultlines with appeals to republican greatness and unity. The riots revealed that France, the European country with the largest...
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