What Obama Needs to Know

January 2, 2009

Published in The Jordan Times
(Jordan) on
by (link to original link to original)

Translated from by . Edited by .

This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link .

Tags:
Jordan

Hot this week

Block title

Canada: Canada Must Match the Tax Incentives in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

July 10, 2025. Published in Globe and Mail

India: Trump’s Tariffs Have Hit South Korea and Japan: India Has Been Wise in Charting a Cautious Path

July 9, 2025. Published in The Indian Express

U.S. companies, importers and retailers will bear the initial costs which most economists expect to filter through the supply chain as a cost-push inflation.

Germany: Big Tech Wants a Say in EU Law: More Might for the Mighty

July 10, 2025. Published in Die Tageszeitung

U.S. tech companies may be providing input on how rules curbing their market power are applied. That’s insane.

Spain: A NATO Tailor-Made for Trump

July 7, 2025. Published in El País

[T]he Republican president managed to make the meeting revolve around his interests — the debate about the 5% — and left out ... the White House’s attitude toward the Kremlin.

OPD 26th June 2025, edited by Michelle Bisson Proofer: See...

Palestine: Ceasefire Not Peace: How Netanyahu and AIPAC Outsourced Israel’s War to Trump

July 7, 2025. Published in Palestine Chronicle

The latest U.S. attack on Iran is likely to push Tehran’s leaders to further a global realignment to challenge the existing world order.

Topics

India: Peace Nobel for Trump: It’s Too Long a Stretch

July 13, 2025. Published in Deccan Chronicle

The Peace Prize is not for bomb-dropping leaders who think nothing of crimes against humanity.

Ecuador: Monsters in Florida

July 13, 2025. Published in El Universo

[I]n the same area where these great beasts live, someone had the primitive and perverse idea to build a prison ... for immigrants in the United States without documentation.

Austria: It’s High Time Europe Lost Patience with Elon Musk

July 12, 2025. Published in Der Standard

There is no such thing as 'politically incorrect' artificial intelligence.

Singapore: The US May Win Some Trade Battles in Southeast Asia but Lose the War

July 12, 2025. Published in Channel News Asia

Ethiopia: ‘Trump Guitars’ Made in China: Strumming a Tariff Tune

July 12, 2025. Published in The Reporter

Trump portrays tariffs as a silver bullet, capable of balancing trade, bringing manufacturing back to the U.S.

Egypt: The B-2 Gamble: How Israel Is Rewriting Middle East Power Politics

July 12, 2025. Published in Daily News Egypt

Within this emerging structure, Israel is positioned to become the frontline executor of U.S. interests.

China: 3 Insights from ‘Trade War Truce’ between US and China

July 12, 2025. Published in Global Times

The international community, including the business sector, widely hopes for a stable, enduring, and mutually beneficial China-U.S. relationship.

United Kingdom: We’re Becoming Inured to Trump’s Outbursts – But When He Goes Quiet, We Need To Be Worried

July 12, 2025. Published in The Guardian

Across the U.S., without soundbites or stunts, the president is building a police state and eroding democracy.

Jordan: Bring Back ‘American Values’ First

April 4, 2025. Published in The Jordan Times

On the regional level, Trump has given Israel a green light to prosecute its war on Gaza and the West Bank.

Jordan: Gaza: a Homeland, Not a Temporary Haven

March 13, 2025. Published in The Jordan Times

Trump did not propose a Gaza free from Hamas but a Gaza free from Palestinians. This is neither acceptable nor legal.

Jordan: Trump’s Dangerous Gamble

February 14, 2025. Published in The Jordan Times

Trumps’ actions have unsettled this already tense region.

Jordan: The Worst Case Scenario before Trump Takes Office

December 6, 2024. Published in Al-Rai

These two men don’t understand that the world may be on the verge of a third world war.

Jordan: Jordan in Trump’s Calculus

November 10, 2024. Published in Al-Ghad

The newly elected president today comes into a more dangerous situation than in his previous presidency.

Missile Shield Brings Danger

Web 2.0 Goes Green,Silicon Valley Enters Washington