Obama’s Big Asset

245

November 10, 2010

Published in The Australian
(Australia) 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:
Australia

Hot this week

Block title

Germany: Canada’s Defiance Deserves Our Respect*

September 10, 2026. Published in Süddeutsche Zeitung

[I]t is worth trying to play Trump at his own game.

Mexico: Bessent’s Futile Sanctions Crumble in the Face of the Shanghai Group’s Multipolar World Order

September 6, 2026. Published in La Jornada

'[T]he umpteenth summit between Putin and Xi is rousing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization from its long slumber.'

Canada: What We Didn’t Learn from 9/11

September 10, 2026. Published in Toronto Sun

Canada: A Dumb and Dumber Trade War

September 8, 2026. Published in Toronto Star

South Africa: Why the 2026 Yen Intervention Matters for Gold, Bitcoin and the Dollar

September 9, 2026. Published in Business Day

Topics

Austria: Donald’s Biggest Arches

September 12, 2026. Published in Der Standard

Malaysia: A Year after Charlie Kirk’s Death, Turning Point USA Grows but Trump Slips with Young Voters

September 12, 2026. Published in New Straits Times

Philippines: American Götterdämmerung

September 12, 2026. Published in The Manila Times

Why do Trump a favor when he may turn on you the next day?

Indonesia: Checkpoints for Kim-Trump Summit

September 11, 2026. Published in The Jakarta Post

The prospects for another North Korea-U.S. summit are not bright, but pessimism is not a reason for inaction.

Israel: Jews, Don’t Embrace JD Vance

September 11, 2026. Published in Israel Hayom

A person can also simply cooperate with antisemites and antisemitic discourse, legitimizing them and giving them the power to grow.

Saudi Arabia: The US’ Postwar Regional Plan Is a Nonstarter

September 11, 2026. Published in Arab News

The plan ignores the root cause of the region’s decades-old conflict, which is the unresolved Palestinian question.

Italy: Taxes, the Forbidden Word on the American Right

September 11, 2026. Published in Corriere della Sera

If nothing is done, the [Social Security] system will become insolvent in 2032, causing drastic cuts to retirement benefits.

Canada: Mark Carney’s Challenge Is Playing Both Warrior and Peacemaker with Trump

September 11, 2026. Published in Toronto Star

Australia: As the Iran War Flares, Donald Trump Looks for an Exit To Ease Mounting Political Pain

September 8, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia

Australia: Australia Appears Confused about Its Place in the Global World Order

September 4, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia

Australia: Trump Suggests He Would Not Help UK in Another Falklands Clash

September 3, 2026. Published in Sydney Morning Herald

Australia: CIA Chief’s Confusing Moscow Trip Reminds Us of the Corners Trump and Putin Are In

August 28, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia

Australia: ‘Shameful’, Incomprehensible’: Severe Blowback over FIFA’s Opaque Balogun Decision

July 6, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia

“Barry” Finds Bearings in Jakarta

Obama Woos India Bollywood-Style