Acute spying by American intelligence tarnished the trans-Atlantic partnership. It’s a demanding relationship that ... is now the biggest guarantee of peace.
Both China and the U.S. cultivate a form of "exceptionalism." Are they on a collision course? That's one of the challenges for the remainder of Barack Obama's presidency.
In order for his policy to pay, the American president firstly needs some visible results obtained through the policy of soft power (not violent) and progressive pressure.
Mr. Cheney’s idea of global order stems from a sense of American entitlement—evangelical, imperialist and racist. Legitimate global order can derive only from the U.N.