UN development summit: Obama brilliance can’t hide poor performance on MDGs
The summit on Millennium Development Goals was wowed by President Obama, but the progress on achieving the MDGs is way off track, writes David Taylor.
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Obama’s Afghan withdrawal timetable is a morale boost for our enemies
President Obama’s timetabling of the forthcoming withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan has been described as playing into the hands of the Taliban. Retiring US Marine General James Conway yesterday acknowledged that the July 2011 timeframe had given fighters a ‘morale boost’.
Yes we did?
Will Straw has written a chapter for the Hansard Society’s new report, ‘The internet and the 2010 election’, in which he argues that Labour’s online team and local campaigners learned some important lessons from Barack Obama’s presidential campaign.
No we can’t: Obama and Senate Democrats give up on climate bill
Accepting the Democrat nomination on June 3rd, 2008, Barack Obama predicted future generations would look back and see that “this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal”. But today we know that will not be the case.
Democrat leadership throws climate progress into doubt
This weekend, the Obama administration threw American, and therefore international, climate progress into doubt when it put the climate and energy bill on ice.
Clegg’s right: The “special relationship” is over
Tonight our three would-be leaders will take to the stage and set out a vision for the future of British foreign policy.
Cameron’s fear of Beijing wide of the mark
In the week President Hu held talks with Barack Obama at a summit on nuclear security, David Cameron last night suggested China was a potential nuclear threat.
Obama Afghan visit more for home front than frontline
Although Hamid Karzai’s aides have been complaining President Obama had not yet visited Afghanistan, he has been in regular contact with him.
Hague attempts to woo Europe as Americans voice concerns
The Americans have voiced fears over the prospect of a Tory government, warning that a “self-absorbed” govt. would be “a more tentative and less reliable” ally.
Mandelson right to be wary of Obama’s bank proposals
With President Obama sending out wording of his much vaunted ‘Volcker’ proposals, the debate surronding its controversial reform measures erupted once again.