Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 19, 2008	Washington summit: converting G8 into G20?
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin) - On November 14-15, 2008, Washington, D.C. hosted the G20 Leaders Summit on Financial Strategy and the World Economy. The summit achieved general agreement on how to cooperate in key areas to strengthen economic growth, deal with the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 18, 2008	Barack Obama's historic victory (2)
By RICHARD FALK* Barack Obama's presidential victory, above all, signaled to the world an American willingness to repudiate Bush militarist and unilateralist approaches to global policy. Time will tell, but what now prevails is an unprecedented mood of high and happy expectations.The...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 17, 2008	Barack Obama's historic victory (1)
By RICHARD FALK* The historic victory by Barack Obama is the first truly global election that has been celebrated by people around the world as if they had been voting participants. The re-election of George W. Bush in 2004 was also a national election with global reverberations, but it...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 15, 2008	My expectations of Obama: between hope and fear
By: ABDULLAH AL-AHSAN* All human expectations always involve some degree of hope and fear. Barack Obama's election victory is certainly a huge transformation in history, and naturally it engages us in both. "Yes, we can" has created dreams and hopes, and under the circumstances, the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 14, 2008	Africa fails Zimbabwe: Another burden for Obama
By Sir Ronald Sanders: A former Caribbean Head of Government, who should know, told me a few months ago that the only way Robert Mugabe is leaving Zimbabwe is “feet first”. In other words, Mugabe will die before relinquishing power in Zimbabwe. As conditions in Zimbabwe rapidly...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 13, 2008	Obama, expectations, realities and ‘those’ Muslims
By MUHAMMED ÇETİN: All around the world people rejoiced when Barack Obama was elected US president. Some perceive his election as a victory against "aggressive and unilateral neocon interests across the world." However, there are exaggerated expectations about the course of action...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 10, 2008	After Bush, Obama must catch up with Russia
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin) - George Bush Jr. has managed to cultivate such a strong feeling against his White House in the world and has dented US reputation so badly that any change on Pennsylvania Avenue is like a breath of fresh air. The new US...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 9, 2008	Where should Obama start the change in US policy in the Mideast?
By HALUK ÖZDALGA* The Bush administration is approaching its final days in dire disappointment in all areas. In international relations, it is a huge failure felt most severely in the greater Middle East, an area of direct concern for Turkey. The single most important reason for this...... [view]

Posted By:  committedman Posted On:  Nov 8, 2008	¿Qué puede esperar el mundo y Estados Unidos hoy con el nuevo presidente Barak Obama?
Barack Hussein Obama, el nuevo presidente electo de Estados Unidos, ha hecho historia este 4 de noviembre. Obama es el primer afroamericano en llegar a la Casa Blanca. He ganado gracias a su mensaje de unidad y esperanza, y a su promesa de cambio. Los Africanos y los Latinos jugaron un...... [view]

Posted By:  yassirovich Posted On:  Nov 8, 2008	Un Président Afro-Américain à la Maison Blanche
D'abord, toutes mes sincères félicitations au nouveau Président élu des États-Unis, M. Barack Hussein Obama. Félicitations aussi à tous ses partisans et au monde entier puisqu'il a scandé haurt et fort, tout au long de sa campagne, qu'il voulait devenir le président de tous les...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 8, 2008	Obama ran: Our children can fly
By Sir Ronald Sanders: We have lived through a truly historic moment. The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States of America defied all odds and lifted the hopes and aspirations of people of all races and nationalities. But, his election has created unreasonable...... [view]