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Hold the Champag...
Hold the Champagne on China’s Economy By Michael Auslin Those who witnessed Japan's spectacular rise and fall in the 1980s should get a familiar feeling watching China these days. This month in Hong Kong, a single bottle of wine

The war in Afgha...
The war in Afghanistan Obama's war Why the Afghanistan war deserves more resources, commitment and political will EIGHT years after the deceptively swift toppling of the Taliban, the prospects for the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan seem worse than ever. Every Western casualty, every reinforcement and every pious political homily on the “justness” and “necessity” of the war seem only to leave the mission floundering deeper and more hopelessly. Already battered by mounting casualties, Western support fo

The Obama Assaul...
The Obama Assault on the Military Posted by J R Valenzuela at 9:34 PM

Norway or the Hi...
Norway or the Highway What the Nobel Peace Prize tells us about Europe's values--and Obama's. JAMES TARANTO It is agreed by all and sundry that the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama was a rebuke of George W. Bush, private citizen. But who are the members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, what do they stand for, and what does this award tell us about the man who will be America's president for at least the next three years and change?

Obama must start...
Obama must start punching harderBy Gideon RachmanJust five years ago, Barack Obama was still a local politician in Illinois, preparing for a run for the US Senate. His office wall in Chicago at the time was decorated with the famous picture of Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston, after knocking him out in a heavyweight title fight. Ali famously boasted that he