I had hoped to deal with the corruption more discreetly.

I was actually in this solemn landscape of fulfilling an expectation for a show, which is not where I started with these things.

I was actually in this solemn landscape of fulfilling an expectation for a show, which is not where I started with these things.

The European Central Bank has been more thoughtful, though no less enthusiastic, arguing that a banking union should have three objectives.

Today, the US is a more sober and realistic country than it was in the heyday of the early post Cold War period. But, in the aftermath of setbacks in regions where it intervened, and with heightened economic distress at home, the US finds itself uncertain about how to respond to changing global events.