Proponents of the post American view point to the 2008 financial crisis, the prolonged recession that followed, and China s steady rise.

Four factors have contributed most to this positive reversal the Georgia war, the global economic crisis, the Obama factor, and China s relentless rise.

But look here. Instead of blowing tanks and coming up slowly without thinking about it, it s a little bit of back pressure, and that sub just comes straight back up out of the water.

China s leaders need to recognize that their country cannot continue rising without paying more attention to the interests of its trading partners.

Terrorism can now be carried out with boxcutters and airplanes as easily as with explosives.

The post Cold War era of US unipolarity has ended, owing to America s economic mismanagement, the war in Iraq, the continuing rise of other countries, and globalization.

AFP reported that Swiss defense minister Guy Parmelin sees the law s approval as a metaphorical leaving the basement and coming up to the ground floor of international security service standards

The fact is that around most of the world, inflation and eventually inflation expectations will keep climbing unless central banks start tightening their monetary policies.