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WORLD
Jan 21, 2013
©Matt Kenyon
Jan 20, 2013
Obama must atone for his carbon omissions
His promise of energy security no substitute for action on global warming
- Editorial The audacity of experience
- Edward Luce Lofty speech frames liberal message
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From
SPECIAL REPORTS
Jan 17, 2013
Foreign mission: World stage offers hope of a compelling performance
There is a shift in emphasis from domestic troubles to an overseas agenda
- Overview A master campaigner faces his hardest test
- Republican party Signs of pragmatism bow to a grand old ideology
©Matt Kenyon
Jan 13, 2013
No peacocks, jerks or whiners in Obama 2.0
Second-term team suggests renewed focus on foreign policy
©Matt Kenyon
Jan 6, 2013
Tea Party’s moment of maximum leverage
The question is whether they dive into their own political abyss in unison or in pieces
©Matt Kenyon
Dec 23, 2012
Obama’s coming leap of faith on Europe
By acting now, the two regions still have the leverage to set standards, writes Edward Luce
©Matt Kenyon
Dec 16, 2012
Obama’s year of reckoning awaits on Iran
President faces uninvented threats from around the world
©Matt Kenyon
Dec 9, 2012
The fiscal cliff could split the Republicans
If Obama persuades enough of the GOP to vote for a tax rise, the party may face civil war
©Matt Kenyon
Dec 2, 2012
America’s Thelma and Louise moment
Congress will still have to confront the ‘fiscal abyss’ that lies beyond the cliff
Nov 25, 2012
Washington must stop the creeping rust
The need to invest for the future becomes alarmingly clear
Nov 18, 2012
Obama’s path to Xanadu runs via Jerusalem
Tug of war between Mideast realities and Pacific strategy
Nov 11, 2012
Obama’s next task is to split the GOP
The president must use seduction and brinkmanship to persuade Republicans to accept reality
From
WORLD
Nov 7, 2012
Obama 2.0 offers reboot of ‘hope’
Re-elected president holds the cards. How will he play them?
From
WORLD
Nov 7, 2012
Obama must renew bipartisan effort
With a fresh initiative, the next term has lofty goals
Nov 4, 2012
US choice - a gamble or the devil we know
I suspect Mitt Romney would be far more pragmatic in reality than the persona he adopted
Oct 28, 2012
The president struggles to convince
If Barack Obama wants to win the election, he could do more to show it
From
WORLD
Oct 23, 2012
Debate reflects an inward-looking America
Dull exercise betrays absence of new thinking about the world
From
LIFE & ARTS
Oct 21, 2012
US immigration policy is killing innovation
Vivek Wadhwa’s ‘The Immigrant Exodus’ shows the effects of closing the doors to talented foreigners
Oct 21, 2012
Shadow of 9/11 towers over the US election
The presidential campaign shows that America has not yet left the Bush era behind
ABOUT EDWARD
Edward Luce is the Washington columnist and commentator for the Financial Times. He writes a weekly column, FT's leaders/editorials on American politics and the economy and other articles.
Ed has worked for the FT since 1995 as Philippines correspondent, capital markets editor, South Asia bureau chief in New Delhi and Washington bureau chief between 2006 and 2011. In 2000 Ed was the chief speechwriter for Lawrence H. Summers, the US Treasury secretary. His first book, In Spite of the Gods, The Strange Rise of Modern India remains a high seller.
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Budget battles and careless cuts
Whatever happens at the next fiscal cliff will further dent America’s growth prospects