Day: 17 November 2009

China and the U.S Obama has a tricky hand to play. He must show his domestic audience that he is tough on human rights whilst depending on loans from China to stop America going bust.Some years back, approaching thirty, I wrote that China was the power of the future. People smirked, knowing they had read the […]

Brown’s Plans for Exit Maybe a conference is a good idea. Unfortunately conferences have a bad record for solving problems, but in the end, short of conquest, people have to talk to get a solution. Afghanistan, with its epic history and its unique poppy based economy requires all who meddle there to recognise one simple fact […]