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Barack Obama

• 80 months and counting ...

  

  1 Apr 2010:

  Andrew Simms: In the odd ecosystem of politics, Obama's healthcare victory has direct implications for the viability of action on climate change

• Begin by breaking up the big banks

  

  31 Mar 2010: Larry Elliott: We are sleepwalking towards an even deeper crisis. It's time to pinch ourselves, and embark on fundamental reforms

• The case for western missile defence

  

  31 Mar 2010:

  Anders Fogh Rasmussen: As the US and Russia agree on arms reduction in a threatening world, a combined missile defence system should be next

• Obama's Afghan trip may be too late

  

  30 Mar 2010: Nushin Arbabzadah: Obama's belated visit may have been triggered by a realisation that Kabul is slipping into other powers' spheres of influence

• Obama gets back on the world stage

  

  30 Mar 2010:

  Olivia Hampton: After his heathcare win, Obama's trip to Afghanistan and the Moscow bombings are stark reminders of the global challenges ahead

• Whither the 'special relationship'?

  

  29 Mar 2010:

  Michael Tomasky: MPs have called for an end to Britain's 'special relationship' with the US. A little distance might be historically inevitable, and healthy

• Obama's other difficult partners

  

  28 Mar 2010:

  Petra Marquardt-Bigman: Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu is presently seen as the chief obstacle to Middle East peace, but what of the Arab League?

• Principled and passionate: how Obama sealed his place in history

  

  28 Mar 2010:

  Henry Porter: After a bruising first year, the president has seen off the cynics by remembering what drew him to seek office

• Obama must fulfil Mexican promise

  

  25 Mar 2010:

  John Ackerman: It's time to initiate a new phase in relations with Mexico, based on a more nuanced understanding of life south of the border

• A Republican problem with the law

  

  25 Mar 2010:

  Afua Hirsch: The Bush administration had contempt for international law and many healthcare opponents even seem to be domestic outlaws

• Obama's long-distance healthcare race

  

  24 Mar 2010:

  Sasha Abramsky: As the journey to healthcare reform has shown, Barack Obama knows how to pace himself better than the politicians around him

• Gloves are off between US and China

  

  24 Mar 2010: Simon Tisdall: Growing US pressure on China over internet censorship and human rights coincides with a string of other flashpoints

• Netanyahu's reluctant gift to Palestine

  

  24 Mar 2010:

  Hussein Ibish: US pressure on Binyamin Netanyahu has not achieved a settlement freeze, but it has delivered real gains to Palestinians

• Healthcare bill sets my daughter free

  

  23 Mar 2010:

  Dan Kennedy: Millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions face new career prospects thanks to healthcare reform – including my daughter, Becky

• Battered Binyamin Netanyahu comes out fighting

  

  23 Mar 2010:

  Simon Tisdall: Britain's expulsion of an Israeli diplomat is another blow to Netanyahu, but he's defiant in the face of global pressure

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