U.S. Should Focus on Economy and Mend Relations with Russia and China
The state of the U.S. economy will determine (a) the outcome of next year’s midterm elections on November 3, 2026, and (b) President Trump’s ability to govern effectively during the rest of his mandate. Republicans now have a thin majority of 218 seats (with two vacancies currently being filled)...
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U.S. Wants a New Trade Deal with Russia and China
Washington is now where it wanted to be at the beginning of President Trump’s first term of office on January 20, 2016. Watching Obama administration’s futile “pivot to Asia” in November 2011 to contain China, and the violent government change in Ukraine in February 2014, followed by the fai...
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Japan Would Benefit from Thawing U.S.-China Relations
The newly elected Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told his first press conference in December 2012 that “China is an indispensable country for the Japanese economy to keep growing. We need to use some wisdom so that political problems will not develop and affect economic issues.” Abe thought...
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America First Means That “All Politics Is Local”
Thomas “Tip” O’Neill, a Massachusetts Democrat and a speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987, coined a phrase that “all politics is local” to emphasize that voters are primarily interested in issues affecting their areas and communities. And in spite of different par...
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Peace Is Essential to Restore American and World Economies
While the outgoing U.S. government sounds dire warnings that the borrowing limit will be reached next Tuesday (January 21, 2025), and that the country’s financial system could experience major problems, America’s President-elect Donald Trump is reaching out to Chinese and Russian leaders to stop...
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China and Russia Want Broader and Stronger Relations
The exchange of New Year greetings between the Chinese and Russian leaders points to their closer political, economic and security ties. And those were not just the usual well wishes during the festive season. Policy decisions at the highest level of state were anticipated over the last few weeks by...
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Diplomacy Can Help to Rebalance and Strengthen the U.S. Economy
The first task of the new U.S. administration should be to pull the world back from confrontations that are leading toward a global conflict and a nuclear Armageddon. Only active peace diplomacy – and a policy of free and fair trade – can open the space to rebuild and stabilize American economy ...
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U.S. Should Correct Its Excessive Foreign Trade Imbalances
There are some early signs that the incoming U.S. administration will pay more attention to the part of its economy that accounts for one-third of demand and output. In a recent discussion with the Canadian prime minister, President-elect Trump raised the question of Washington’s large and systema...
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BRICS Leaders – China, Russia, India – Want to Expand and Strengthen Their Relations
The three largest countries of this rapidly expanding organization have accelerated their drive toward closer and more comprehensive economic, political and strategic cooperation. The ongoing consultations show their concern that vast areas of mutual relations are inadequately covered, and that thei...
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Peace in Europe Should be America’s First Priority
Cutting U.S. budget deficits, maintaining price stability and running a steadily growing economy is impossible under conditions of intensifying military operations in Europe, widening Middle East hostilities and dangerously rising tensions in East Asia. Europe is the best place to start untangling t...
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