Thursday, December 10, 2009

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- December 10, 2009

Nicolas Sarkozy and Gordon Brown. Photograph: Charles Platiau/Getty

For Global Finance, Global Regulation -- Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy, Wall Street Journal

Proposals that deserve consideration include taxes on financial transactions and 2009 bank bonuses.

Europe led the way last year in facing down the global financial crisis, restructuring our banking system and strengthening the global financial system. The European Union was also at the forefront in calling for a new forum for economic cooperation of G-20 leaders. And from the outset of the crisis, it was Europe that promoted the fiscal stimulus—and sought to coordinate it globally—that has been a major factor in preventing recession becoming a world-wide depression.

Read more ....

Commentaries, Opinions, And Analysis

President Obama's Nobel Speech -- Real Clear World

Accepting Peace Prize, Obama Evokes ‘Just War’ -- Jeff Zeleny, NY Times

The Right Words for a War President -- David Ignatius, Real Clear World/Washington Post

Obama defines the use of war in an age of terror -- C.M. Sennott, Global Post

Avengers for Allah
-- Ralph Peters, New York Post

Iran's Democratic Moment -- Amir Taheri, Wall Street Journal

Justice Delayed Is Not Justice Denied: On Human Rights Day, a renewed argument for action in Darfur. -- Angelina Jolie, Newsweek

Human Rights Day 2009 - little to celebrate -- Gerald Steinberg, Jerusalem Post

Yemen's Proxy War That Isn't -- Ranj Alaaldin, The Guardian

India Is Taking A Fresh Look At Nuclear Weapons -- Fidler & Ganguly, Times of India

'Silence from the White House as the future of the world revolves around the Iranian cauldron.' -- Andy McCarthy, National Review

If Truman had used Obama's war tactics
-- Doug Patton, Hernando Today

No comments: