The Great Society was much more than the sum of its parts. Like the New Deal before it, the Great Society changed the way Americans thought about the relationship of the government to the economy.
Le nuove vie del petrolio e la "exit stratgy" dai diversi fronti di guerra hanno modificato l'impegno degl Stati Uniti nel Medio Oriente; ma continua a mancare una coerente strategia europea nei confronti della regione:
Whether through intention or ignorance, lower wages or another unsustainable bout of speculation are the logical consequence of the bi-partisan commitment to austerity that now rules Washington.
It is not alarmist to see a potential clash between Chinese leaders’ desire to extend their regional power and American leaders’ determination to maintain their Post Cold War role as the world’s policemen.