President George Bush senior proclaimed a "new world order" after the fall of communism. It never happened. Can it happen now under a president so different from him in his generation, background and mode of thinking?
Over these last days, Barack Obama has starred in one show after another: the G20, the NATO commemorative meeting and the US-EU summit. But President Obama is the star of every show, in the conference hall or on the streets. What matters is not the show but what he has demonstrated of his substance this week.
Unquestionably the G20 summit was a success, but not a complete success. The global financial system has not been repaired. The signs of economic recovery are still feeble. And Mr Obama, backed by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, still has differences with the major European continental nations. But the participants reached a large measure of agreement on the road to travel.
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06 April 2009
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