We One People

Blair plus Obama spells opportunity.

American president Barack Obama has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.

China, the next superpower?

Rwandan president Paul Kageme has praised China while criticizing the west on their methods of bringing progress to africa (see: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8301826.stm).

How to deal with India's Maoist threat?

A few days ago I wrote my post "India's Maoist threat. Deja vu?"  In that post I showed the situation was predicted decades previously.  I did not offer any suggestion on dealing with the threat.

I would recommend reading the previous post for context before continuing.

New role for the G-20

In late september 2009 at a meeting of G-20 countries in Pittsburgh the leaders of these nations determined that the G-20 will permanently replace the G-8 as the "permanent council for international economic cooperation."