Help Sitemap Home Skip Navigation Contact Us Disability Statement

 
 
Monday, 6th October 2008

Premium Article !

Your account has been frozen. For your available options click the below button.

Options

Premium Article !

To read this article in full you must have registered and have a Premium Content Subscription with the The Scotsman site.

Subscribe

Registered Article !

To read this article in full you must be registered with the site.

Sign In
Register

Behind the Headlines - David Calleo



Click on thumbnail to view image
Click on thumbnail to view image
Click on thumbnail to view image
Click on thumbnail to view image
Click on thumbnail to view image

Published Date: 07 August 2008
BARACK Obama's recent European tour hints that the Illinois senator is Europe's choice to be the United States' next president. But Europeans should not expect too much.
While Obama would likely restore civility and politeness to transatlantic discourse, the sources of friction are more profound. The geopolitical interests of Europe and the US have been drawing apart, and may well continue to do so, no matter who is ...



The full article contains 534 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
Page 1 of 1

  • Last Updated: 06 August 2008 8:12 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

Neil,

Glasgow 07/08/2008 15:51:51
If the EU's economic failure continues & there is no sign it won't, then it will not be a competitor with the US but as a possible auxiliary. I think we would almost cwertainly be a US not Chinese auxiliary, if only because when Nazi germany wants to commit genocide these days they need to get the US to bring the firepower.

Already Chinese electricity production is greater than that of the entire EU so they clearly expect to far surpass us.

 

Comment on this Story

 

In order to post comments you must Register or Sign In

 
 
RSS Feed of this article's comments
Delivery formats: RSS, Atom, Javascript & Email
 
  

 
 


Sister Newspapers:
Press Complaints Commission

This website and its associated newspaper adheres to the Press Complaints Commission’s Code of Practice. If you have a complaint about editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then contact the Editor by clicking here.

If you remain dissatisfied with the response provided then you can contact the PCC by clicking here.