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American Dreaming

‘I only discovered both how much I was missing New York and what was irritating me about Berlin when I visited Manhattan in the week after bin Laden’s killing’

May 24, 2011

Europe·European Eye·US Politics·War on Terror

American Jews and the Defence of Western Civilisation

Two distinguished US academics, Ruth R. Wisse and Jack Wertheimer, discuss the need to rebuild Jewish life and stand up for Israel with the Editor of Standpoint, Daniel Johnson

April 22, 2011

Dialogue·Israel·Judaism·Middle East·US Politics

French Lessons in Liberty

Alexis de Tocqueville saw that 19th-century America combated individualism through the art of association. Are there lessons here for Cameron's 21st-century Big Society?

March 28, 2011

Books·France·History·US Politics

Is China Really a Threat to us?

Dambisa Moyo, author of How the West was Lost, and Niall Ferguson, author of Civilization: The West and the Rest, discuss the Eastern challenge to Western prosperity with the Editor of Standpoint,

February 22, 2011

China·Developing World·Dialogue·Economy·Global Governance·The West·US Politics

Rehab for a President

Book Review: Decision Points by George W. Bush

December 16, 2010

Books·US Politics·War on Terror

Warning to the US: Don’t Play by Islamic Rules

The Ground Zero mosque debate shows America, like Britain, pursuing the chimera of attempting to reform Islam

December 16, 2010

Features·Islam·The West·US Politics

All Change

‘Now that I am about to leave, I realise how uniquely American is the craving for “change”’

November 22, 2010

European Eye·US Politics

Decision Time for Barack Obama

After his mid-term ‘shellacking’, the President has a choice: Clintonian pragmatism or the ideological purity of the Left

November 22, 2010

Features·Obama·US Politics

Tea Party Politics

‘Why do grown men in the Tea Party dress up as George Washington?’

September 27, 2010

European Eye·Obama·US Politics

A Tale of Two Presidents

'In the Old World, a leader is criticised — and quits — for being too emotional. In the New World, a leader is criticised for not being emotional enough'

June 22, 2010

European Eye·Germany·Obama·Politics·US Politics

Mama Grizzlies

The rise of conservative feminism in the US shows that gender doesn’t determine political affiliation The recent release of Sex and the City II has inspired a wave of insipid think-pieces musing on

June 22, 2010

Counterpoints·US Politics

History’s Greatest Ponzi Scheme

Politicians sat on their hands as the mighty American economy was sent to its doom. What is to be done to prevent a repeat?

June 22, 2010

Economy·Features·Global Governance·North America·UK Politics·US Politics

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