Negotiating a sustainable compromise with Iran is not getting any easier, and this delay might not yield the desired result of bringing Tehran's nuclear programme under stringent limits, says Claude Smadja
The time is over when United States President Barack Obama thought he could afford to make a joke about the ISIS.
Xi Jinping has accumulated great power, but he faces trials that are just as great, says Claude Smadja.
The deal with Iran does not address any of the major issues thrown up by Tehran's ambitions, says Claude Smadja.
The minister learns from Europe's economic suicide, and pulls off a difficult balancing act.
Next year might be better than the last.
Events around the Gaza flare-up reveal that Iran is ceding space to a resurgent Egypt under President Morsi, says Claude Smadja
The last European summit, in June, was supposed to have decided that the European Stability Mechanism would use its euro 500 billion to help directly recapitalise banks in distress, once a euro-zone banking supervisor authority was established.
The fiery 'India Shining' and 'India Everywhere' slogans of a not-so-distant past may have been empty bluster, as the bravado has been replaced by a mood of despondency in the Indian business community.
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