Doubt in the Age of Obama
Democrats must wrap themselves in the mantle of Obama’s programme. But what is that, asks Christopher Caldwell
Barack Obama: the first year
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US slaps duties on Beijing steel pipe imports
The US hit China with another big trade action as it slapped preliminary anti-dumping duties on $2.6bn worth of Chinese pipe imports
Clinton set to smooth Obama’s visit to China
The US secretary of state is on course to raise $61m needed to build a pavilion in next year’s Shanghai Expo and clears a main foreign policy obstacle ahead of the president’s state visit
Obama tests rating in state votes
The US president took to the hustings in Camden, New Jersey, in a last-ditch attempt to bolster support for Jon Corzine, the governor seeking re-election in one of two gripping races that some analysts view as a litmus test for Mr Obama
White House hails stimulus job gains
The $787bn US stimulus package has created or saved 650,000 jobs so far, according to a vast swathe of data set to be released
Clinton says al-Qaeda sheltered in Pakistan
The visiting US secretary of state says she found it ’hard to believe‘members of the Islamabad government did not know the hiding places of al-Qaeda leaders
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Pull the plug on the Afghan surge
The US cannot afford to put additional resources behind a strategy that risks luring it into an ever-deepening quagmire, write Charles Kupchan and Steven Simon
The Vietnam moment
War and politics: As Barack Obama prepares to decide on a surge in troops to Afghanistan, he risks pleasing neither hawks nor doves – a dilemma similar to that of Lyndon Johnson four decades ago
A chronic condition
America: As he seeks the passage of healthcare reforms that have eluded predecessors, Barack Obama faces the biggest test so far of his presidency. The road has been long and troubled
It is too early to laud Obama – or to be disappointed
The president’s wisest course was to have turned the prize down, saying he had not had time to accomplish the things he wanted to. Accepting the world’s praise for having done nothing looks vain and is not without risk, writes Clive Crook
Obama must lead on healthcare
The president needs to bang Democratic heads together, so that he and the party can finally start making a coherent case to the public
Obama must start punching harder
The notion that Mr Obama is a weak leader is spreading in ways that are dangerous to his presidency, writes Gideon Rachman. The Nobel Peace Prize will not help. Peace is all very well. But Mr Obama now needs to pick a fight in public, and win it quickly.
World reaction to Obama’s win
In reactions ranging from incredulous to laudatory, world leaders comment on US president Barack Obama’s surprise win of the Nobel Peace Prize
A triumph of hope over achievement
It will take more than a few months of his presidency to judge if it is worthy of a Nobel prize, writes Gideon Rachman
Obama’s Nobel ‘stretch target’
As corporate golden handshakes go, awarding $1.4m to a chief executive barely nine months into the job merely for giving his shareholders hope is actually quite modest. But before the Nobel Peace Prize goes to Barack Obama’s head, the Foundation should take a leaf out of the G20’s guidelines on bankers’ bonuses and apply a few constraints
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Obama’s first 100 days
Interactive feature: Few presidents have taken office facing such daunting challenges as Barack Obama. Here we look at his first 100 days in office and the key policy decisions, appointments and early political crisis as they unfolded
Obama’s rescue plan explained
Graphic: Obama’s rescue plan explained by FT reporters
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