China and US create less pacific ocean
The naval build-up by Beijing and a Pentagon shift in seaborne firepower towards Asia are creating an arena for rivalries, writes Geoff Dyer
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Barack Obama begins his battle to be elected for a second term in the face of economic uncertainty
US defends Asian military strategy
Xi Jinping takes issue with the Obama administration’s decision to boost its alliances and military presence
White House details tax reform
Obama fleshes out his pitch to blue-collar America, detailing a series of tax incentives designed to bolster the US manufacturing sector
Obama has the edge on tax push
With the rich-poor gap widening, the US president’s demand for the wealthy to pay their ‘fair share’ could yet be a winning strategy
Obama reminds America it has a choice
Barack Obama’s State of the Union can best be described as the president’s biggest speech yet of the 2012 general election
Obama to form mortgage fraud task force
The White House is to join forces with New York investigators to probe alleged frauds involving home loans and mortgage-backed securities
Obama’s State of the Union Address
US President Barack Obama’s ‘An America Built to Last’ delivered on Tuesday, January 24 2012 in Washington, DC
Obama puts tax at heart of election
US president lays down battle lines for election as he promises a ‘fairer’ tax regime
Obama focuses on economic home front
Barack Obama’s last State of the Union address before the 2012 election focused heavily on the economic home front, aiming at both creating incentives and pressure for US companies to invest in the US
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US tax requires less caution, more action
By eliminating most tax loopholes, for example, Barack Obama could reduce the headline personal and corporate tax rates and still boost revenues
The mirage of Obama’s defence cuts
In spite of having pared back its armed forces by 100,000, the US will still have more citizens in uniform than it had on the eve of 9/11, writes Edward Luce
Obama’s record
It would be hard to dispute his claim that the state of the union ‘is getting stronger’ but the contrast with the booming 1990s could not be starker
America, Greece and a world on fire
A Greek economic crisis is threatening Europe but the US has no intention of leading the rescue mission, writes Gideon Rachman
Mr Obama, a word of advice for a second term
Be straight with people about the jobs they know will make up their lives, and then fight to make them good jobs, writes Jared Bernstein
Disillusioned with DC
As confidence in politicians reaches all-time lows, both parties are struggling to win over a volatile electorate in the run-up to next year’s polls, write Richard McGregor and Anna Fifield
Security trump cards won’t be enough to rescue the president
If fixing middle-class income stagnation were as clear-cut as ordering a raid on bin Laden, we can be sure Barack Obama would have tried it, writes Ed Luce
The president just does not get the American centre
Barack Obama lost the trust of the American public through a terrible misreading of them, writes Christopher Caldwell
Euro crisis reveals limits of US leadership
White House has watched the unravelling of deals to save the single currency with a mixture of despair, disbelief and helplessness
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