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Could Obama be the new Roosevelt?

We are facing another crisis of financial confidence - and we need an exceptional president to deal with it

It's the best Tory team in 50 years

But they will need all their skill to cope with Labour's ballooning public debt

No theory can stop boom and bust

Since the 19th century, economists have sought to stabilise the trade cycle and prices simultaneously, without success

Labour's best hope lies with the Palin effect

Gordon Brown is guilty of boring the nation. His party should look to its women to make itself interesting again

This culture clash is drowning out the issues

The four contenders for the White House each represent a different America. Which can win over the swing voters?

Palin has 65 days to prove herself

Senator McCain has found a running-mate who is not a neocon but a genuine American conservative

Biden is no threat or asset to Obama

In rejecting Hillary Clinton, the presidential candidate may have lost the White House

Russia cannot afford to be isolated

Kremlin hawks may be in the ascendancy now, but in a world of global trade they will pay a price in the end

Georgia: another Sarajevo moment avoided

The great powers learnt in 1914 that small conflicts can easily and quite accidentally trigger world wars

A policy of running on empty won't do

The idea of ‘nationalising’ the British nuclear industry under French control was always a dubious one

Labour should choose Hillary, not Obama

If Gordon Brown goes, Harriet Harman should take over. Only a woman can change the climate of political debate

Mosley did not deserve the law's protection

Reducing the ability of the press to investigate will have serious consequences for the welfare of society

The Europhiles are not the future, Mr Obama

Most US Presidents share the common American view that Europe will naturally evolve into a United States of Europe