New York Times March 20, 2009 With less than two weeks left before his first meeting with President Obama, Russia’s president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, hosted a group of veteran American policy makers that the Russian news media have dubbed “the wise men,” saying he welcomes the shift in tone coming from Washington. more
The Guardian March 20, 2009 Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, yesterday opened up a new rift with Britain and the United States ahead of the G20 summit in London when she delivered a blunt rejection of extra fiscal stimulus packages as advocated by Gordon Brown and the Obama administration. more
Bloomberg News March 20, 2009 President Barack Obama urged Iran to opt for peace over “terror or arms,” forging diplomatic ties with the world, and an adviser to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad responded that the U.S. should lift sanctions. more
Financial Times March 19, 2009 The Federal Reserve’s bold action this week to boost the US economy with large-scale purchases of government debt created on Thursday fresh headaches for the European Central Bank, which is eschewing such steps in favour of fighting the economic crisis via eurozone banks. more
Washington Post March 18, 2009 France and Germany appealed to fellow European nations Tuesday to take the lead in emphasizing tighter regulation and “a new global financial architecture” to combat the world economic crisis and prevent new ones. more