The Wall Street Journal April 15, 2010 A Greece bailout nears. But a growing body of opinion maintains that it will not be enough to see Greece through its debt crisis. That would mean a debt restructuring or default will sooner or later follow. more
The Wall Street Journal April 15, 2010 When pooh-bahs and finance ministers, central bankers and economic seers ponder prospects for the world economy at their annual gathering in Washington later this month, the one region that will prompt the most worry is Europe. more
Spiegel April 14, 2010 The crisis in Greece could have dramatic consequences for other European countries that have adopted the euro. EU finance commissioner Olli Rehn wants to secure a greater say in Brussels in the budget policies of member states. In a newspaper interview, he speaks of a “common fate in the currency union.” […]
The Wall Street Journal April 14, 2010 WASHINGTON—World leaders closed out a global summit on nuclear security with a pledge to lock down hundreds of thousands of tons of weapons-usable nuclear fuel by 2014, and set a 2012 summit in South Korea to measure progress. more
The Guardian April 14, 2010 Last week Russia and the US signed the new strategic arms reduction treaty (Start) signalling a significant shift in the focus of America’s nuclear strategy, from its former cold war foes to so-called rogue states. This week at the nuclear summit in Washington China agreed for the first time to […]