Obama wins historic nomination
Obama wins historic nomination
NATO ships cause alarm in Moscow
The New Cold War?
Western media have slipped into Cold War rhetoric, portraying Russia as an aggressor vs. Georgia. But that's too facile a view
Georgia: Fallen Star for Investors
War with Russia has hurt Georgia's reputation as a stable investment climate, the best among former Soviet states in the Caucasus
Russia's Achilles Heel
Russia understands that power can be exerted from control of oil and natural gas pipelines, and one of them passes through countries where the U.S. has influence
London Games 2012: Lessons from Beijing
The British capital can't match China for spending or flash. It aims instead to emphasize fun at the 2012 Summer Olympics
The city's mayor, Boris Johnson, summed up the mood: "We've been dazzled, impressed, and blown away by these Beijing Games," he says, adding, "but we've not been intimidated."
Brave words, but the London mayor knows he's got his work cut out to match what International Olympic Committee Chairman Jacques Rogge rightfully called an "extraordinary Games." The British capital has a budget of just over $17 billion to deliver London 2012, compared with the $44 billion that Chinese authorities spent on the Beijing Games. China bulldozed neighborhoods to make way for the Games and throttled factories and driving in a scramble to clean up Beijing's polluted air, but British officials enjoy no such impunity. Indeed, they're already coming up against taxpayer outcry over plans for the Olympic site in East London.
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