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Waning influence: is the US on the decline as a world power?
Pete Souza, The White House  Obama’s soft power a hard sell
after NSA revelations  Could China be the big winner from the
shutdown?  US shutdown has a hefty international price tag
George Washington’s Farewell Address is usually remembered for
its admonition to “steer clear of permanent alliances". But
Washington’s famous words contained a second warning too, one
that is especially… Is Iran’s new president Hassan Rouhani
proposing a new way forward in thawing the relations between his
country and the United States? EPA/Brendan McDermid  Iran-US
relations: is this Rouhani’s ‘grand bargain’?  As the presidents
of Iran and the United States converged on the United Nations
headquarters in New York this week, optimism seemed to be in the
air. Washington and Tehran have eyed each other icily ever… US
president Barack Obama has been criticised recently for not
taking a hardline enough approa