The U.S.âs Weighty Role on the World Stage
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Some fear that American consumers will pull back from their exuberant spending, cooling demand for goods worldwide and dragging down the global economy.
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WASHINGTON As the presidential candidates prepare to devote their first debate, on Thursday, to foreign policy, it is an axiom of their campaigns that these men could not offer a starker choice on America&#39;s role in the world.
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Cowboy diplomacy. Unilateralism. Foreign governments have sharply criticized President Bush&#39;s foreign policy in many ways. But on one issue, international trade, you could almost hear a collective sigh of relief over his reelection.
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NEW YORK - President Bush, trying to soften his image overseas as a heavy-handed unilateralist, is using his annual address to the United Nations to offer up a brighter vision of a planet with less hunger, disease and oppression.    Exactly six weeks before Election Day, Bush is equally concerned about his audience at home...
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SAITAMA, Japan  - The United States arrived at the   world basketball championships sporting a new look, a new   attitude and a new game plan. They were determined to win the   gold medal and reclaim their status as the sport's super power.
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The United States remains the world leader in scientific and technological innovation, but its dominance is threatened by economic development elsewhere, particularly in Asia.
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The US is no longer the world's most competitive economy, according to the World Economic Forum.
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WASHINGTON -- By 2020 the world's economy will have grown by 80 percent and average incomes will have risen by half as India and China -- which together will account for more than a third of the planet's population -- surpass Europe and compete with the United States as the major global powers, top US intelligence analysts forecast yesterday.
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Long considered something of a junior partner among Europe's elite nations, Italy is carving out a hefty role in world affairs. Rome is contributing the largest contingent to the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, has claimed a role in negotiations with Iran and is rallying European governments around the idea that Italy can form a counterweight to American might.
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THE world closely watched the US presidential election to see what the outcome might mean for the next four years of American foreign policy.
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SAITAMA, Japan  - Despite suffering a demoralizing   defeat by a brilliant Greece at the world basketball   championship, the United States are looking long-term.
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The US has taken a decisive turn to the (extreme?) right on foreign policy and social issues. What about the economy? A Republican President presides over a spiralling fiscal deficit.
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President George W. Bush's coming  African tour will emphasize the caring side of U.S. policy but  it is widely seen as being more about military interests, oil  supplies and combating Chinese influence.
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In an effort to gain economic cooperation, the U.S. is pushing for China and other developing nations to get more power.
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Why the Bush Doctrine no longer guides the foreign policy of the Bush Administration
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NO other country today affects the world the way America does. Americans have a full appreciation of their nation&#39;s immense power but, in general, they tend to have a retarded view of the great responsibility that comes with this power.
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US trade policy is far from perfect, of course. But election year rhetoric, particularly that on &quot;outsourcing&quot; of jobs, may have given some Americans a distorted view of reality.