Unease about big powers 'rising'
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Worldwide opinion is increasingly wary of big powers and their leaders, a new global study suggests.
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It finds itself becoming increasingly entwined with the powers it once shunned, particularly the United States.
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Does access to fuel ease nations toward nuclear weapons? Rising demand has nonproliferation experts unsettled.
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Some world leaders say they will not be pressured into following economic policies prescribed to them.
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Comment is free: Timothy Garton Ash: As power shifts from the old west, it is absurd that the world's economic top table has a seat for Italy but no place for China
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A British economist calls for urgent, sweeping action. Some Americans call him alarmist. Who is right?
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Can 'unsettle a country's foundations'
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Concerns arise that the massive bomb-resistant vehicles may not be practical outside Iraq.
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President Bush isn't the only world leader facing doubts about his handling of the war on terror. People in Australia, Italy and Britain also harbor reservations about how well their nation's leaders are holding terrorists at bay.
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Chinaâs military modernization, particularly its drive to develop advanced weaponry, has been raising concerns.
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Itâs a curious phenomenon. Americans seem to feel more economically insecure even though the economy has become more stable.
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Or, how securitizations can be a cause for concern.
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European rhetoric aimed at China is becoming American in style: confrontational and shrill. Trade deficits and exchange rates are the lightning-rods. European Union threats of retaliation have become more frequent.
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An unlikely meeting of minds on an issue of global concern.
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Australia may not want to go to war with China, but it could get dragged in by the US, writes Robert Ayson.
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A new National Intelligence Estimate raises concerns that the terrorist group is growing stronger.
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BERLIN, Dec. 13 -- The world's perception of China as a major global power is growing, with many people believing it will rival the United States in influence by 2020, according to a major survey released this week.