Christine Lagarde promised to carry out a reform of labor law. Lagarde made big efforts to impose the Anglo-Saxon labor law model in Central and East Europe. Her goal was to promote the interests of the US firms, not those of the Old Europe.

Strauss-Kahn broke ranks and ventured into no man's land. That's why he was set up and then crushed like a bug. He has been replaced by the IMF's number 2 guy, John Lipsky, former Vice Chairman of the JPMorgan Investment Bank. How's that for "change you can believe in"?

When Napoleon Bonaparte spoke, countries listened. When today’s Napoleon-wannabe speaks, people snicker

This triple US crisis will mark the true exit from the "world after 1945" which saw the US play the role of Atlas and will, therefore, be marked by many shocks and aftershocks in the quarters which follow. New California governor Jerry Brown believes that the USA is facing a regime crisis identical to that which led to the Civil War

We know of course how that story ended, and the problems, abuses, and crimes that Lenin and his followers ultimately caused throughout much of the world. Sadly, however, much of our approach to the Balkans is often guided by the same mindset.

Thanks to the Libya intervention, no foreign government can feel safe from the West's born-again nation builders. And from North Korea to Iran to Syria that means one thing: nukes

Their categoricalness and bravery today represents, for the umpteenth time in our history, a pledge for the future, thanks to which our children won’t have to blush when someone asks them: “Do you remember Libya?”.

Libya was an easier case, at least in the U.S., since American support for Muammar Qaddafi was minimal. The real test of American commitment to democracy is long-time ally Saudi Arabia. Unfortunately, Riyadh also is essentially a totalitarian theocracy.

What Cameron was doing was either very brave or very foolhardy, said Hastings, adding that “If I had any doubts, when David Cameron received the endorsement of Tony Blair, that was the prospective kiss of death.” Looking an awful lot like Blair and the Iraq adventure

Twelve years ago, March 24th 1999, marks the commencement of NATO's aerial bombardment of Yugoslavia, were followed by the illegal occupation of the province of Kosovo. In the course of the last week the so-called international community has called for the bombing of Libya