Winners & Losers
Winners China: Its diplomats extract a pledge that North Korea will not test again—and an apology! Google Shareholders: The stock jumps on unexpectedly high profits. The Vietnam Analogy: It gets a boost from Bush himself. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China: The country’s largest lender is set to smash records with its IPO. Losers Hugo Chávez: ...
Winners
China: Its diplomats extract a pledge that North Korea will not test again—and an apology!
Google Shareholders: The stock jumps on unexpectedly high profits.
Winners
Google Shareholders: The stock jumps on unexpectedly high profits.
The Vietnam Analogy: It gets a boost from Bush himself.
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China: The country’s largest lender is set to smash records with its IPO.
Losers
Iraqi PM Maliki: He’s losing control, and rumors are swirling that Washington wants a change.
Nigeria: A new report claims the country’s leaders have stolen $380 billion since independence.
NGOs in Russia: Dozens are forced to shut down until their paperwork is in order.
David Bosco is a professor at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. He is the author of The Poseidon Project: The Struggle to Govern the World’s Oceans. Twitter: @multilateralist
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