US-China relations and the escape of Chen Guangcheng

Just assume Chen Guangcheng is under the US protection.

U.S. growth is tepid, but it’s the envy of Europe

By Daniel Gros, director of the Center for European Policy Studies in Brussels.

The Great Escape of Chen Guangcheng

What does it mean for the Chinese communist regime?

Global poll: One in four thinks that the free enterprise system needs to be replaced

GlobeScan Chairman Doug Miller commented: The broad and deepening sense of economic unfairness seen in this poll will continue to shape the political agenda in many countries and fuel further protests.

Should Bahrain F1 Grand Prix be canceled?

Read few opinions.

What to expect in the French presidential campaign

Will Hollande and Sarkozy try to change the dynamics of the campaign  less than a week before the first round?

How much is the Secret Service scandal the embarrassment for Obama?

Secret Service agents and US military members are being investigated for alleged involvement with prostitutes in Cartagena, site of the Summit of the Americas summit. Read comments by W. Alex Sanchez, Research Fellow, Council on Hemispheric Affairs

Can Romney find a place for Santorum in his campaign?

Let the general election campaign begin!

A real momentum for Romney? Finally?

He sweeps Wisconsin, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. primaries.

Honey trap: Anna Chapman allegedly got close to Obama’s cabinet official

According to media report Russian spy ring of 10 people including Anna Chapman was getting close enough to a sitting US cabinet member and FBI feared that Chapman would compromise a senior US official in a honey trap. Should the official (he or she) be named?

Update:

ABCnews reports: A female Russian agent got “close enough” to a sitting U.S. cabinet member that the FBI felt they had to swoop in and arrest the lot — but it wasn’t the famous femme fatale Anna Chapman, federal officials said today.