Toronto Star

In shifting power, the rise of manifold destiny; If a struggle for resources unfolds between East and West, democratic values could be in for a battering (Toronto Star)

... "For countries like Russia that have been kicked around and patronized by the U.S., a multi-polar world is something of an article of faith," says Anatol Lieven, author of America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism. "The same may be true of China."

Many believe that in recent years… more

The vanishing election issue: foreign policy (The Toronto Star)

"McCain is hard to figure," says Michael Cohen of the New America Foundation, author of Live From the Campaign Trail: The Greatest Presidential Campaign Speeches of the 20th Century and How They Shaped Modern America.

"He hasn't done a critique of Bush's policy. He put pressure on the White House to say America wouldn't engage in torture, then he backed away. He can talk tough on Iran with Republican… more