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16 Jan 09

FT.com / Columnists / Philip Stephens - The Obama challenge: is Europe just a spectator?

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he should stop throwing America’s weight around
the world’s myriad problems
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- from the security of the sidelines
- on which side of the Atlantic
- the hoopla of next week’s inauguration
- expectations are so high that they are bound to be dashed
- the deeper ambivalence about Washington’s role
- someone looking to make friends for America rather than search out enemies
- upbeat tone
- some of Mr Obama’s stardust
- A cohesive transatlantic community must be rebuilt on three pillars
- humility
- realism
- Russian bellicosity
- imagination
- The instinct of politicians and policymakers is to put issues into silos: the Middle East is for this week, Russia for next, Iran for the week after that; climate change and nonproliferation can wait a month or two.
- across a broader geopolitical sweep

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