http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/alastair-newton en http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalPolicyJournal-BlogPosts-Alastair-Newton/~3/nT4M0PipVdo/chinaus-%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%80%9C-two-%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C5%93indispensible-powers%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C2%9D The phrase &ldquo;indispensible power&rdquo; is most closely associated with Madeleine Albright, who first used it publicly to describe the United States shortly after she was sworn in as Secretary...<a href="http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/02/02/2011/chinaus-%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%80%9C-two-%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C5%93indispensible-powers%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C2%9D">Read more</a> Wed 2 Feb 2011 Alastair Newton http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/02/02/2011/chinaus-%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%80%9C-two-%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C5%93indispensible-powers%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C2%9D http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalPolicyJournal-BlogPosts-Alastair-Newton/~3/0Shgb2txbMI/egypt-brink-%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%80%9C-what &ldquo;Egypt&rsquo;s army&hellip;may now be developing a new vision of how the state&rsquo;s interests ought to be preserved &ndash; one that need not include Mr Mubarak.&rdquo;

Bassma Kodmani,...<a href="http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/01/02/2011/egypt-brink-%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%80%9C-what">Read more</a> Tue 1 Feb 2011 Alastair Newton http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/01/02/2011/egypt-brink-%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%80%9C-what http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalPolicyJournal-BlogPosts-Alastair-Newton/~3/kRVq4PAS_2E/alastair-newton-and-ritika-sen-india-and-us-%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C5%93natural-allies%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C2%9D-or-uneasy-bed-fellows For the first two years of his presidency, Barack Obama appeared to be paying little attention to India, certainly relative to his predecessor, George W Bush, who had overseen the unprecede...<a href="http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/18/01/2011/alastair-newton-and-ritika-sen-india-and-us-%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C5%93natural-allies%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C2%9D-or-uneasy-bed-fellows">Read more</a> Tue 18 Jan 2011 Alastair Newton http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/18/01/2011/alastair-newton-and-ritika-sen-india-and-us-%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C5%93natural-allies%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C2%9D-or-uneasy-bed-fellows http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalPolicyJournal-BlogPosts-Alastair-Newton/~3/7M5TaBFgpgU/uk-comprehensive-spending-review-%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C5%93there-no-alternative%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C2%9D In an echo of then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher&rsquo;s famous &ldquo;TINA&rdquo; maxim from the 1980s, UK Chancellor George Osborne, presenting the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review...<a href="http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/29/10/2010/uk-comprehensive-spending-review-%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C5%93there-no-alternative%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C2%9D">Read more</a> Fri 29 Oct 2010 Alastair Newton http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/29/10/2010/uk-comprehensive-spending-review-%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C5%93there-no-alternative%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C2%9D http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalPolicyJournal-BlogPosts-Alastair-Newton/~3/tcZKx3EoulQ/israeliran-why-washington-wrong &ldquo;In the gap between Washington&rsquo;s and Jerusalem&rsquo;s views of Iran lies the question: who, if anyone, will stop Iran before it goes nuclear, and how?&rdquo;

Jeffrey Goldberg (Sept...<a href="http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/27/09/2010/israeliran-why-washington-wrong">Read more</a> Mon 27 Sep 2010 Alastair Newton http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/27/09/2010/israeliran-why-washington-wrong http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalPolicyJournal-BlogPosts-Alastair-Newton/~3/EXNZDb92CNo/north-korea-calmer-waters-ahead &ldquo;Something unusual seems to be happening in Pyongyang and it&rsquo;s probably time to think about the future a bit more seriously. We are heading towards serious changes, and nobody seems pre...<a href="http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/22/08/2010/north-korea-calmer-waters-ahead">Read more</a> Sun 22 Aug 2010 Alastair Newton http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/22/08/2010/north-korea-calmer-waters-ahead