The long New York Times feature about the businesses of the family of China’s Prime Minister Wen Jiabao exploded like a bombshell in Beijing, just as the government was busy preparing for a historical Chinese Communist Party (CCP) congress and the trial of former Chongqing Party Chief, Bo Xilai, who was toppled in the greatest political scandal since the fall of Lin Biao in 1971.

Cuanto más se globalice la democracia, más complejo será su funcionamiento y más difícil será distinguir entre sus ventajas y desventajas. Pero hay algo seguro: la democratización no conducirá a la “occidentalización global”.

The two regional powers most affected by the turmoil in the Middle East are going to be Iran and Israel.The time may have come for the «State Department Arabists» who were kept in the wilderness on ideological grounds to replace the long-time pro-Israel activists who surround Obama as advisers.