Comment & Analysis: Obama and the limits of soft power, How Washington b...

If this email is not displayed correctly, please click on the following link or open your browser and paste the link into the address field: http://view.ed4.net/v/9ULF66/BGFO9/ICVIAN/DKPF8/   Comment & Analysis Tuesday June 02 2009 FT.com - Comment and analysis   Obama and the limits of soft power From North Korea to Guantánamo Bay, from Iran to Afghanistan, US president Barack Obama is confronting vexing issues that cannot be charmed out of existence. The problem is epitomised by his trip to the Middle East this week and a much trailed speech in Cairo, says Gideon Rachman http://link.ft.com/r/9ULF66/RX42I/Y8WM9/I07TP/YSWH0/4O/h   How Washington blew GM's bankruptcy The administration took a tragic situation and turned it into an expensive mess to pay a political debt, needlessly wasting billions of dollars in the process, writes Michael Levine http://link.ft.com/r/9ULF66/RX42I/Y8WM9/I07TP/PWCRP/4O/h   Europe must take control of banking stress tests We cannot wait another four months to discover that we do not yet know the true state of Europe's banking system, write Jean Pisani-Ferry and Beatrice Weder di Mauro http://link.ft.com/r/9ULF66/RX42I/Y8WM9/I07TP/HVTDY/4O/h   It's competition that delivers the goods Online supermarkets are in a category of their own, because they involve someone turning up on your doorstep. You get to know the delivery drivers better than their employers do, writes Michael Skapinker http://link.ft.com/r/9ULF66/RX42I/Y8WM9/I07TP/PWCJY/4O/h   The real cure for Britain's political malaise Local government has been left to wither. As Whitehall has provided the money, it has micro-managed spending. Voters have been stripped of the right to make local choices, writes Philip Stephens http://link.ft.com/r/9ULF66/RX42I/Y8WM9/I07TP/619C0/4O/h   FT.com - In depth MPs' expenses Oil Swine flu European elections 2009 Detroit in distress Tools Your account    Portfolio Email Briefings    Price alerts Keyword alerts    RSS feeds © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2009 ABOUT THIS EMAIL You have received this email because you have signed up for this keyword/company alert on FT.com Change Briefings  •   Unsubscribe  •   Change Email Address  •   Forward this email to a friend  •   Privacy Policy  •   About Us  •   Help The Financial Times Limited, registered in England and Wales number 227590. Registered office: Number One Southwark Bridge, London SE1 9HL. VAT number GB 278 5371 21.