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Why Obama? Deconstructing the Nobel Peace Prize nomination
The choice of the US President completes the counter-Bush trilogy: Carter, Gore and now Obama
Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize. Is this a joke?
I am still rubbing my eyes in disbelief
Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
US president awarded prize after just nine months in office
Change we can’t believe in
Barack Obama promised a sharp break from the Bush era, yet he seems to have stepped into the shoes of his disgraced predecessor. As the anniversary of his election approaches, Mehdi Hasan investigates what went wrong
Obama’s empire
The 44th president of the United States was elected amid hopes that he would roll back his country’s global dominance. Today, he is commander-in-chief of an unprecedented network of military bases that is still expanding.
Mourn on the 4th of July
With his government of warmongers, Wall Street cronies and polluters from the Bush and Clinton eras, Barack Obama is merely upholding the myths of a divine America
Smile on the face of the tiger
Obama’s speech in Cairo on the Middle East peace process was seductive, but its content was as morally bankrupt as any of Bush’s spiels
We need an earthquake
Obama has exposed the timidity of Blair and Brown – whose disastrous legacy is a Britain with no strong, credible left-of-centre voice
Can Obama woo the Muslim world?
Obama went to Cairo to woo the Muslim world. But one lofty speech won’t stop America from being loathed
'We must build our house upon a rock'
Barack Obama has used his first 100 days in office to remake the culture of US politics. But his critics are asking, “Is the president too socialist and too willing to appease America’s enemies ?” Even Warren Buffett, one of his great supporters, has scorned his wisdom of taxing the rich
The Madmen did well
The first 100 days of Barack Obama’s presidency have shown him to be a marketing exec’s dream, a Marlboro Man for the Noughties – and little else
Obama’s opportunity
The Israel-Palestine problem has never been better understood, reports Donald Macintyre, but finding the solution will require huge ambition
The politics of bollocks
Supporters of the new US president refuse to admit that the "man of change" is, in fact, changing very little. It's time the Obama lovers grew up
Closing Guantanamo
It is the most potent symbol of the abuses of the Bush era: Obama's swift decision to shut down Guantanamo Bay prison has been hailed as a new dawn for justice
And so, the work began
The rhetoric may not have soared, but Obama's inaugural speech proved that he is more than ready to get down to business
Obama: What the world expects . . .
He only has to rescue the global economy, solve the crisis in the Middle East and fix the environment . . . In this special report, Alec MacGillis, Patricia J Williams, Will Hutton, Sigrid Rausing, Benjamin Markovits, Katherine Butler and Mark Lynas assess the new president's prospects
Beware of Groundhog Day
Barack Obama is a politician of a system described by Martin Luther King as "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today". He speaks of change but offers only dreaded continuity
Here come the liberals
For decades American conservatism defined global politics. Now we are about to witness a seismic change in Washington. Will Hutton leads our special report on the profound impact the new thinking will have on Britain and the world
Don't believe the hype
Barack Obama is being lauded by liberals but the truth about him is that he represents the worst of American power. John Pilger reports from Texas
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