Challenges American Power

President Obama is facing challenges to American power on many fronts, as is preparing for his first trip abroad since according with nation’s economic woes emboldening adversaries and allies alike.
Despite his immense popularity throughout the world, Mr Obama will face resentment over American-style capitalism and resistance to its economic prescriptions, when he lands in London on Tuesday for Group of 20 summit meeting of industrial and Course forthcoming market nations plus the European Union.
President will not try to overcome the refusal of NATO to provide more troops in Afghanistan, when he goes on later in the weeks to respond with military alliance.
Seems unlikely to return home with no more to show for its attempts to open a dialogue with leaders of Iran, who so far have responded with hard words, though not enough to persuade Russia to support U.S. in tougher sanctions against Tehran. And he will be tested in face-to-face meeting of leaders of China and Russia, have been pondering the extent to which the power of the United States to dominate global business may be ebbing. (more…)