Comment: Obama risks more than his credibility, Western disar...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Monday September 02 2013     Comment   Obama risks more than his credibility   If the president gets the approval he wants, the US will from that moment own responsibility for what happens in Syria. This is his real gamble       Western disarray gives succour to Assad   The Syrian president must have watched with satisfaction as debate focused on local political issues rather than the brutality of his regime     Lessons for Greece from derelict Detroit   The ruins of the US city symbolise the decline or a modern industrial city. There is no reason to think that it could not happen elsewhere     EM crisis threatens the global recovery   Fast-growing economies are more and more important for global growth. It is increasingly odd that feedback effects on the US economy are taboo     Cameron needs a lesson in strategy   If the British prime minister wants to improve his government's strategic planning, it should from now on refer to the military     School league tables deserve low marks   The system encourages teachers to focus excessively on pupils on the C/D borderline, with few incentives to help pupils at the bottom or top of the range     Whisky and oil, not blood, sweat and toil   Gavin McCrone's 'Scottish Independence', a lucid analysis of the economics of the nation, is essential reading ahead of next year's referendum     Measuring the gauges of stock valuations   Cape and Tobin's q tell the same story, that the US stock market is overvalued, and this contradicts much analysis from Wall St and the City         Opinion   Stop the politics on Syria   This is when American leadership matters: no one else left standing can deliver a reminder that weapons of mass destruction won't be tolerated       Britain's double 'Brexit'   In rejecting participation in any military action against Syria, the country is turning its back simultaneously on the US and on France         Manage email    Forward this email   Feedback    Manage portfolio Subscribe to the FT Follow the FT   Unsubscribe | My Account | RSS | Privacy Policy | About Us | Help   © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2013 You have received this email because you have signed up from the NBE preference page. This email was sent by a company owned by Pearson plc, registered office at 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. Registered in England and Wales with company number 53723.