In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.

I occasionally find myself reluctant to be pulled into a world that's not mine, in the sense that I'm not a religious guy.

It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

There is a huge crisis of employment in America, in the Western world in general.

Things happening around the world are affecting you and me.