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I think every country has to recognize its competitive advantage and liberate its strengths to be a partner in global trade, and that's the only way you can survive and succeed.

It's not just Iraq - it's the Atlantic partnership which is at stake.

My impression is that American policy speaks not of antagonism but rather partnership.

Well, first of all, we now have everybody with the exception of India, Pakistan, and Israel, and I don't think these three countries are going to join by simply providing them an incentive, in terms of technology.

The fact is that co-operation between independent countries - to our mutual advantage - is the way of the modern world.

The countries that share this conception should be able to go further together, without excluding the others, since they can still live in a greater community of exchange and co-operation.

I believe a relationship with a country is simply bound to the interests of two countries and not by personal issues.

It is hard to cement any relations with any country based on promises that may not be deliverable.

China can and will be an invaluable trading partner to both the U.S. and the U.K.

In fact, it seems to me that making strategic alliances across national borders in order to treat HIV among the world's poor is one of the last great hopes of solidarity across a widening divide.