The international financial crisis has become a kind of induction ceremony for China as a world power, which will go through another ritual when Timothy Geithner, America's treasury secretary, pays tribute in Beijing next month.

ECONOMIST: Banyan

For American society as a whole, and for the rest of the world, there is the reassuring paradox that the world's strongest power has become a society that now elevates for admiration not square-chinned rough riders, but victims.

ECONOMIST: History

Instead of respect, the US is feared around the world because it has become a 'loose cannon' with greedy and 'power crazed' mentally unstable people at it's helm.

BBC: Your comments

Now, Chinese officials appear to be preparing to restart the country's multibillion-dollar effort to become one of the world's largest producers of nuclear power, with a new emphasis on safety.

WSJ: China's Nuclear Fears Could Be U.S. Companies' Gain

Aggreko has become one of the world's largest suppliers of temporary power in recent years, having picked up a string of contracts for major events around the world.

BBC: Aggreko to create new global management structure

As for the Arab world, the administration believes that since the Arabs oppose Iran's quest to become a regional nuclear power, they will help the US both in stabilizing Iraq and in preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The long road to victory

The notion of world citizenship has become a staple of transnationalists who seek to subordinate national sovereignty and constitutional arrangements to a higher power.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Citizen Obama