More cooperation

Obama can only tackle the huge problems his predecessor George W. Bush has left him facing through greater cooperation, writes the daily Der Standard. "Obama sees a cooperation that takes into account the interests of other nations as well as his own as the only way to solve the major global problems. He has promised to make vigorous use of diplomacy and only use brute force as a last resort. ... In Europe the expectations that damaged transatlantic relations will rapidly improve may be too high."

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