Barack Obama's exit strategy from Afghanistan is based on the American withdrawal from Iraq, writes Graham Usher in New York

With so many issues to address, expanding the war in Afghanistan might derail Obama's agenda of change, writes James Zogby

There are many a smirk as US President Barack Obama flies to Oslo to be crowned Peacenik of 2009, but it is the Russians who get the prize for taking the shine off Obama's trophy, notes Eric Walberg