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from The Economist of 9 Oct 2004
This series of briefs seeks to redress the balance by looking at the presidency issue by issue. The record has been mixed. On foreign policy, perhaps the most important issue, Mr Bush has transformed American policy in response to the terrorist attacks and (less noticed) has established good relations with the great powers of Russia, China, India, and Japan. But the costs to the country's moral suasion in Europe and the Middle East has been steep. All America's principle allies would vote for Mr Kerry by a landslide.

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