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Stryker McGuire is an American journalist working in London. McGuire is a contributing editor at Newsweek magazine, where he was a correspondent, bureau chief and editor for 30 years; the founding editor of International Quarterly , and an associate at Lombard Street Research, an economics consultancy in the City of London.
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Put the G-8 Out of Its Misery
It’s time to let the Group of Eight die in the rubble of L’Aquila, home to this week’s summit, says Stryker McGuire, because what the G-8 really lacks is leadership.
Murdoch's Secret Plan to Charge for Content
The Daily Beast's Stryker McGuire has learned that News Corp. has tasked a global team—reporting directly to the 78-year-old media mogul—with creating a model to charge for online content.
Meet the U.K.'s Prime Minister-in-Waiting
Politically, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is a dead man walking. Forty-two-year David Cameron is preparing to lead the Tories into power by giving the stiff party of Thatcher an image makeover.
The Murdochs' Scheme for Your Newspapers
If James Murdoch's bold plan for his family's newspapers takes hold, he could save an industry—and cement his place as father Rupert's heir apparent.
The Troubles Ahead for Obama
Longtime international correspondent Stryker McGuire takes stock of Obama’s three-summit week and finds much undone—and many fissures unhealed.
The Bitter Feud on Downing Street
The long-simmering tension between Gordon Brown and his chancellor of the exchequer, Alistair Darling, spilled into the open this week, as the two men lock horns over Britain’s stimulus package. Stryker McGuire on how history is repeating itself.
The War Over the Global Stimulus
The outlines of a "global New Deal" are being hashed at a G-20 meeting near London this weekend. Stryker McGuire on why no one is buying the agenda.