U.S. President Barack Obama visited Shanghai to meet with Chinese leaders and hold a town hall meeting with university students. The American leader stressed the interdependence between the U.S. and the Asian giant. Melissa Chan and Steve Chao of Al Jazeera English report.

Nina Hachigian argues that President Obama's foreign policy vision is worthy of international accolade because he's implementing a strategy that recognizes that nation states have to hang together in this world or suffer apart.

Peter Eisner argues that the Nobel Prize applies pressure at a time when President Obama has big decisions to make – think Afghanistan, where the choices of troop involvement and fighting terrorism are monumental. It's a call to the U.S. – find the peaceful solution.

Political upheaval continues in Honduras, after liberal leader Manuel Zelaya was ousted in a military coup in late June. Worldfocus.org's weekly radio show explores the coup and how Latin America's media have become a political battleground. Sandra Cuffe, Daniel Duquenal and Silvio Waisbord join the conversation.

Worldfocus blogger Peter Eisner writes to explore just how different President Obama's policy toward Iran is from the Bush-Cheney policy. Is Obama neglecting diplomatic opportunities?