Archive | May, 2008

A Middle East Final Act?

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WASHINGTON — April 2009 will mark the 10th anniversary of the entry of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic into NATO.   The journey of these and other former Warsaw Pact countries to NATO and to the European Union is one of the most inspiring transformations in modern history.   There are lessons from these [...]

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Posted in Afghanistan, Election 2008, Energy, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Politics, Russia, Transatlantic Relations, Turkey, United StatesComments Off

Where is Europe in the U.S. campaign?

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WASHINGTON — Listening to the other side of the Atlantic, it can sound like Europeans feel that their fascination with the U.S. election campaign is unrequited. Wolfgang Ischinger recently worried that the European Union “hardly ever appears in the speeches and debates of the candidates.” Is it true that the candidates for the president of [...]

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Posted in Election 2008, GMF, Politics, Transatlantic TrendsComments Off

Eurovision arrives in Belgrade

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BELGRADE, Serbia — It’s not an eventful week for Belgrade, it’s an eventful month. But this week is surely the most exciting. With its first entry into the Eurovision Song Contest as an independent state, Serbia won the world’s biggest music contest in 2007. Following tradition, when we watched late that night as Marija Å erifović [...]

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Posted in Balkans, European UnionComments Off

Video: Karen Donfried discusses European anti-Bush sentiment

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Posted in Election 2008, European Union, GMF, Politics, Transatlantic Relations, Transatlantic Trends, United StatesComments Off

Protecting the Responsibility to Protect

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WASHINGTON — France has invoked the”Responsibility to Protect” (R2P) at the United Nations Security Council, calling for an international aid mission to Myanmar with or without the approval of the military junta. While Russia and China will ensure that nothing comes of it, France’s willingness to propose this in response to a natural disaster represents [...]

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