After much speculation, Barack Obama’s team has announced he will travel to Europe this summer   – to Paris, Berlin, and London (the dates have not yet been announced for security reasons, although the London stop is rumored to be planned as early as next week).   John McCain visited Europe last March once it [...]

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Picture a long line of dominoes, each one representing one of the globe’s special clubs, such as the United Nations, the World Bank, or the International Atomic Energy Agency, and so on. At the front of the line stands the European Union. Evidenced by the sheer amount of media coverage, the Irish “no” vote on [...]

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Despite the strains on the transatlantic relationship caused by events like the Iraq war – as evidenced in public opinion studies, like GMF’s Transatlantic Trends – optimism is rising about improved relations with a new U.S. administration in 2009. But underlying the political aspect of the relationship has been a flourishing economic relationship that helps [...]

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“We are freezing, but we are very excited to be here” was the reaction of the first group of American, African and European TFMI participants descending from the airport shuttle bus and pulling their suitcases across the gravel to Castle Hotel Pommersfelden. The organizing team who rushed to great them handed over the conference material, [...]

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