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Labor Pains: Why the Transatlantic Jobs Crisis is Worse than it Appears
Posted on 14 May 2012.
By: Peter Sparding
Posted in Economics, European Central Bank, European Commission, European Union, Greece, Politics, Spain, Transatlantic Relations, Transatlantic Take, United States2 Comments
Kofi Annan’s Syria Mission: Short Term Gains, Long Term Pains
Posted on 27 April 2012.
By: Hassan Mneimneh
Is Kofi Annan’s plan enough to usher in peaceful talks and quell international skeptics about the situation in Syria?
Posted in Democracy, Middle East, Politics, slider, Syria, Transatlantic TakeComments Off
Deconstructing France’s Battle Royale
Posted on 26 April 2012.
By: Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer
There are three takeaways from the first round of the French presidential election on Sunday.
Posted in European Union, France, French Politics, Politics, Transatlantic Take1 Comment
A Tale of Two Brave Men, and Why Belarusian Dissidents Still Need Europe’s Help
Posted on 20 April 2012.
By: Pavol Demeš
The news travelled fast last weekend that Andrei Sannikov and Dmitry Bondarenko had been freed. Who exactly are these men and why were they released now?
Posted in Belarus, Central and Eastern Europe, European Union, Politics, slider, Transatlantic Relations, Transatlantic TakeComments Off
European Commissioner Štefan Füle on the release of Andrei Sannikov and Dmitri Bondarenko
Posted on 15 April 2012.
By: Pavol Demeš
GMF transatlantic fellow Pavol Demes interviewed European Commissioner Štefan Füle on the recent release of leading Belarussian dissidents Andrei Sannikov and Dmitri Bondarenko. Here are Commissioner Füle’s responses.
Posted in Belarus, Central and Eastern Europe, European Union, Politics, RussiaComments Off
Cautionary Tales from the Campaign Trail
Posted on 11 April 2012.
The 2012 U.S. presidential election has not drummed up global attention on par with the 2008 election because it is far less open or groundbreaking.
Posted in Afghanistan, Iran, News, Politics, slider, Transatlantic Take, United StatesComments Off
Syria and Beyond: The Need for a Steady Turkish Hand
Posted on 05 April 2012.
By: Hassan Mneimneh
Probably, no one has a higher stake in ensuring that the Syrian hinterland is not transformed into a Yemen-style haven for terrorism than Turkey. Reconciling diverging policies will present a true test of Turkish leadership in the region.
Posted in International Security, Iran, Middle East, Politics, slider, Syria, Transatlantic Take, TurkeyComments Off
Will Slovakia’s Robert Fico Be Another Viktor Orban?
Posted on 04 April 2012.
By: Pavol Demeš
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – What is going on in Central Europe? After Viktor Orban’s consolidation of power in Hungary, another political strongman has returned to the helm, this time in Slovakia. Former Prime Minister Robert Fico has once again assumed the leadership of Slovakia following his Smer-Social Democracy (SMER-SD) party’s landslide victory in last month’s elections. [...]
Posted in Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary, Politics, Slovakia, Transatlantic Take1 Comment
Finding Foreign Policy in the French Elections
Posted on 15 March 2012.
By: Martin Michelot
PARIS – The French presidential elections are a little more than a month away, and foreign policy has played only a minor role in the campaign. The focus on jobs and economic growth has allowed the Socialist challenger, François Hollande, to slide by without outlining a foreign policy program. The danger for Hollande is that [...]
Posted in European Union, France, NATO, Politics, slider, Transatlantic TakeComments Off
Eurobaloney on the Campaign Trail
Posted on 26 January 2012.
WASHINGTON–Mitt Romney, one of the leading Republican U.S. Presidential candidates, has informed his countrymen over the past few weeks that U.S. President Barack Obama is working to turn the United States into Europe. This, one might think, is good news. Presumably it suggests that a unified “West” is closer to becoming a reality. The president, [...]
Posted in Election 2012, European Union, Germany, Politics, slider, Transatlantic Take9 Comments
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