WASHINGTON — Israel last week submitted its response to the UN’s Goldstone Report. That report investigated the conduct of Israel and Hamas during the Gaza war in January 2009, accusing both sides of war crimes. It recommended resorting to the International Criminal Court if the sides failed to investigate the … Continue Reading…
COPENHAGEN — As hope dims for a major global climate deal in Copenhagen, participants still could make enough progress to lay a real foundation for a future treaty. But even that will take significant cooperation, particularly between the transatlantic partners. With only two days left in the negotiations and tensions … Continue Reading…
WASHINGTON — Transatlantic Trends, a recent survey by the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) reveals that President Obama’s popularity in Europe has not made U.S. foreign policies equally popular. The war in Afghanistan, for example, remains widely unpopular among Europeans and the war now seems … Continue Reading…
BERLIN — The difference in responses on both sides of the Atlantic to the Nobel Peace Prize for U.S. President Barack Obama could not have been more striking. In the U.S., the prize winner briefly expressed how humbled he was, followed by a short, highly partisan debate, which was as … Continue Reading…
Article originally published on euobserver.com
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ANKARA — In the shadow of the White House announcement that U.S. President Barack Obama would abandon the missile defense system planned for Eastern Europe in favor of a ship-based missile defense system, the Pentagon notified Congress of a possible $7.8 billion sale of Patriot PAC-3 antimissile batteries and related … Continue Reading…
BRATISLAVA — The decision of the Bush administration to place missile shield installations in the Czech Republic and Poland was met with reluctance and even opposition by many in Central and Eastern Europe from the outset. Even in the two countries’ policy communities it caused considerable turmoil, as advocates of … Continue Reading…
WASHINGTON — What will the overwhelming European support of President Obama mean for transatlantic relations? Will this unprecedented level of confidence in an American leader preface a new golden age of common perspectives on global and bilateral issues? I hope so, but I doubt it.
The past seven years have been … Continue Reading…
The Transatlantic Trends 2009 survey points to some risks regarding Turkish diplomacy for the near future. These risks emanate from the discrepancy between Turkish foreign policy and Turkish public opinion. With the recent developments in its foreign policy, Turkey sees itself as an independent regional soft power that has good … Continue Reading…
GMF Vice President Karen Donfried appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to discuss the recently released Transatlantic Trends survey and what it could indicate about the future of the European-American relationship.
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