Agence France-Presse February 1, 2008 US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has sent an “unusually stern” letter to his German counterpart asking Berlin to send more troops to southern Afghanistan, a German newspaper reported Thursday. more
Agence France-Presse January 31, 2008 The United States said Thursday it would like France to send combat troops to southern Afghanistan without saying it would make an explicit request to French Defense Minister Herve Morin. more
The Heritage Foundation January 30, 2008 With warmer relations with Paris and Berlin, Washington might be forgiven for thinking that its strategic interests are now protected in continental Europe. However, this discounts the threat posed by the European Reform Treaty, signed by all 27 European Union (EU) member states on December 13 in Lisbon. more
The Atlantic January 31, 2008 Now that I read it, I have a lot of sympathy with the arguments made by Parag Khanna in his “Waving Goodbye to Hegemony” article in The New York Times Magazine. However, in the interests of sobriety it’s worth flagging two important caveats. One is that one shouldn’t understate the […]
Business Week January 31, 2008 High-level delegates from the world’s biggest economies and the largest developing countries — who together are suffocating the planet with their carbon dioxide — are meeting in Hawaii this week to discuss strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions without stunting economic growth. more