The Tribune-Democrat March 21, 2008 Commenting on the damage to America’s international image caused by the war in Iraq, France’s foreign minister Bernard Kouchner recently told the International Herald Tribune, “It will never be as it was before.” more
Foreign Policy in Focus March 21, 2008 NATO stands at a crossroads: the 26-member alliance is simultaneously engaged in the most difficult military mission it has ever undertaken – its first ever ground war – while also undergoing pressure to transform itself in an uncertain world. In particular, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in […]
Chicago Tribune March 21, 2008 As NATO plans for a major summit in early April, the 59-year-old defense alliance is facing a serious test over European governments’ commitment to the conflict in Afghanistan, where many members signed up for a peacekeeping mission but found themselves in a war. more
PR Inside March 20, 2008 Belarus urged the U.S. administration Thursday to lift sanctions imposed on the authoritarian ex-Soviet state and blamed Washington for the deepening diplomatic crisis” more
Newsweek March 20, 2008 America and Europe face political, economic and demographic challenges to their longstanding primacy. This is a delicate moment for a power transition, given the host of emerging global threats: global warming, nuclear proliferation, macroeconomic imbalances, terrorism, the need to reform global governance and so on. The question is, can the United […]