Foreign Policy Association April 18, 2008 As Mr. Berlucsconi celebrated his third comeback as prime minister, Italy’s rapid shift toward economic decline continues unimpeded. Any Italian government, regardless of ideological affiliation, has very few, if any, options. The only way forward is structural reform. more
Forbes April 21, 2008 The United States and France are drafting a U.N. resolution that would allow countries to chase and arrest pirates off Somalia’s coast, responding to a spate of attacks including this week’s hijacking of a Spanish tuna boat, U.N. diplomats said Monday. more
International Herald Tribune April 21, 2008 Neither NATO nor the European Union can provide sufficient security to calm Poland’s fears, particularly with Russia now resurgent to its east, and so the government in Warsaw wants the United States to base part of its planned antimissile system here to provide an American guarantee of safety, according […]
Deutsche Welle April 21, 2008 Javier Solana, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, reiterated Europe’s commitment to “the long haul” in Afghanistan during a visit to Kabul. more
Turkish Weekly April 11, 2008 EU-Central Asian forum opened in Ashkhabad. Foreign ministers of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan will discuss the Central Asian Partnership Strategy with EU commissars. The document defining the strategy is somewhat amorphous but it is better than what Russia has which is nothing. Russia does not have any strategy […]