Washington Post January 28, 2008 In the coming weeks, the Bush administration will decide whether to push to enlarge NATO again at an alliance summit this spring. It is President Bush’s last hurrah on the transatlantic stage. The administration is proposing to extend invitations to Albania, Croatia and Macedonia. I was one of the earliest […]
Czech News January 28, 2008 There is no point in waiting for a new U.S. administration after the autumn presidential election to complete talks on the stationing of a U.S. radar base on Czech soil, Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said in a debate programme on public Czech Television (CT). more
Desert Morning News January 25, 2008 The security of Europe was a top priority for the United States during the Soviet era, but America’s priorities have since gone elsewhere, prompting the European Union ambassador to the United States to make a direct plea: Don’t forget about Europe. Ambassador John Bruton made a three-day visit to […]
The Sydney Morning Herald January 24, 2008 The European Union yesterday unveiled the world’s most ambitious plan to date to fight climate change, forcing member states to cut carbon emissions by a fifth by 2020 but putting Europe on a collision course with the United States, which has accused the EU of using the measures […]
Financial Times January 24, 2008 France drew from the defeat at Suez the conclusion that it should build Europe as a counterweight to the US. Britain decided that it had to stay close to the US while infiltrating the emerging alliance on the continent. Both approaches were shattered on the road to Baghdad. more