The New York Times July 18, 2010 Just two months ago, Europe’s sovereign debt problems seemed grave enough to imperil the global economic recovery. Now, at least some investors are treating it as the crisis that wasn’t. more
Foreign Policy July 9, 2010 A behind-the-scenes clash is playing out over President Obama’s nominee to be the next U.S. ambassador to Turkey, a key Middle East post at a time of tense relations between Washington and an increasingly independent-minded Ankara. more
The Wall Street Journal July 9, 2010 The European Parliament approved a deal Thursday that allows the sharing of sensitive financial data with U.S. counterterrorism officials that the Obama administration had been urgently seeking since the previous system went dark at the start of the year. more
The New York Times July 9, 2010 VIENNA — In a seeming flashback to the cold war, Russian and American officials traded prisoners in the bright sunlight on the tarmac of Vienna’s international airport on Friday, bringing to a quick end an episode that had threatened to disrupt relations between the countries. more
The New York Time July 9, 2010 WASHINGTON — On a Friday afternoon in mid-June, President Obama sat down with advisers in the Oval Office and learned that the F.B.I. planned to round up the largest ring of Russian sleeper agents since the cold war. After discussion about what the agents had done, the conversation […]