EuropeanVoice.com December 03, 2009 The EU and the US are moving swiftly to increase civilian support for the development of Afghanistan and Pakistan, following US President Barack Obama’s decision, on 1 December, to send more troops to Afghanistan. more
EuropeanVoice.com December 03, 2009 Van Rompuy and Ashton may prove the doubters wrong, but until then the transatlantic partnership will remain troubled. In Washington, the selection of Herman van Rompuy as the president of the European Council and Catherine Ashton as the EU’s high representative for security and foreign policy has, in private, evoked outright […]
EuropeanVoice.com December 03, 2009 The Swedish presidency has irritated many national governments by announcing that foreign ministers will not be invited to attend next week’s summit meeting (10-11 December), which will be the last European Council to be chaired by the prime minister from the country holding the rotating presidency of the EU. more
The New York Times December 03, 2009 PARIS — As political and military leaders across the globe pondered President Obama’s announcement of his Afghan strategy, European allies offered a mixed response, with some of the biggest contributors to the NATO coalition withholding promises of immediate troop reinforcements. more
BBC December 02, 2009 US President Barack Obama, in his West Point speech, threw down a challenge to Europe. He made it clear this was “not just America’s war”. He said this was not simply a test of Nato’s credibility. What was at stake, Mr Obama said, was “the common security of the world”. He […]