EU Remains Split On Admitting Guantanamo Detainees
Radio Free Europe February 4, 2009 The European Union is caught in a bind, split over whether to admit Guantanamo detainees freed by the United States. more
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Blueprint set out for nuke-free world
Reuters UK February 3, 2009 The government will set out a six point plan Wednesday for a nuclear free world, at a time when global powers fear Iran will produce a bomb and Barack Obama’s inauguration has renewed interest in disarmament. more
Middle East a focus for Clinton and allies
International Herald Tribune February 3, 2009 Moving quickly to explain the Obama administration’s policies toward Iran and the Middle East, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton held separate talks Tuesday in Washington with her British and German counterparts as European governments prepare for a major shift in U.S. strategy on these and other security issues. […]
Buy American plan hurts U.S. leadership: EU, Canada
Reuters Canada February 2, 2009 President Barack Obama’s ability to lead and help restore the global economy will be damaged if the United States includes restrictive “Buy American” provisions in its economic stimulus plan, Canadian and European Union officials said on Monday. more
Lazy Allies
The National Interest February 2, 2009 Media reports indicate that President Obama may abandon his plan to ask America’s NATO partners to provide more combat troops for the mission in Afghanistan. Given how militarily useless many of the existing European deployments have been, that may not prove to be a big loss. more