By Julianne Smith CSIS In the months leading up to NATO’s Summit in Riga, NATO officials frequently referred to it as the “Transformation Summit,” a time when the leaders of all 26 members could come together to chart a new course for the Alliance, politically and militarily. However, the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan throughout […]
By Brent Scowcroft New York Times THE Iraq Study Group report was released into a sea of unrealistic expectations. Inevitably, it disappointed hopes for a clear path through the morass of Iraq, because there is no ”silver bullet” solution to the difficulties in which we find ourselves.
By Daniel Yergin Newsweek The world will never be quite the same. High oil prices are not only changing the political and economic landscapes but they could also change energy itself, because they are stimulating the most widespread drive for technological innovation this sector has ever seen.
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By Daniel Hamilton Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung On the eve of Germany’s presidency of both the European Union and the G8 in January, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is reviving talk of a Transatlantic Free Trade Area. Daniel Hamilton argues for an open transatlantic market, which tackles the major domestic barriers to transatlantic commerce. Allowing a free […]