On April 2, 2009 the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (G20) held a Summit in London to discuss international solutions for combating the global financial crisis. Reporting that preceded the meeting of the G20 suggested a strong rift between the U.S. and Great Britain and Europe regarding the issues of financial […]
Turkish Weekly April 7, 2008 Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush met in the Black Sea resort of Sochi today for their last bilateral meeting as presidents. The upbeat remarks that wrapped up their talks appeared to mark a thaw in the increasingly troubled relationship between the two countries. But […]
New Europe April 7, 2008 At the Bucharest NATO summit (April 2-4), France and Germany rejected the admission of Ukraine and Georgia as new members of the alliance in order to maintain a balanced relation with Russia, despite strong pressure exerted by US President George W. Bush. Membership of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia […]
International Herald Tribune April 7, 2008 Outside the hotel where the European Union foreign ministers stayed in the Slovenian lakeside resort of Bled for their semiannual brainstorming session, a poster advertised an exhibition of “Naïve Art.” It might have been a metaphor for the EU’s well-meaning but often largely declaratory foreign policy and the way […]
Washington Post April 6, 2008 President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin wrapped up their final meeting in office Sunday with plenty of warm words and mutual praise but no concrete agreement on missile defense or the other issues that divide them. more