Bush Backs Ukraine NATO Bid
New York Times April 1, 2008 President Bush on Tuesday vowed full support for Ukraine and Georgia’s NATO aspirations, saying Russia would have no veto over the ex-Soviet states’ membership bids. more
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Bush to Meet NATO Allies Divided Over Adding Troops in Afghanistan
Washington Post March 31, 2008 President Bush heads to Europe today to try to rescue the faltering mission in Afghanistan, and key NATO allies plan to meet his demands for more forces with modest troop increases, though not by as much as U.S. military officers say is needed to put down a stubborn Taliban insurgency. […]
France will push U.S. on EU defense
Washington Times March 31, 2008 French commitments to send 1,000 additional soldiers to Afghanistan may be conditional on U.S. support for the European Union’s defense plan that some say will shift power away from U.S. and British interests. more
Next Round of Open Skies Talks Set for May
Business Travel News March 28, 2008 The European Union and United States on May 15 plan to begin negotiations on the second stage of the Open Skies agreement, the EU announced today. According to the agreement, signed last year, second-stage negotiations must commence within 60 days of the first-phase enactment, which goes into effect next […]
McCain’s Democratic Realism
The Weekly Standard March 31, 2008 John McCain’s first major foreign policy speech as the presumed Republican nominee for president, delivered last week in Los Angeles, was widely viewed as an effort to distance himself from President George W. Bush. The Washington Post said his agenda “contrasts sharply” with the “go-it-alone approach” of the Bush […]