Russia throws a wrench in NATO’s works
Asia Times March 15, 2008 For the first time in the 60-year history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Russia will attend the alliance’s summit meeting on April 2-4 in Bucharest, Romania. more
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France’s Two-Pronged Military Plan May Backfire
The Wall Street Journal March 12, 2008 French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected next month to lay out plans to increase France’s contribution to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and shoulder more of the military burden in Afghanistan. While the move could seal a rapprochement with the U.S., it could impede Mr. Sarkozy’s efforts to […]
US signs Latvia, Estonia visa deals
One News – TV New Zealand March 13, 2008 The United States has signed up Estonia and Latvia to bilateral deals that will lead to visa-free travel, risking further European Union ire a day ahead of tough EU-US security talks. more
Europe and United States reaching out to each other again
Helsingin Sanomat March 14, 2008 It seems as if it were again acceptable to talk about “the West” as a political and cultural concept. Western, democratic Europe and the United States have at long last begun to energetically emphasise what unifies, rather than what separates them. more
US visa row threatens to expose EU disunity
Financial Times March 12, 2008 A quarrel over visa-free travel to the US threatened yesterday to detonate a furious row at a European Union summit later this week and expose the bloc’s disunity in its dealings with the world’s great powers. more