By Carter Dougherty International Herald Tribune The Polish plan would see shares sold exclusively to Polish companies, possibly in defiance of European Union rules that require equal treatment for all members of the bloc…more
By Philip Gordon International Herald Tribune Viewed from the other side of the world, the differences within the West no longer seem so great. On a wide range of global issues, Americans and Europeans are coming together. As they do so, engaging a rising China will be one of their greatest challenges…more
By Mark Landler New York Times MUNICH, Feb. 10 — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia accused the United States on Saturday of provoking a new nuclear arms race by developing ballistic missile defenses, undermining international institutions and making the Middle East more unstable through its clumsy handling of the Iraq war…more
By C.J. Chivers International Herald Tribune MOSCOW: Russian prosecutors brought new charges Monday against the imprisoned founder of the Yukos oil company and one of his business partners, opening a new line of legal attack against a Kremlin foe…more
By Ronald Asmus Russia is back, not as the democratic partner we had hoped for, but as an increasingly authoritarian actor eager to advance its own values and interests abroad. AP panelist Ronald D. Asmus calls for a new transatlantic Eastern Policy in Die Zeit on February 1, 2007.