EuropeanVoice.com February 4, 2010 The European Parliament’s civil-liberties committee today voted to recommend that the Parliament reject a new interim EU-US bank data-sharing pact that the US believes is vital to transatlantic efforts to thwart terrorists. more
The New York Times February 4, 2010 BERLIN — Ahead of a major security and defense conference in Munich this weekend, NATO acknowledged Thursday that it lacked almost half the trainers it had promised to help build up the army and police in Afghanistan. more
Foreign Policy February 3, 2010 European officials are reportedly “miffed” that President Obama isn’t going to attend an EU summit in Spain this May. The Times says that the summit may be postponed, and England’s Guardian refers to a “diplomatic row,” says the summit might be canceled entirely, and quotes one unnamed envoy saying “if […]
BBC February 3, 2010 Iran’s president has said it is ready to send its enriched uranium abroad for further enrichment under a deal to ease concerns about its nuclear programme. more
Leo Michel, Senior Research Fellow Institute for National Strategic Studies During some 30 years as a career civil servant, I have witnessed the many benefits of transatlantic cooperation in the area of security and defense. But I’ve also seen misunderstandings, a lack of coherence, and sometimes some important differences. more