Mistura: Turkish presence a key message to Afghans
Today’s Zaman July 20, 2010 According to Staffan de Mistura, the UN secretary-general’s special representative in Afghanistan, Turkey’s presence in the war-torn country is vital. more
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Leaders Take Pains to Stress What’s Still Special in the U.S.-Britain Relationship
The New York Times July 20, 2010 WASHINGTON — It was not quite the Tony Blair-Bill Clinton love fest of 1997, but President Obama and the newly minted British prime minister, David Cameron, appeared game to do everything they could on Tuesday to take some of the recent chill out of the relationship between their […]
‘The Price We Have to Pay Is Much Higher than Expected’
Spiegel July 19, 2010 NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Monday Afghanistan will need long-term support from NATO even after the Afghan army takes full control of security. Speaking before Tuesday’s Kabul Conference, he predicted more casualties and said the world underestimated the scale of the mission. more
What are the consequences if START ratification fails?
Foreign Policy July 19, 2010 The conventional wisdom in Washington is that President Obama’s strategic arms-control treaty with Russia will be eventually ratified by the Senate, with a smattering of reluctant GOP votes. But what if that doesn’t happen? more
Platitudes Create Rifts Between Berlin and Its Allies
The New York Times July 19, 2010 BERLIN — More than a century ago, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia, bombastically half-commanded the world to heal itself through an infusion of something he called the German essence. more