EU Gets Tough On U.S. Imports
Hartford Business February 4, 2008 State manufacturers forced to adapt to new European regulations that ban toxic chemicals. more
Category: Issues in the News
Why the US has really gone broke
Le Monde Diplomatique February 2, 2008 Global confidence in the US economy has reached zero, as was proved by last month’s stock market meltdown. But there is an enormous anomaly in the US economy above and beyond the subprime mortgage crisis, the housing bubble and the prospect of recession: 60 years of misallocation of resources, […]
Serbia’s Tomislav Nikolic stokes tensions
Telegraph February 2, 2008 The challenger in Sunday’s Serbian elections has added to regional tensions with an offer to let Russia build military bases in his country to help counter the American missile shield. more
Germany Rebuffs U.S. On Troops in Afghanistan
Washington Post February 2, 2008 Germany on Friday rejected a formal request from the United States to send forces to war zones in southern Afghanistan, the latest setback to the NATO alliance as it tries to scrape together enough troops to battle resurgent Taliban forces and stabilize the country. more
Obama and Clinton: Who Would be Best for Europe?
Welt Online February 2, 2008 Christian Andreas Morris of the Atlantic Community finds the references to transatlantic relations by the front-runners to the Democratic nomination quite vague and generic. Clinton has shown more interest in Europe than Obama. more