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Mind What You Celebrate

By David Smith

This week marks the 66th anniversary of the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany, recognized in the West on May 8 and in the East on May 9. Thus an important chapter in the greatest conflagration in human history was closed—the war in the Pacific raged on for another three months. The epic Allied victory is well worth […]

Infographic: Debt Owed to German Banks

By James Joyner

Doug Saunders, the European Bureau Chief for Canada’s The Globe and the Mail, passes along the above infographic from Spiegel. It explains a lot about German anxiousness about the goings-on in the Eurozone. James Joyner is managing editor of the Atlantic Council.  

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 8

By NATO

Turf wars within the EU

By Stephen Castle, the International Herald Tribune

From Stephen Castle, the International Herald Tribune:  There are few better illustrations of those continuing turf wars than the reaction to the death of Bin Laden. The first E.U. pronouncements were issued by Jerzy Buzek, president of the European Parliament, even though he has very few foreign policy powers. His two declarations were followed by […]

Atlantic Update 5/9/11

By Klee Aiken

Today is all about the European economy, with the ‘big four’ holding secretive talks over Greece, Ireland receiving a loan rate reduction, while a "financial bomb" is diffused in Belgium. Libyan rebels look forward to Italian arms, an expectation quelled by Italy’s insistence that they will only include "self-defense material." Perhaps the Dutch could satiate […]

US congratulates the EU for celebrating Europe Day

By Hillary Clinton, U.S. Department of State

From Hillary Clinton, U.S. Department of State:  On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of the European Union as you celebrate Europe Day this May 9. Sixty-one years ago today, Robert Schuman issued a historic declaration proposing a European continent united in solidarity – one that […]

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 7

By NATO

NATO Chief: “Gadhafi’s time is over”

By CNN

From CNN:  NATO’s leader confidently proclaimed on Sunday that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s days are numbered, but he couldn’t foresee how long the alliance’s grinding mission to protect besieged civilians will last. "The game is over for Gadhafi," NATO’s Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told CNN’s "State of the Union." "He should realize sooner rather than […]

Rasmussen starts tour in the US with visit to wounded troops

By NATO

From NATO:  NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen began his week long tour of America on the 7th of May with a visit to wounded troops at the National Naval Medical Center near Washington. Together with General James Cartwright the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretary General met with servicemen injured […]

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 6

By NATO