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New Atlanticist

Jul 13, 2011

Euro-Crunch: The Grim Banker is Calling

By Julian Lindley-French

“If there is no relief, we are going straight into the abyss”. So says, Romano Prodi, one-time Italian Prime Minister and President of the Onion’s European Omission. As European Onion finance ministers gathered in Brussels to disagree about what to do over the deepening Eurozone crisis the sheer scale of the crisis and its potential […]

Economy & Business European Union

New Atlanticist

Jul 13, 2011

Pakistan and America: Friends, foes or in free fall?

By Harlan Ullman

When it seems U.S.-Pakistan relations cannot get worse, they do. This past week, The New York Times, perhaps coaxed by the White House or CIA, held Pakistan’s army and Inter-Services Intelligence responsible for the killing of a journalist and called for the resignation of the ISI director general. Over the weekend, it followed with a […]

Pakistan

NATOSource

Jul 13, 2011

Is France Waffling on Libya?

By Bruce Crumly, Time

NATOSource

Jul 13, 2011

French lawmakers vote to fund Libya mission

By John Irish and Emily Picy, Reuters

From John Irish and Emily Picy, Reuters:  Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to extend funding for France’s military intervention in Libya after the prime minister said a political solution to end the crisis was taking shape.

NATOSource

Jul 13, 2011

Leaders of NATO and Libyan Opposition Discuss Way Forward

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  We have just had an informal meeting between the North Atlantic Council, contributing partners in operation Unified Protector, and members of the Libyan Transitional National Council, to discuss the way forward in Libya.

New Atlanticist

Jul 12, 2011

Five Questions with Leszek Balcerowicz

By Alexei Monsarrat

Director of Global Business and Economics Alexei Monsarrat recently interviewed Professor Leszek Balcerowicz on how Greece and Europe will resolve the debt crisis. As Polish Finance Minister in 1989, Balcerowicz instituted a wide-ranging series of economic reforms to transition that country to a market economy. His “shock therapy” is widely cited as the textbook example of how […]

Economy & Business Greece

New Atlanticist

Jul 12, 2011

Talking with Benazir

By Julian Lindley-French

The American decision to ‘punish’ Pakistan by withdrawing some $800m of a $3 billion military aid package demonstrates Washington’s nuanced approach to dealing with Islamabad that is to be commended. Clearly, the Pakistani Government knew exactly the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden at the time of his death in May at the hands of American […]

Pakistan

NATOSource

Jul 12, 2011

Panetta: Some NATO allies in Libya could be exhausted in 90 days

By Phil Stewart, Reuters

From Phil Stewart, Reuters:  New U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Monday that some NATO allies operating in Libya could see their forces "exhausted" within 90 days. "The problem right now, frankly, in Libya is that … within the next 90 days a lot of these other countries could be exhausted in terms of […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 12, 2011

NATO suggests a Ramadan cease-fire in Libya

By Slobodan Lekic, the AP

From Slobodan Lekic, the AP:  NATO suggested Tuesday that it would be willing to stop bombing Libya during Ramadan, if Moammar Gadhafi’s forces also honored a cease-fire during the Muslim holy month.

New Atlanticist

Jul 12, 2011

US-Iran: Tensions Mount Over Iraq, Nuke Sanctions

By Barbara Slavin

Reviving U.S.-Iran friction over Iraq may have more to do with deteriorating relations over Iran’s nuclear programme than with uncertainty over U.S. troop levels in Iraq beyond the end of this year. In recent weeks, a chorus of U.S. officials has accused Iran of providing lethal weapons to Iraqi Shiite militias that have targeted U.S. […]

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