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Feb 12, 2010

Euro Debt Crisis: A Discussion with Currency Strategist Marc Chandler

By Peter Cassata

In his latest New Atlanticist Podcast, Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri addresses the Euro debt crisis and the recent hedge fund betting of over $8 billion in short positions against the common EU currency.  He talks with Marc Chandler, the Chief Currency Strategist for the investment bank Brown Brothers Harriman and author of Making […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Feb 11, 2010

NATO Allies Worry About France’s Decision to Sell Big Warships to Russia

By the Economist

From the Economist: The possible sale by France to Russia of up to four Mistral-class assault ships, at up to $750m each, is stoking fear and mistrust. The deal, agreed on “in principle” by France, could be formalised during a visit to Paris next month by Russia’s president, Dmitry Medvedev. The ships would enter service […]

Energy & Environment

NATOSource

Feb 11, 2010

Russia Names NATO Expansion Missile Defense as National Threats

By Reuters

From Reuters: President Dmitry Medvedev approved Friday a new military doctrine identifying NATO expansion as a national threat and reaffirming Russia’s right to use nuclear weapons if the country’s existence is threatened. The doctrine identifies the expansion of NATO to Eastern Europe and U.S. plans to create an anti-missile shield in Europe as concerns for […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 11, 2010

START Negotiations “Stuck on the Anti-Missile Issue”

By AFP

From AFP: General Nikolai Makarov, chief of staff of the Russian armed forces, raised eyebrows in Washington by saying the START talks, which have dragged past several deadlines, were stuck on the anti-missile issue. Moscow has reportedly insisted that any new pact regulates both strategic offensive missiles and the anti-missile systems designed to thwart them, […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2010

Europe or Europeans: Deciding the Transatlantic Future

By Robert Manning

It is difficult to escape the irony of a Europe who, after anxiously awaiting George W. Bush’s exit, is finding the current administration’s relations with the region are far from what was expected. “Obama disses Europe,” the Washington Post‘s Anne Applebaum writes,  is, “more or less, is how Europeans have described the American president’s decision […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2010

Eurozone and the Five Little PIIGS

By King Banaian

Greece has been the story underneath much of the financial markets this week. The problem is that while everyone wants to solve the problem with Greece’s sovereign debt crisis, nobody wants to put money behind it.

NATOSource

Feb 10, 2010

France Defends Afghan Troop Pledge

By the Wall Street Journal

From the Wall Street Journal: French Defense Minister Hervé Morin defended his country’s decision to send only 80 additional military trainers to Afghanistan, saying France has already increased its presence by 1,300 soldiers in less than two years. Speaking after meetings here with his American counterpart, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Mr. Morin said Paris had […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 10, 2010

Germany Speaks Out in Favour of European Army

By the EU Observer

From the EU Observer: German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle has said Berlin supports the long term goal of creating a European army, which will bolster the EU’s role as a global player. Speaking on Saturday (6 February) at the Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering for high-level discussions on security and defence, Mr Westerwelle said […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Feb 10, 2010

French-Russian Warship Deal Making Waves Among NATO Allies

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: The French daily “Le Monde” broke the news on February 9: Paris had “agreed in principle” to negotiate the sale of one or more Mistral-class ships to Russia… NATO’s new Eastern allies along the Baltic Sea are also unsettled, however, and have taken their concerns not only to Paris but […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Feb 10, 2010

Hawk-Industrial Complex Hamstrings USA

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

"Clueless in Washington" was how The Economist, a British weekly read by movers and shakers the world over, headlined America’s crisis in governance. Neither the president nor Congress shows any sign of knowing how to tackle the budget deficit.

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