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Feb 6, 2009

Canada Encouraged on ‘Buy America’ Rollback

By James Joyner

Canada has expressed relief that the U.S. Senate has watered down the “Buy America” provision of the economic stimulus package currently under negotiation but that it will continue pressure to keep trade between the two countries open. John McCrank for  Reuters:

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Feb 6, 2009

EU and Russia Meet on Energy and Security

By James Joyner

Leaders of the European Union and Russia are meeting today for the first time since the gas crisis, more for the purpose of testing the waters than achieving any diplomatic breakthroughs, Oleg Shchederov reports for Reuters.

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Feb 5, 2009

Protectionism Wave Crashing Over Global Economy

By James Joyner

One disturbing but predictable response to the global financial crisis has been the rise of legislation aimed at protecting domestic industries and jobs by various anti-trade measures.

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Feb 5, 2009

The Engagement Fallacy

By Robert Manning

One of the great (and ridiculously overused) foreign policy buzzwords of our times is engagement.  Do we “engage” (pick your poison) Iran, North Korea, Hamas, and so on?  We speak of engagement as if it were not a means to an end, but an end in itself. 

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Feb 5, 2009

France Wants Key NATO Posts for Increased Presence

By James Joyner

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is offering a very meager increase in French participation in NATO in exchange for command of two prestigious posts.  

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Feb 5, 2009

U.S. Pressures NATO on Afghanistan

By James Joyner

A major overseas conference provides the Obama administration its first chance to influence the direction of transatlantic relations.  David Rising reports for AP.

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Feb 4, 2009

Russia Forms 7-Nation Rapid Reaction Force

By James Joyner

Russia has announced the creation of a rapid reaction military force comprised of seven former Soviet states.  President Dmitry Medvedev said Russia, Armenia, Belarus and four Central Asian nations — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan — had reached the agreement to form a new security force during a summit of the Moscow-dominated Collective Security Treaty […]

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Feb 4, 2009

Kyrgyzstan Closing U.S. Base Key for Afghanistan

By James Joyner

On the same day militants took out a key bridge used to get supplies in from Pakistan, NATO’s logistical problems in Afghanistan got worse. AP’s Mike Eckel:

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Feb 3, 2009

Beating Al Qaeda But Losing in Afghanistan?

By James Joyner

 We’re winning the war against al Qaeda, killing its leaders faster than competent replacements can be found, NPR‘s Tom Gjelten reports.

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Feb 3, 2009

North Korea Prepares Test of Long Range Missile – And Obama

By James Joyner

North Korea is about to test a long range Taepodong-2 missile that could hit targets in the United States, Richard Lloyd Parry reports for The Times.

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