Economy & Business

SACEUR prepares his final Congressional testimony

By James Stavridis, Allied Command Operations

From James Stavridis, Allied Command Operations:  One of the most important things I do each year is to testify in front of the US Congress. I’m at home this weekend to prepare carefully for this annual opportunity to lay out the challenges, linkages, and initiatives of U.S. European Command.

Nicolas Sarkozy admits David Cameron was right to veto European treaty

By Rowena Mason, the Telegraph

From Rowena Mason, the Telegraph:  David Cameron was right to “defend Britain’s national interest” when he vetoed the new European treaty, Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, has admitted.

The Euro Crisis and Foreign Policy: Europe Has an Idea

By Sven Biscop

The core idea of the European Union’s (EU) foreign policy is that lasting peace and stability can only exist where governments guarantee their citizens security, prosperity, freedom, and equality.

Euro-Atlantic security ‘is vitally important for the entire world’

By Wolfgang Ischinger, Igor Ivanov, and Sam Nunn, the International Herald Tribune

From Wolfgang Ischinger, Igor Ivanov, and Sam Nunn, the International Herald Tribune:  At the close of the Cold War, hopes were high for a more organized and peaceful international system. Two decades later, there is not much sign of one emerging. The focus of governments is shifting away from the Euro-Atlantic community — the heart […]

Capitalism Sowing Seeds of its Own Destruction

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

“Capitalism in Crisis,” the front-page banner headline shouted. “The code that forms a bar to harmony” was the inside-page headline, suggesting a secret code that concealed a sinister plot to keep the rich richer and the poor poorer. “The enrichment of bankers, corporate chiefs, flash traders and their cronies is testing tolerance of inequality,” said […]

Turkey’s Foreign Minister: ‘Today, we need NATO… even more than in 1952’

By Ahmet Davutoglu, NATO