International Organizations

Following the Second World War, the United States and its democratic allies sought to create a rules-based international order to guarantee stability and prosperity for their societies. Understanding that international cooperation was crucial to tackle global issues and ensure peace, multilateral organizations were created to facilitate discussion, pool resources, mediate conflict, and coordinate joint action. Whether focusing on security, economics, health, the environment, or energy, these organizations are vital forums of international engagement and global problem-solving.

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Jan 25, 2013

The Strategic Implications of the Euro Crisis

By Jeff Lightfoot, Fletcher Forum of World Affairs

From Jeff Lightfoot, Fletcher Forum of World Affairs:  The crisis of the Eurozone is likely to have profound strategic implications that will impact Europe’s role in the world and the dynamism of the transatlantic alliance.

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New Atlanticist

Jan 25, 2013

Strategic Implications of the Euro Crisis

By Jeffrey Lightfoot

The crisis of the Eurozone is likely to have profound strategic implications that will impact Europe’s role in the world and the dynamism of the transatlantic alliance. While it is too early to know exactly how the crisis will shape relations between the United States and Europe, the issue deserves the attention of US policymakers […]

European Union International Organizations

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Jan 24, 2013

Can the E.U. become the world’s policeman?

By Anne Applebaum, Washington Post

From Anne Applebaum, Washington Post:  [H]ere we are in 2013, watching the French air force and troops come to the aid of the formerly democratic government of Mali, which is fighting for its life against a fanatical Islamist insurgency.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jan 23, 2013

Euro-Realism: Well Said, Prime Minister!

By Julian Lindley-French

In November 1942 Winston Churchill famously said, “This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end, but it is the end of the beginning.” For two years I have waited for Prime Minister Cameron to stand up and make a speech that establishes Britain’s Euro-Realist principles and gives the EU […]

European Union International Organizations

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Jan 22, 2013

Fabius and Westerwelle honor the ‘the courage and audacity’ of the Elysee Treaty

By Laurent Fabius and Guido Westerwelle, Guardian

From Laurent Fabius and Guido Westerwelle, Guardian:  For centuries, our two countries were rivals, adversaries, even "hereditary enemies."

European Union International Organizations

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Jan 21, 2013

A grand strategy for Obama’s second term

By Anne-Marie Slaughter, Washington Post

From Anne-Marie Slaughter, Washington Post:  In Washington, the period between an election and an inauguration is a fertile time for big, ambitious ideas, reports and essays.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jan 17, 2013

Middle class German couple ‘spied for Russia for 20 years’

By Matthew Day, Telegraph

From Matthew Day, Telegraph:  Prosecutors alleged the husband and wife, identified only by their aliases Andreas and Heidrun Anschlag, spied on Nato and the European Union in a career that lasted more than two decades

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jan 16, 2013

NATO Stuck in Kosovo

By Laurence Norman, Wall Street Journal

From Laurence Norman, Wall Street Journal:  Fourteen years after North Atlantic Treaty Organization troops first entered Kosovo to end fighting between ethnic Serbs and ethnic Albanians, there is still no “Mission Accomplished” sign in sight.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jan 16, 2013

Obama Bullying Could Backfire

By Julian Lindley-French

A week ago, US Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon warned of the dangers of a British referendum on its EU membership, none so subtly hinting that the Special Relationship would be diminished if Britain left the EU. 

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jan 15, 2013

EU rules out sending combat mission to Mali

By Reuters

From Reuters:  The European Union ruled out taking any combat role in Mali on Monday and NATO said it had not received any French request for help, after France intervened against al Qaeda-linked Islamists in the north of the African state.

European Union International Organizations
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