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May 15, 2012

A Five-Year Plan for Francois Hollande

By Nicholas Dungan

Today François Hollande has taken office as president of the French Republic. He has pressing priorities in his next five weeks but also a chance to make history in the next five years. Tonight he sees the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, in Berlin. Hollande has said that he values the French-German couple but does not […]

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May 9, 2012

The Future of Europe in an Interconnected and Polycentric World

By Jason Harmala

The Atlantic Council and the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) hosted a lunch debate and presentation of the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) report.

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May 9, 2012

The True Meaning of Solidarity, M. Hollande

By Julian Lindley-French

Cher M. Hollande, First, let me congratulate you on your victory. You are about to become president of a great country which is at the heart of European affairs and a major influence on world politics.

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May 8, 2012

Turkey chooses NATO and the West

By Barçın Yinanç, Hurriyet Daily News

From Barçın Yinanç, Hurriyet Daily News:  Turkey’s decision to host an early warning radar as part of NATO’s nuclear defense system is a sign of the country’s realignment with the West, says Professor Mustafa Aydın.

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May 7, 2012

UN Secretary-General Ki-moon Uses Harshest Rhetoric Yet in Call to End Bloodshed in Syria

WASHINGTON, May 7 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon tonight escalated the pressure on the international community to stop the violence in Syria, lamenting a “deficit of leadership,” while announcing a new deployment of observers to the country. 

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May 7, 2012

Ban Ki-moon: Assad May Suffer Fate of Qaddafi or Taylor

By James Joyner

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hinted that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will suffer the fate of Laurent Gbago, Charles Taylor, or Muammar Qaddafi if his reign of violence continues. He declared, “no leader, anywhere, should imagine that he—or she—enjoys impunity for crimes of atrocity.”

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May 7, 2012

Ban Ki-moon: World Needs West’s Leadership

By James Joyner

Ban Ki-moon declared that the world faces “an over-supply of problems,” a “deficit of solutions,” and a “deficit of leadership” and called on the United States and its transatlantic allies to provide it.

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May 7, 2012

Vaclav Klaus: ‘Europe’s nations must break free from the Brussels straitjacket’

By Vaclav Klaus, the Telegraph

From Vaclav Klaus, the Telegraph:  European integration was originally based on a rational idea to liberalise Europe, to open it up and to expand trade by building a common market and a large, interconnected economic space.

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May 7, 2012

Central European nations agree to set up joint combat force

By AFP

From AFP:  Defence ministers from Visegrad Group states grouping the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia agreed Friday to create a 3,000-strong joint combat unit to be put at the EU’s disposal.

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Apr 30, 2012

Turkey blocks EU from NATO summit unless OIC also attends

By Servet Yanatma, Today's Zaman

From Servet Yanatma, Today’s Zaman:  Ankara says it will block EU participation in an upcoming NATO summit unless the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is also allowed to be present.

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