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Jan 26, 2009

Will Europe’s Obama Love Last?

By James Joyner

Mark Mardell, BBC’s Europe editor, noticed an American flag flying in his Brussels neighborhood recently and believes it may be a sign that anti-Americanism is waning on the Continent now that Bush is out and Obama is in.  But he wonders — as do I — “Will sentimental approval be accompanied by hard political deeds?”

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Jan 26, 2009

EU Ministers Meet on Taking Gitmo Detainees

By James Joyner

Last week, President Obama signed an order that would close the controversial prison facility at Guantanamo within a year.  Now, EU leaders are meeting to formally consider their previous offer to help.

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Jan 23, 2009

5 Questions for Thomas Barnett

By James Joyner

Thomas Barnett has answered five questions I posed to him about his new book, Great Powers: American and the World After Bush.  This is the final piece in my week-long series on Barnett for the New Atlanticist.

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Jan 22, 2009

The View from Europe: Afghanistan Troop Increases Unlikely

By Peter Cassata

“We can do better,” NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said of the alliance’s Afghanistan mission in Sunday’s WaPo.  Indeed, President Obama has made Afghanistan a top priority, and in addition to deploying more U.S. troops there, he is also expected to ask for greater European troop contributions.  Yet, recent opinion polls and statements […]

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Jan 22, 2009

Happy Days are Here Again? Or Auld Lang Syne?

By Nikolas Gvosdev

Over at Foreign Policy’s new blog, Dov Zakheim, Vance Serchuk and Christian Brose have been discussing the future of NATO, the Afghan mission and the place of Europe in America’s national security thinking.

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Jan 21, 2009

Atlantic Update: EU Economies Struggling

By Peter Cassata

With news understandably focused on the inauguration this weekend, I’ve compiled a roundup of recent transatlantic economic developments that may have been overlooked.

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Jan 20, 2009

EU – South Korea Trade Deal Nears

By James Joyner

The EU and South Korea are very close to establishing a free trade zone and expect to finalize a deal in March, AP business writer Kelly Olsen reports.

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Jan 17, 2009

Russia-Ukraine-EU Gas Talks Highlight Multiple Divisions

By James Joyner

Officials are hopeful that talks today will finally end the 17-day-old cutoff of Russian gas to Europe.  Aside from the humanitarian and economic issues, the crisis highlights tensions between Europe and Russia, Russia and Ukraine, and within Ukraine itself.

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Jan 17, 2009

Turkey: Bar Israel from UN

By James Joyner

In perhaps the strongest sign yet of Europe turning away from Israel, Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for her suspension from the UN. Israel should be barred from the United Nations while it ignores the organization’s calls to stop fighting in Gaza, Turkey’s prime minister said Friday, urging the world not to turn a […]

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Jan 15, 2009

Israel Shells UN Headquarters in Gaza

By James Joyner

Breaking news from AP: Israeli forces shelled the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, setting fire to the compound filled with hundreds of refugees as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon was in the region on a mission to end Israel’s devastating offensive against the territory’s Hamas rulers.

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