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Jan 18, 2011

PM Erdogan: Turkey will not “wait at the EU’s door like a docile supplicant”

By Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Newsweek

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Jan 16, 2011

China’s buying spree raises hope, and fear in Europe

By Charlemagne, the Economist

From Charlemagne, the Economist:  On his tour of Europe this month, China’s vice-premier, Li Keqiang, announced his country’s plan to buy cheap European government bonds, as Chinese companies purchased shares in European petrochemical ventures, tens of thousands of cars and even a few million euros’ worth of Spanish wine and ham to top off the […]

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Jan 16, 2011

Bulgarian lawmakers push to have 35 ambassadors with KGB past fired

By RIA Novosti

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Jan 14, 2011

Is Germany Out Growing the Franco-German Partnership?

By Steven Erlanger, the New York Times

From Steven Erlanger, the New York Times:  While the agonies of the European Union — sovereign defaults, deficits and bubbles — unfold like a great wonk drama, at their core is something more intimate: the fractured tale of Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy.

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Jan 14, 2011

NATO’s Existential Question

By  Rabah Ghezali, the Huffington Post 

From Rabah Ghezali, the Huffington Post :  The conventional wisdom at the end of the Cold War was that NATO needed to find an appropriate common threat to replace the former Soviet Union.

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Jan 13, 2011

Making Europe Count in the Caspian

By Borut Grgic

After a along period of political neglect the EU is finally responding to its critics by sending the President of the EU Commission, Mr. Barroso on a Caspian tour. The choice of countries is especially important – Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. Clearly, energy is at the forefront of Mr. Barroso’s agenda. European Union is expecting to […]

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Jan 13, 2011

New EDA Chief Exec Looking to Show Agency’s Added Value

By Julian Hale, Defense News

From Julian Hale, Defense News:  The European Defence Agency’s new chief executive, Claude-France Arnould, will be looking to encourage countries taking part in the agency (all EU countries except for Denmark) to use the EDA to get more value for money in these times of budgetary austerity.

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Jan 11, 2011

End of EU Arms Embargo with China may Spark Transatlantic Quarrel

By John Vinocur, the International Herald Tribune

From John Vinocur, the International Herald Tribune:  [T]he E.U.’s attitude on its 20-year-old embargo on supplying China with military wherewithal looks wobbly.

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Jan 11, 2011

Chinese Amb: “Cold Europe is feeling the warmth of the Chinese breeze”

By Anthony Faiola, the Washington Post

From Anthony Faiola, the Washington Post:  [S]peculation among traders that cash-rich China might step in and buy hard-hit European bonds, along with Chinese officials suggesting that Beijing would keep supporting the euro, helped the currency claw out a gain Monday

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Jan 10, 2011

Claude-France Arnould new head of European Defence Agency

By the European Union

From the European Union:  Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy/Commission Vice President … welcomed the appointment of Claude-France Arnould as Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency (EDA).

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