United States and Canada

The United States has enjoyed an unparalleled period of peace and prosperity since the end of the Second World War, due to its construction of a rules-based international order and maintenance of close alliances and partnerships. Canada has been a key partner for the United States, both due to their close economic links and their shared border, the world’s longest at 5,525 miles. Canada is also a key NATO ally for the United States and is active in international diplomacy around the world.

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Jul 29, 2009

Soon, Only U.S. Will Remain of Iraq Coalition

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: Two days from now, there will no longer be any other nations with troops in Iraq — no “multi” in the Multi-National Force. As Iraqi forces have increasingly taken the lead, the United States is the last of the “coalition of the willing” that the Bush administration first brought together […]

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Jul 29, 2009

Priorities for Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO’s New Secretary General

By Heritage

From Heritage: Rasmussen’s experience working at the heart of the European Union gives him an inside edge on how best to reshape NATO-EU relations. The reintegration of France into NATO’s military command structures, coupled with the Obama Administration’s inclination toward a deeply integrated European Union (EU), threatens to hand over the primacy of NATO in […]

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Jul 25, 2009

German Business Interests Speak Out During Russo-German Summit

By the Jamestown Foundation

From the Jamestown Foundation: [Former Chancellor Gerhard] Schroeder’s essay invokes U.S. President Barack Obama’s initiatives toward Russia to justify by analogy Germany’s own special relationship with Moscow (Schroeder’s close ally, incumbent Minister of Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier, also uses this argument). Claiming that the United States and Russia are now embarking on a bilateral ‘partnership […]

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Jul 23, 2009

Biden pledges support for Georgia, Ukraine

By AP

From AP: Biden said he wanted to send “an unequivocal, clear message to all who will listen and some who don’t want to listen, that America stands with you and will continue to stand . . .” Russia and the West are also divided over Ukraine and Georgia’s efforts to join NATO. In Ukraine, Biden […]

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New Atlanticist

Jul 22, 2009

The Obama Debacle?

By Harlan Ullman

Despite overheated rhetoric from his defenders, history will not prove kind to George W. Bush and his foreign policy decisions that have been or will prove to be debacles. The Obama administration is quite right to argue repeatedly that the Bush team left behind a foreign policy mess exacerbated by economic and financial meltdowns.

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Jul 18, 2009

NATOSource: Gorbachev Argues for Sharing Power with Moscow

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: In his keynote speech, he said the United States wanted to work with Russia bilaterally as well as together in third countries. That point was noted here, for there is a great deal of lingering mutual mistrust as to the two countries’ intentions, particularly in what is called “the post-Soviet […]

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Jul 18, 2009

An Open Letter to the Obama Administration from Central and Eastern Europe

By wyborcza.com

From wyborcza.com: All is not well either in our region or in the transatlantic relationship. Central and Eastern Europe is at a political crossroads and today there is a growing sense of nervousness in the region. The global economic crisis is impacting on our region and, as elsewhere, runs the risk that our societies will […]

Energy & Environment European Union

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Jul 15, 2009

Remarks by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

By cfr.org

From cfr.org: We have started by reinvigorating our bedrock alliances, which did fray in recent years. In Europe, that means improved bilateral relationships, a more productive partnership with the European Union, and a revitalized NATO. I believe NATO is the greatest alliance in history. But it was built for the Cold War. The new NATO […]

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Jul 14, 2009

SACEUR hosts North Atlantic Council and Military Committee Sea Day in Rota, Spain

By NATO

From NATO: Admiral James Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), today hosted NATO’s Secretary General, the Permanent Representatives of the North Atlantic Council (NAC), and the Chairman and members of the Military Committee (MC) at the bi-annual NAC-MC Sea Day held in the Spanish port city of Rota.  (photo: NATO)

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Jul 14, 2009

US destroyer anchors off Georgia for exercises

By AP

From AP: A week after a Moscow summit intended to smooth over the differences between Russia and the U.S., both countries on Tuesday engaged in displays of military might near Russia’s southern border. A U.S. warship anchored off the Black Sea coast of Georgia in preparation for joint naval maneuvers with the ex-Soviet nation, which […]

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