United States and Canada

American Dream or Americans Dreaming?

By Harlan Ullman

Sometimes, delusion, self-deception and outright denial can dominate the public’s psyche. As the U.S. economy stutters, unemployment refuses to budge and the 10th anniversary of September 11th looms, many Americans question or challenge the notion of the American Dream. For too many, that vision is, today, elusive or unobtainable. In compensation perhaps, America’s past successes […]

Iran warns over NATO’s anti-missile radar in Turkey

By Reuters

Sarkozy’s Pro-NATO Policy Is Much More Than Symbolism: View

By the Editors of Bloomberg Businessweek

From the Editors of Bloomberg Businessweek:  French President Nicolas Sarkozy has ushered in a new era of cooperation with a foreign policy that brings the country closer to the U.S. than it has been in decades. Vive la France.

Russian Ambassador to update Iran on NATO’s missile defense program

By RIA Novosti

SecGen says NATO must address weaknesses exposed by Libya

By David Brunnstrom, Reuters

From David Brunnstrom, Reuters:  NATO may have managed to do its job in Libya but the operation there has exposed weaknesses in capabilities of non-U.S. allies that need to be addressed, the head of NATO said on Monday.

Cameron on Libya: “We are ready to extend the NATO mandate for as long as is necessary”

By David Cameron, Office of the Prime Minister

Amid cuts, US military withdraws from Europe

By Michael Moran, the GlobalPost

From Michael Moran, the GlobalPost:  With little fanfare outside a muted flag folding ceremony in Wiesbaden, Germany, the final American division in Europe — the U.S. 1st Armored Division, which fought its way from North Africa to the Italian Alps during the war — packed up and left for its base at Fort Bliss, Texas, […]

Details of NATO-Libyan campaign to liberate Tripoli

By Nicolas Pelham, the New York Review of Books

From Nicolas Pelham, the New York Review of Books:  Hatched in capitals across Europe and the Arab world, as well as in rebel operation rooms secretly organized in Libya itself, the military campaign took four months of planning.

Libya’s Dark Lesson for NATO

By Steven Erlanger, the New York Times

From Steven Erlanger, the New York Times:  The war in Libya may be one of those quietly telling moments in the history of more important nations.

Letter From a Kiev Jail

By Yulia Tymoshenko and Hryhoriy Nemyria, the Wall Street Journal