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A Core Question of German Foreign Policy

By Ullrich Fichtner, Spiegel

From Ullrich Fichtner, Spiegel:  The German abstention on the evening of March 17 was a mistake in the eyes of many UN observers and diplomats.

The Libya stalemate

By the Editors of the Washington Post

From the Editors of the Washington Post:  The contradictions at the heart of U.S. policy in Libya are becoming more acute.

Blame Westerwelle?

By Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger, the International Herald Tribune

From Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger, the International Herald Tribune:  When Germany abstained from the U.N. Security Council vote on Libya last month, quite a few eyebrows were raised

Libya crisis reveals divisions on EU defense policy

By Judy Dempsey, the International Herald Tribune

US puts NATO’s nukes on negotiation table

By Tom Donilon, the Financial Times

From Tom Donilon, the Financial Times:  We must address the issue of Russia’s tactical nuclear weapons, which have never been subject to numerical limits.

Withdrawal of US troops from Europe remains controversial

By Nancy Montgomery, Stars and Stripes

From Nancy Montgomery, Stars and Stripes:  On April 8, the Defense Department announced that one of the Germany-based “heavy” brigades

“Adenauer and de Gaulle must be turning in their graves”

By Roger Cohen, the New York Times

From Roger Cohen, the New York Times:  Only in recent weeks has the distance traveled come into focus: France, reintegrated in 2009 into the command structure of NATO

NATO runs short on some munitions in Libya

By Karen DeYoung and Greg Jaffe, the Washington Post

From Karen DeYoung and Greg Jaffe, the Washington Post:  Less than a month into the Libyan conflict, NATO is running short of precision bombs

Hooray! The Yanks are going home

By Philip Stephens, the Financial Times

From Philip Stephens, the Financial Times:  Several themes run through every such discussion: one says that Europe’s backyard is becoming a less predictable and more perilous place

NATO Back in the Saddle

By James Joyner, the New Atlanticist

From James Joyner, the New Atlanticist:  In truth, however, the political value in a NATO operation is that the alliance’s name is a stand-in for the developed world