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Was de Gaulle Right on Britain’s Role in Europe?

New Atlanticist
Oct 2, 2024

A man in a hurry: Keir Starmer’s early approach is making waves at home and abroad

By
Ed Owen

The new UK prime minister’s much-anticipated speech at the Labour Party’s recent gathering in Liverpool is a window into where the country may be headed.

Economy & Business
Elections

New Atlanticist
Oct 2, 2024

Three state elections have backed Germany into a corner

By
Jurek Wille and Friedrich Conradi

The recent successes of populist parties in Germany’s state elections could signal an imminent shift in Berlin’s policies on climate, immigration, and aid for Ukraine.

Elections
Germany

New Atlanticist
Sep 26, 2024

France’s new government aims to calm the political storm. What will it mean for foreign policy?

By
Léonie Allard, Jean-Loup Samaan

Prime Minister Michel Barnier is likely to follow the path of President Emmanuel Macron, but the big question is whether the delicate political context in Paris will allow ministers to focus on crises in Ukraine and Lebanon.

Europe & Eurasia
France

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New Atlanticist

Aug 9, 2016

Was de Gaulle Right on Britain’s Role in Europe?

By Stanley Sloan

French President Charles de Gaulle in 1963 vetoed the British application to join the European Community (EC)—the precursor of today’s European Union (EU). The British decision to leave the EU in a so-called Brexit referendum would not have surprised the great de Gaulle at all. After many years of British refusal to consider membership in […]

European Union France

US Navy’s Sea Hunter unmanned vessel (photo: DARPA)

NATOSource

Aug 5, 2016

New Tech Makes Submarines Quieter, Western Navies Face ASW Gap

By The Economist

During war games played off the coast of Florida last year, a nuclear-powered French attack submarine, Saphir, eluded America’s sub-hunting aircraft and vessels with enough stealth to sink (fictitiously) a newly overhauled American aircraft-carrier, Theodore Roosevelt, and most of her escort.

China France

Congressman John Shimkus (R-IL15), (photo: Office of Congressman John Shimkus)

NATOSource

Aug 5, 2016

US Congressman: ‘I would die for Tallinn’

By John Shimkus

Many Americans served in Europe during the Cold War. I was one of them, serving on the border of the former Czechoslovakia from 1981 through 1984.

Germany NATO

Bremain vs Brexit

Aug 5, 2016

EU Source: Bank of England cuts rates to historic low post Brexit

By Future Europe Initiative

THIS WEEK’S KEY TAKE-AWAYS Italian banking crisis continues after EBA stress test Julian King receives Commission’s security union portfolio Turkey threatens to drop migrant deal with EU over visa-free travel

European Union International Organizations

Defense Industrialist

Aug 3, 2016

A Franco-Polish-German tank

By James Hasik

The Polish Defense Minister’s interest in a trilateral development program is sound in many dimensions. For Defense News today, Aaron Mehta, Pierre Tran and Jaroslaw Adamowski report how the Polish Army is edging closer to getting new tanks. During an interview back on July 22, Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz told the reporters that his […]

Defense Industry Europe & Eurasia

New Atlanticist

Jul 29, 2016

NATO’s Trump Card

By Fabrice Pothier

As strange as it seems, both US President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump seem to agree on one thing: European allies don’t spend enough on defense and they need to seriously step up. How they both frame this message is where Obama the statesman and Trump the salesman differ. Since Russia’s annexation […]

Elections European Union

In the News

Jul 29, 2016

Cohen Joins VOA Russia to Discuss the Attacks in Nice

By Ariel Cohen

Watch the full interview here.

France

Bremain vs Brexit

Jul 29, 2016

EU Source: US-EU Privacy Shield gets One-Year Trial Period

By Future Europe Initiative

THIS WEEK’S KEY TAKE-AWAYS EU regulators agree not to challenge Privacy Shield in court for first year EU-Turkey relations deteriorate amid purges following failed coup Post-Brexit UK trade agenda faces strong headwinds

Economy & Business European Union

New Atlanticist

Jul 28, 2016

France Facing its Biggest Threat Since 1945

By Ashish Kumar Sen

French ambassador to the United States, Gérard Araud, sees ‘a very dark moment’ for his country France, a victim of terrorist attacks for the past nineteen months, is facing its greatest security challenge since World War II, according to Gérard Araud, France’s ambassador to the United States. “It is a very, very dark moment for […]

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Bremain vs Brexit

Jul 28, 2016

French Leadership in a Post-Brexit World Featured by Bloomberg

By Atlantic Council

Read the full article here.

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