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Britain and Poland: Europeans Need to Strengthen Their Defense Capabilities

New Atlanticist
Oct 2, 2024

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

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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.

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Britain and Poland: Europeans Need to Strengthen Their Defense Capabilities

New Atlanticist
Oct 2, 2024

Three state elections have backed Germany into a corner

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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.

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Britain and Poland: Europeans Need to Strengthen Their Defense Capabilities

New Atlanticist
Sep 26, 2024

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

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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.

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Quadrilateral consultations between Britain and Poland, Sept. 19, 2012

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Sep 12, 2013

Britain and Poland: Europeans Need to Strengthen Their Defense Capabilities

By William Hague, Philip Hammond, Radoslaw Sikorski, and Tomasz Siemoniak

Europe is facing a number of complex and inter-connected challenges.

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Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany

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Sep 12, 2013

Germany is a Vegetarian in a World Full of Carnivores

By Gideon Rachman, Financial Times

While the US, Britain and France are agonising about intervention in Syria, there is no agonising in Germany. A large majority of the electorate wants to stay out of the conflict – and all of the big political parties agree.

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Ed Miliband at Labour Party conference, September 2010

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Sep 10, 2013

A Much Less Special Relationship

By Roger Cohen, New York Times

Britain’s decision not to stand with the United States, its closest ally, in possible military action to punish the Syrian regime for a deadly chemical weapons attack marks a watershed moment

European Union International Organizations
Final ceremony at Campbell Barracks in Heidelberg, Sept. 6, 2013

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Sep 10, 2013

Closing Ceremony for EUCOM’s Historic Campbell Barracks

By Alison Smale, New York Times

For Germans and Americans who had long imagined a dramatic coda to the cold war, it came instead in a few solemn, quiet moments.

Europe & Eurasia Germany
Britain's nuclear deterrent remains "crucial" to NATO

NATOSource

Sep 10, 2013

NATO: UK Nuclear Might ‘Crucial’

By Express

Britain must not take advantage of the winding down of operations in Afghanistan to trim spending on defence, the head of Nato has warned.

NATO Security & Defense
LTC POL AF Paul does his F-16 walkaround inspection before flight in Exercise Brilliant Arrow

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Sep 9, 2013

NATO Concludes Air Training Exercise, Brilliant Arrow

By Allied Command Operations

One of the largest NATO air training events of the year, Exercise Brilliant Arrow, took place at Orland Airbase, in Norway from 25 Aug to 5 Sep 2013.

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B-1 Bomber

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Sep 6, 2013

Pentagon Ordered to Expand Potential Targets in Syria, May Also Use Bombers

By New York Times and Wall Street Journal

From David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt, New York Times:  President Obama has directed the Pentagon to develop an expanded list of potential targets in Syria

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New Atlanticist

Sep 5, 2013

Is the Special Relationship Dead?

By Julian Lindley-French

Is the Anglo-American special relationship dead? In the wake of Parliament’s 29 August decision to block the use of British forces in any US-led strike on Syria British officers were ejected from planning meetings at US Central Command (CENTCOM). At this week’s G20 meeting in St Petersberg President Obama will pointedly have a private meeting […]

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Assad regime "poses a clear and present danger to the alliance"

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Sep 3, 2013

NATO Must Help Obama on Syria

By James G. Stavridis, New York Times

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization must be part of an international effort to respond to the crisis in Syria, beginning immediately with punitive strikes

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British Prime Minister David Cameron

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Aug 30, 2013

Britain Drifts Towards Isolation

By Richard Haass, Financial Times

The British Parliament’s rejection of a motion endorsing UK participation in expected military action against Syria is nothing less than stunning – an event with a political significance that transcends the immediate debate

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