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The Atlantic Charter’s enduring relevance

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Oct 2, 2024

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

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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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The Atlantic Charter’s enduring relevance

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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The Atlantic Charter’s enduring relevance

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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Aug 12, 2011

The Atlantic Charter’s enduring relevance

By William Inboden, the German Marshall Fund

From William Inboden, the German Marshall Fund:  Things may be hard today, but in the day of the Atlantic Charter they were much worse.  Remembering the Charter’s 70th anniversary should remind us that the transatlantic alliance was forged not in a time of tranquility but in the crucible of trial.

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Aug 12, 2011

“About Time, Mr President.” The Atlantic Charter Then and Now

By Julian Lindley-French, the New Atlanticist

From Julian Lindley-French, the New Atlanticist:  Seventy years ago . . . President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill met for the first time off the Canadian coast. “About time, Mr President”, said as the two men met. What emerged from that fateful meeting was the “Joint Declaration by the President and the Prime […]

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Aug 12, 2011

70th Anniversary of the Atlantic Charter

By NATO

From NATO: Declaration of Principles issued by the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, August 14, 1941

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Aug 10, 2011

Under NATO’s Flag: An Interim Assessment of the Mission In Libya (Part Two)

By Vladimir Socor, the New Atlanticist

From Vladimir Socor, the New Atlanticist:  Among European allies, many welcomed the chance to restore NATO’s credibility in Libya, after a long drawn-out failure in Afghanistan.

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New Atlanticist

Aug 10, 2011

Under NATO’s Flag: An Interim Assessment of the Mission In Libya (Part Two)

By Vladimir Socor

NATO embarked almost haphazardly in March on the Libya mission. The Alliance became the third entrant to this mission in a rapid sequence, after the United States and the Franco-British tandem.

NATO Security & Defense

NATOSource

Aug 10, 2011

Former French general: NATO strike on Syria is technically feasible

By Andrew Rettman, EUObserver

From Andrew Rettman, EUObserver:  A Nato strike to disable the Syrian army is technically feasible according to experts, such as former French air chief Jean Rannou. But it could make the country’s internal situation worse.

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Aug 9, 2011

London’s Burning

By Julian Lindley-French

“London’s burning! London’s burning! All across the town, all across the night”. So goes the song by The Clash from the last time London burned in the early 1980s. Last night I watched aghast as streets I know were torched by a mindless, criminal mob. People were robbed in their beds before being burned out […]

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Aug 9, 2011

Under NATO’s Flag: An Interim Assessment of the Mission In Libya (Part One)

By Vladimir Socor

NATO is only nominally in charge of the stalemated war in Libya. The Alliance’s leader, the United States, was quick to move to a back seat in this operation after having sparked it. Europe’s residual military powers, France and Britain, are mainly in charge of this war, operating as a tandem but basically in their […]

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Aug 9, 2011

Cameron deploys 10,000 more police to stop London riots

By Anthony Faiola, the Washington Post

From Anthony Faiola, the Washington Post:  Prime Minister David Cameron called Tuesday for an emergency session of Parliament and announced an almost tripling of police on London streets, after the capital and other British cities burned in this nation’s worst civil disturbances in decades.

United Kingdom

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Aug 8, 2011

London Crisis: Riots, Looting and Arson

By Anthony Faiola, the Washington Post

From Anthony Faiola, the Washington Post:  Lawless looting and raging fires engulfed swaths of London on Monday as the wave of civil unrest that has gripped this sprawling capital escalated sharply, including riots in a neighborhood not far from that of the athletes’ village and shiny stadiums built for the 2012 Olympic Games.

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