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Is Gordon Brown the British Leader?

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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Is Gordon Brown the British Leader?

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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New Atlanticist

Mar 26, 2009

Is Gordon Brown the British Leader?

By James Joyner

Daniel Hannan, a Member of the European Parliament, launched a “three-and-a-half-minute diatribe” against Gordon Brown earlier this week, calling him  “The devalued Prime Minister of a devalued government.” 

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New Atlanticist

Mar 19, 2009

Swiss-German Tax Squabble Turns Ugly

By James Joyner

Parliamentarians say the darnedest things: A tax row between Switzerland and Germany took a venomous turn on Thursday, with Nazi accusations against German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck after he likened the Swiss to cowed “Indians.” 

Economy & Business Germany

New Atlanticist

Mar 17, 2009

Cartoon: Obama Rejects Churchill

By James Joyner

Cartoonist Mike Lester of the Rome (Georgia – USA) News-Tribune weighs in rather late on the “Did Obama snub Gordon Brown?” and “Is the Special Relationship in Trouble?” debates that so occupied the press a couple of weeks back.

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Mar 16, 2009

US and Germany Sign Homeland Defense Technology Sharing Agreement

By James Joyner

The United States and Germany have agreed to share technologies related to homeland defense, in a first step toward a possible wider transatlantic framework. 

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New Atlanticist

Mar 13, 2009

Pakistan Protests Bring Fear of Military Coup

By James Joyner

Top diplomats from the United States and the United Kingdom are trying to broker a deal between the government of Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari and chief opposition leader Nawaz Sharif amid fears that a string of protests could result in yet another military takeover.

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New Atlanticist

Mar 11, 2009

German High School Shooting Kills 15

By James Joyner

A shooting rampage has left at least ten dead and many wounded in at the Albertville Realschule school near Stuttgart, Germany.

Germany

New Atlanticist

Mar 3, 2009

Did Obama Snub Britain?

By James Joyner

The Spectator’s Alex Massie comments on President Obama’s “snub” of British PM Gordon Brown by failing to engage in a joint press conference with him on the White House lawn.

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Feb 20, 2009

German Papers Rebel Against Afghanistan Pressure

By James Joyner

Charles Hawley, in a Der Spiegel editorial titled “Afghanistan Hasn’t Yet Become NATO’s Vietnam,” argues that “it is time for an honest reassessment of the mission.”

Afghanistan Germany

New Atlanticist

Feb 17, 2009

France and Germany Suddenly Interested in Iraq

By James Joyner

Western European involvement in Iraq’s economy may be about to undergo radical transformation, Sebastian Abbot reports for AP. Germany’s foreign minister met with top Iraqi leaders in Baghdad on Tuesday in the latest high-level visit by a major Western nation that opposed the 2003 U.S.-led invasion but has promised to help Iraq rebuild now that […]

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New Atlanticist

Feb 12, 2009

British Conservative Party Edits Wikipedia to Back Brown Claim

By James Joyner

It seems a staffer for Gordon Brown engaged in a bit of truthiness. When checking facts with Wikipedia it helps to know who edited the entry last. In their weekly debate Wednesday in the House of Commons, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and would-be prime minister David Cameron clashed over — of all things — […]

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