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What ECB Has to Do to Lift Sluggish Eurozone Discusses the ECB's plan for growing oil prices, inflation, and various other economic problems. By Desmond Lachman. (AEI 8/10/05) Read More...

Jihad Made in Europe Discusses the recent jihadi attacks in London and the possibility for further terrorist attacks in Europe. By Reuel Marc Gerecht. (AEI 7/18/05) Read More...

Where Next? Germany, with its 3.2 million Muslims, is due for a hit from Islamic terrorists. By Zachary Shore (International Herald Tribune, 7/14/2005) Read More...

The Time Bomb in France's Suburbs France must change the way it deals with its Muslim population, lest it become a new breeding ground for jihadists. By Catherine Field (International Herald Tribune, 7/14/2005) Read More...

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies Affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University, AICGS provides a comprehensive program of public forums, policy studies, research and study groups designed to enrich the political, corporate and scholar... Read More...

In the East, many EU work rules don't apply To the dismay of Western European states, where social benefits have become a way of life, freewheeling and free-market Eastern European countries are using loopholes in EU laws to skirt workplace rul... Read More...

Schröder Gets His Wish for Early Election, by Losing Key Vote Deliberately losing a confidence vote in the German Parliament today, the defeat moves the Chancellor a step closer to moving the national elections up by a year. By Mark Landler (The New York Times, ... Read More...

Time to dismantle the cold war’s nuclear legacy Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and Robin Cook call for a NATO and Russia to cooperate in accounting for and dismantling their Cold War nuclear arsenals. (Financial Times, Reg., 22/06/200... Read More...

IA Forum Interview: Dr. Hall Gardner International Affairs Forum talks about NATO, transatlantic relations, and security issues with Dr. Hall Gardner, Professor and Chair, International Affairs Department, American University of Paris. A... Read More... 0 Comments |

Russia: OSCE Faces Crisis Over Budget And Values With Moscow Russia has long complained about the role played by official Western political and human rights advisers in former Soviet nations. But Moscow's intensifying dispute with the OSCE now is coming to a he... Read More...

The Orthodox Are Coming The Orthodox are becoming increasingly important players in the EU. The article about the compatability of Orthodoxy with Western cultural values and democracy, capitalist economic development and gl... Read More...

US seeks action against Iran THE US called on the international community today to consider possible actions against Iran following its reluctance in talks with the European Union to drop its sensitive nuclear activities. (Austra... Read More...

Making Democracies Work: Social Capital and Civic Engagement in 47 Societies The study establishes predictable patterns in the distribution of social capital around the world, and long-standing cultural traditions and historical legacies can help to explain the contrasts found... Read More...

Shifting Atlantic Alliance Discussion of the common interests held by the Atlantic partners in view of President Bush's visit to Europe. By Josef Joffe. (The Washington Post, 2/14/2005) Read More...

Shifting Atlantic Alliance The writer says that with the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the US and Europe began to believe they didn't need each other any longer. By Josef Joffe. (Washington Post, 2/14/2005) Read More...

EU-US Relations Speech by Dr. Benita Ferrero-Waldner, EU Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy. (CSIS, 1/13/2005) Read More...

U.S. brushes off German NATO plan A German proposal to reform the North Atlantic Treaty Organization by establishing a trans-Atlantic forum to agree strategies was brushed aside by U.S. officials and rejected by the organization at a ... Read More...

Apparent Gas Leak Kills Georgian Premier Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania, who helped lead the revolution that toppled the corruption-tainted regime of Eduard Shevardnadze, was killed Thursday by what officials said apparently was gas f... Read More...

Analysts, Politicians Comment on Georgian Politics after Zhvania’s Death Observers say that the death of Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania, who was one of the major architects of the country's policy, will trigger shifts in the Georgian political life. The article about the po... Read More...

Read My Ears Friedman writes that when President Bush visits Europe next month, he should give no speeches but instead just listen to Europeans as a sign of respect. By Thomas L. Friedman. (New York Times, 1/27/2... Read More...

An American in Paris Friedman writes that on the eve of George Bush's second inauguration, Europeans are in shock that the president was actually re-elected, and that no political entity there mirrors the extremely conser... Read More...

CHANGES IN THE CIS: WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2005 Ukraine’s Orange Revolution, Georgia's Rose Revolution, the European Union’s decision to begin membership negotiations with Turkey... The importance of these events and their far-reaching effect on CI... Read More...

With US Help, Georgia Gets Its Cake And Eats It, Too Georgia has made no secret of its desire to get on the fast track towards NATO membership. And Washington seems ready to take steps to hasten the departure of Russian troops and thus to ease Georgia'... Read More...

How to Approach Iran Madeleine Albright and seven former foreign ministers propose a course for Europe and the US in dealing with Iran. By Madeleine Albright, et al. (Washington Post, 12/13/2004) Read More...

The Fiction of Harmonized Standards The idea of harmonized safety standards for all asylum seekers in EU member states is fiction. The article about the immigration problems of the Union. By Martin Rozumek (Transitions on Line, Dec 8,... Read More...

EU Weighs Tougher Conditions for Talk with Turkey The draft proposed by the Dutch government, which will chair a Dec. 16-17 summit to decide on Turkey's eligibility of EU membership is a tough one. With a predominantly Muslim population of 70 millio... Read More...

Ukraine's PM declared winner of elections A popular protest against the re-elected Prime Minister of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, who is accused of election fraud. A full investigation surrounding the democratic process of the election has be... Read More...

Bush and the rest of the world President Bush's victory is almost incomprehensible in Europe and Latin America. Why? Carlos Alberto Montaner explains. (Firmas Press, 11/09/2004) Read More...

Zapatero caves to bad element Does Zapatero's government have a profoundly pacifist vocation? It doesn't seem so. By Carlos Alberto Montaner (Firmas Press, 10/13/2004) Read More...

US Capitalism Recreates Europe's Mistakes Author writes that some of the greatest long-term damage done by the Bush administration to the unity of the west has come from US domestic policies. By Anatol Lieven. (Financial Times, 9/15/2004) Read More...

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