Human Interest Commentary

Isolating Iran

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Jun 11, 2010
America needs all the help it can get on Iran—which means making up with Brazil and Turkey.

A Dead End

Paul J. Saunders | Dec 15, 2009
Copenhagen won’t work. Obama should focus instead on working with the top twenty emitters.

Sins of Emission

Paul J. Saunders | Dec 09, 2009
If Obama wants a deal at Copenhagen, he needs to focus on Europe—not just China.

A Green Diplomat

Vaughan C. Turekian
Paul J. Saunders
| Jul 14, 2009
If Obama wants an international climate-change deal, he’ll have to convince China to accept one as well. Is he experienced enough to convince Beijing to join him?

Slow Train to Brussels

Kathleen R. McNamara | Jun 25, 2009
The EU’s response to the economic crisis is limited because it has to be. The union has always balanced national interests with supranational ones.

NATO Gains Weight

Doug Bandow | Jun 25, 2009
The alliance is trying to add new members from Ukraine to Georgia. But these countries won’t bolster America’s security. Instead, they have political baggage that will weaken it.

European Disunion

Doug Bandow | Aug 05, 2008
Why Europe will watch as America and China dominate the next century. Ireland’s failure to ratify a new European-integration treaty highlights the disconnect between the EU’s superpower ambitions and popular opinion.

A Mediterranean Membership Club

Leon Hadar | May 21, 2007
The United States should view Nicolas Sarkozy’s Mediterranean Union initiative as an opportunity for renewed translatlantic cooperation and burden-sharing in the Middle East.

Radicalized and Marginalized

Marisa Morrison | May 18, 2007
Could the integration of Europe’s Muslims into mainstream society slow the rise of Islamic radicalism?

Europe after the 'Non' and 'Nee'

Tim Potier | Jun 07, 2005
Only thirteen months ago the mood across Europe was so different, as fireworks lit up the skies to mark the accession of 10 new countries to the European Union - overwhelmingly former Communist countries from Central Europe.

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