Istanbul summit Commentary

Walk Away from the Balkans

E. Wayne Merry | Jul 09, 2010
Washington should not give foreign-policy priority to Kosovo. Merry responds to Abramowitz and Hooper’s prescriptions.

Saving Athens

Aristotle Tziampiris | Mar 25, 2010
Closer European financial integration is the best way to solve the Greek debt crisis. The future of the EU is at stake.

Blank Checks

Doug Bandow | Jul 20, 2009
Europe will never have its own military capabilities unless America stops subsidizing its defense.

More Friends, More War

Doug Bandow | Jul 13, 2009
Expanding NATO doesn’t improve American security. It antagonizes Russia and could lead to war.

Leaving the Nest

Christopher S. Chivvis | Apr 17, 2009
Europe is developing its own military-command capabilities independent of NATO. Should America be wary?

Bucharest on My Mind: Experts React to the NATO Summit

Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Ted Galen Carpenter
Anatol Lieven
Charles A. Kupchan
| Apr 04, 2008
The allies are sending more troops to Afghanistan and behind U.S. missile-defense plans, but less than thrilled about expanding NATO into Russia’s backyard.

Three Faces of Infantilism: NATO's Bucharest Summit

Anatol Lieven | Apr 04, 2008
Leaders that continually try to add new members to the NATO alliance, American and European, are ignoring reality—at their own peril.

Coalition of the Unable

J. Peter Pham | Mar 31, 2008
All eyes at the upcoming NATO summit will be focused on expansion and the Afghanistan operation, but leaders ignore another topic at the alliance’s peril: the widening gap in military capabilities between America and Europe.

Palestinian Crisis

Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Justine A. Rosenthal
| Jun 15, 2007
The ongoing crisis among the Palestinians presents no good or easy options for U.S. Policy, but we will still have to make choices.

Broken Promises

Alexey Pushkov | Apr 16, 2007
The recent effort by the Bush Administration to better explain U.S. policies in Eastern Europe will have no impact unless Washington is prepared to listen to Russian concerns and act accordingly.

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