Istanbul summit Commentary

Walk Away from the Balkans

Washington should not give foreign-policy priority to Kosovo. Merry responds to Abramowitz and Hooper’s prescriptions.

Saving Athens

Closer European financial integration is the best way to solve the Greek debt crisis. The future of the EU is at stake.

Blank Checks

Europe will never have its own military capabilities unless America stops subsidizing its defense.

More Friends, More War

Expanding NATO doesn’t improve American security. It antagonizes Russia and could lead to war.

Leaving the Nest

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

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

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

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

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

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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May 26, 2012