New York Times
March 19, 2008
President Bush assured Georgia’s president Mikhail Saakashvili on Wednesday that he will press at the NATO summit next month to put Georgia on track for membership in the alliance. more
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Georgian President Gets US Boost on NATO
Posted by testap on March 23, 2008
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NATO at a Crossroads
Posted by testap on March 23, 2008
Foreign Policy in Focus
March 21, 2008
NATO stands at a crossroads: the 26-member alliance is simultaneously engaged in the most difficult military mission it has ever undertaken – its first ever ground war – while also undergoing pressure to transform itself in an uncertain world. In particular, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan is being widely held up as the ultimate test of the Alliance in its post-Cold War incarnation. Success in Afghanistan, it is claimed, will also secure the future of the alliance, while failure could lead to a muted 60th anniversary next year and even an end to NATO itself. more
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More Open Skies
Posted by testap on March 23, 2008
Fort Worth Star Telegram
March 23, 2008
The “Open Skies” trans-Atlantic aviation agreement set to go into effect next weekend between the United States and the European Union might be the best thing for air travelers since deregulation of the U.S. airline industry in 1978. more
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McCain Offers Soothing Tones in Trip Abroad
Posted by testap on March 23, 2008
New York Times
March 23, 2008
Senator John McCain’s trip abroad this week — which took him from the Middle East to No. 10 Downing Street to the Élysée Palace here — was more than just a Congressional fact-finding trip, or even a candidate’s attempt to appear statesmanlike. more
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McCain says US must listen more to European allies on key issues
Posted by testap on March 23, 2008
Agence France-Presse
March 22, 2008
Republican nominee John McCain said in an interview published Saturday the United States must show it is listening to its European allies while also standing firm on issues like the war in Afghanistan. more
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Putin Threatens Ukraine On NATO
Posted by testap on February 24, 2008
Washington Post
February 13, 2008
President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia could aim nuclear missiles at Ukraine if its neighbor and former fraternal republic in the Soviet Union joins the NATO alliance and hosts elements of a missile defense system proposed by the Bush administration. more
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Fingerprints for Europe visitors?
Posted by testap on February 24, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle
February 17, 2008
Americans and all other travelers entering Europe would have to be fingerprinted under a plan approved this week by the European Union. But don’t start readying your thumb yet: The plan must be approved by all 27 member nations and wouldn’t go into effect until 2013. more
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