Recently added articles from European Affairs:
Letter from the publisher: a call to be listened to.
Sep 22, 2008; ... We recently lost one of the most respected figures in Europe, just at a time when he would have been most needed. Bronislaw Geremek, who died in a car accident in Brussels in July, was a former Polish foreign minister and then a distinguished member of the European Parliament. ...
The end of happy endings in the post-cold war.(Russia on Georgia)(Cover story)
Sep 22, 2008 ... Introduction Russia's mauling of Georgia was a game-changing geopolitical development for Western democracies--above all, for Europe. For Russia, it is a conquest, and a diminished Georgia will need determined Western help to retain a fig leaf of viability. It is time to ...
Georgia: breakdown of vision the west had for a New Europe.(Cover story)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Since the Russian Federation sent tanks, troops, and planes slicing into Georgia, commentators have reached for a variety of historic parallels. 1968 and the Soviet Union snuffs out Prague Spring. 1939 and the Nazis thrust into Poland. 1938 and the Czechoslovaks are sacrificed to the ...
Russia and the EU: the difficult path to a new partnership.(Cover story)
Sep 22, 2008; ... The transition of leadership in Russia could have paved the way for a new chapter in Russian history and Russia's role in the world. Russia, which has always identified herself as an offspring of European civilization, seemed on its way to bolstering ties with the West. An era of ...
The end of history?--certainly not through Asia's eyes.
Sep 22, 2008; ... The rise of Asia is a zero-sum game, which necessarily means the relative decline of the West. This outcome has gained an extra edge because the West has not wanted to understand the trend and has been unwilling to accept it. This view has gradually spread among a few policymakers in ...
SWF's are making political waves in the U.S. and EU.(Finance)(sovereign wealth funds)(Viewpoint essay)
Sep 22, 2008; ... I have been asked to provide an assessment of the current political climate in the U.S. and its impact on the debate about Sovereign Wealth Funds and also to discuss the potential ramifications for future transatlantic and international collaboration on this front. At the ...
Europe must present a single market to SWF's.(Finance)(sovereign wealth funds)(Viewpoint essay)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Sovereign wealth funds have become the latest topic du jour in international finance; their rapid expansion is sparking political debate on both sides of the Atlantic and, it is fair to say, fuelling a certain amount of anxiety as well. Sovereign wealth funds are nothing new ....
Norway's wealth fund answers to voters.(Finance)(Viewpoint essay)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Norway has a sovereign wealth fund that is often held up as a model of transparency both to the country's citizens and to the outside world where it makes investments. It is financed with surplus wealth produced by Norway's income from its production of petroleum. Even if the name was ...
U.S. flap on the aerial tanker could be self-defeating.(Defense)
Sep 22, 2008; ... "We in [Britain] are supporting you on your Joint Strike Fighter. Why are you not supporting us on the tanker?" This simple question, posed by Prince Andrew--the Duke of York and a man deeply involved in British industrial exports--to the representative of a major U.S. defense contractor ...
Europe can offer defense deals Washington can't refuse.(Defense)
Sep 22, 2008; ... The decision of U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to set aside the award of the U.S. Air Force's gigantic new air tanker contract to the European Aeronautic, Defence and Space Company (EADS) and its American partner Northrop Grumman dealt a body-blow to the principles of free trade ...
Reforms in U.S. licensing process facilitate joint allied operations.(Defense)
Sep 22, 2008; ... The U.S. Department of State is responsible for regulating defense trade with the objective of ensuring the defense-trade support, national security and foreign-policy interests of the United States. The department's primary mission in this regard is to deny our adversaries access to U.S ....
Moving forward with the transatlantic economic council.(Transatlantic Relations)(Transatlantic Economic Council)(Organization overview)
Sep 22, 2008; ... In introductory remarks at a May 2008 discussion on Trade and Investment sponsored by The European Institute, German Ambassador to the United States Klaus Scharioth outlined the background to the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC). The TEC was established on April 30, 2007 at the EU/U.S ....
Energy research: grasping transatlantic opportunities.(Environment and Energy)
Sep 22, 2008; ... On both sides of the Atlantic, and indeed around the world, we face the twin challenges of energy security and global climate-change. And in both Europe and America lie much of the world's expertise on the clean-energy technologies needed to address these challenges: energy efficiency ...
Non-nuclear energy cooperation needs a new push.(Environment and Energy)
Sep 22, 2008; ... The policy agendas of both the U.S. and the EU recognise the importance of low-carbon technologies to achieve energy policy objective. The EU has spent the past year working on the commitments undertaken by the EU Heads of States during the European Council on March 8-9, 2007 ....
A pragmatist's view of global geopolitics.(VERBATIM)(Hubert Vedrine)(Interview)
Sep 22, 2008; ... European Affairs: Nowadays you appear inclined to analyze the world in terms that seem to rehabilitate the role of nation states while giving scant weight to the importance of some bigger groupings that seem to be emerging in our era such as the concept of "international community." What ...
Vedrine's world: the outlook of nations around the globe.(VERBATIM)(Atlas du Monde Global)(Book review)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Atlas du Monde Global [Atlas of the Globalized World] By Pascal Boniface et Hubert Vedrine Armand Colin/Fayard, 2008, 125 pages [French] This new atlas of commentary and illustrated maps is designed to provide fresh perspectives enabling readers to discern ...
The Demilitarization of Europeans.(Where Have All The Soldiers Gone? The Transformation of Modern Europe)(Book review)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Where Have All The Soldiers Gone? The Transformation of Modern Europe By James J. Sheehan Houghton Mifflin, 284 pages, $26 With "change" being a hot topic this year both in the European Union and the United States, there are a plethora of books about the ...
The way globalization actually works in Europe.(Globalization and Europe: Prospering in the New Whirled Order)(Book review)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Globalization and Europe: Prospering in the New Whirled Order By Daniel S. Hamilton and Joseph P. Quinlan Center for Transatlantic Relations, John Hopkins University, 184 pages Seen from 15,000 meters, globalization is a clear and beneficial force. Seen ...
New markets expanding for dirty businesses.(McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal World)(Book review)
Sep 22, 2008; ... McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal World By Misha Glenny Knopf, 375 pages, $27.95 When journalist and author Misha Glenny was attending Bristol University in the 1970's, little could he realize that his generation's motto of Drugs, Sex and Rock ...
Transatlantic solidarity starts at home.(Letter from the Editor)(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2008 ... America's power is waning, at least temporarily. Under the next President, the country will have a diminished ability to shape a stable international order and maintain global prosperity. Will that trend create an opening for Europe to emerge with a larger global presence? Or is it liable ...