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Obama's Missile Defense Concession Holds Opportunity for European Security
Paul J. Saunders
It's a concession, but it could present an opportunity as well
President
After the end of the Cold War,
By and large, the Central Europeans enthusiastically reciprocated these sentiments, seeing a close connection to America as essential protection from
Ultimately, however, the close relationship between
There are several reasons for this, but the fundamental one is that the region was of special interest to America primarily because of the U.S.-Soviet competition in
Notwithstanding the very real difficulties of working with
Committed Atlanticists within the Central European elites--whose friendship Americans should appreciate--sensed the possibility of slow but relentless disengagement from
From this perspective, the
That the actual contribution to protecting
Ironically,
Mr. Obama specifically reassured
An Agenda for NATO: Toward a Global Security Web
Zbigniew Brzezinski
NATO now confronts historically unprecedented risks to global security. The paradox of our time is that the world, increasingly connected and economically interdependent for the first time in its entire history, is experiencing intensifying popular unrest. Yet there is no effective global security mechanism for coping with the growing threat of violent political chaos stemming from humanity's recent political awakening.
The Default Power and American Declinism
Josef Joffe
Every ten years, it is decline time in the United States. Declinism took a break in the 1990s, but by the end of the Bush administration, it had returned with a vengeance. The history of declinism shows that doom arrives in cycles, and what comes and goes, logically, does not a trend make. Today, as after past prophecies of imminent debility, the United States remains first on any scale of power that matters--economic, military, diplomatic, or cultural--despite being embroiled in two wars and beset by the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
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Endgame: The Blueprint for Victory in the War on Terror
For U.S. in Afghanistan, Why Can't There Be an Alternative to Victory
William Pfaff
Unanimous gloom regarding Afghanistan seems clear confirmation that Barack Obama and his chosen advisers have wasted no time in placing themselves and the country -- in a mere five months -- into the same desperate situation that it took the combined Johnson and Nixon administrations 15 years to arrive at in the case of Vietnam. This view would seem widely shared today -- without influencing policy.
Political Solution in Afghanistan Possible But Not by Going Down Current Path
William Pfaff
It would be a great service to the American nation if Barack Obama would tell us what he himself thinks the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan are about. Gen. Stanley McChyrstal says the Taliban are winning.
One U.S. Official Takes Honorable Stand on CIA-Sponsored Torture
William Pfaff
Thus far in the CIA torture controversy, as in the torture debate that has gone on in the United States since 2001, I can think of only one high American government figure, holding current office, taking a stand on torture in terms of justice, honor and national integrity.
The Latest Tale From the 'War on Terror' Dark Side
William Pfaff
Little mainstream comment seems to have appeared on the latest revelations of incompetence and sadistic fantasy that have been published this week about the ways in which the American nation lost its honor and international reputation because of the Bush administration's infatuation with torture.
Obama's Missile Defense Concession Holds Opportunity for European Security
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