Brown vows new alliance with Obama
The IndependentDecember 28, 2008 Gordon Brown will today use his New Year message to broker a new “coalition for change” with Barack Obama on the economy, the environment and the war on terrorism. more
Year: 2008
Britain and US refuse to demand end to Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
Times OnlineDecember 28, 2008 Britain and the United States were on a collision course with their European allies last night after refusing to call for an end to Israeli airstrikes on Hamas targets in Gaza. more
Obama’s Europe
The GuardianDecember 27, 2008 Will 2009 and the beginning of Barack Obama’s presidency mark the beginning of a new era in transatlantic relations, or will the old divisions linger, nurtured by the depth and gravity of the economic crisis? more
NATO awaits new leadership
International Herald TribuneDecember 26, 2008 The former secretary general of NATO, George Robertson, once recounted welcoming the first contingent of Russian officials to the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels. more
Forging new relations with Russia
International Herald TribuneDecember 25, 2008 Few U.S. presidents have come to office facing quite the variety of crises that Barack Obama faces, so he may be tempted to put Russia on a back burner – especially as Vladimir Putin is not someone with whom many Americans want to build cooperative relations these days. more