Xinhua August 24, 2009 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday kicked off a four-day visit to Europe to push Israel’s cases regarding the Palestinians and Iran. However, the publication of a highly controversial article in a Swedish newspaper on the eve of his departure has put a very different spin on the trip. more
New York Times August 22, 2009 About 10 years ago, when I was working in Frankfurt, Germany’s banking capital, I was invited to the top floor of the glittering skyscraper headquarters of one of the country’s most venerable banks. There, I was treated to something that, it was made clear to me, few eyes usually […]
Washington Examiner August 21, 2009 The European commission, the executive arm of the European Union (EU) today supported the British decision to lend money to European aircraft manufacturer Airbus on the eve of a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling about aircraft subsidies. more
Washington Post August 20, 2009 The Obama administration has secured commitments from nearly a dozen countries willing to accept detainees from Guantanamo Bay and is increasingly confident about its ability to transfer a large majority of the prisoners who have been cleared for release, according to U.S. and foreign officials. more
New York Times August 19, 2009 In the course of its 60 years, NATO has institutionalized three monumental transformations in world affairs: first, the end of the centuries-long “civil war” within the West for trans-oceanic and European supremacy; second, the United States’s post–World War II commitment to the defense of Europe against Soviet domination; and […]