July 2011 – Atlantic Partnership

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UK-US special relationship ‘must be based on pragmatism, not nostalgia’

By Richard Norton-Taylor Tuesday, 19 July 2011 THE GUARDIAN Shadow defence secretary will use speech in Washington to call for European Nato members to contribute more. Britain must adopt a new, pragmatic approach to the “special relationship” with the US that is based neither on ideology nor nostalgia, the shadow defence secretary, Jim Murphy, will tell […]

Europe must continue to do justice to Ronald Reagan’s legacy: it would be wrong to view the changing relationships between Europe, the US and the world’s emerging economies in ‘zero-sum’ terms

By János Martonyi Tuesday, 06 July 2011 THE TELEGRAPH HUNGARY — Yesterday, Britain paid tribute to a great leader of the free world, President Ronald Reagan. My country has also unveiled a statue of President Reagan to mark his centennial. The moment had special poignancy for Hungarians. President Reagan was a decisive factor in helping us […]