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The EU has a moral duty to end the death penalty in the US

October 16, 2017

On October 12, Robert Pruett became the 1462nd person executed in the United States since 1976. At the age of 16, he began his 99-year prison sentence, after he was convicted as an accomplice to a murder committed by his father. Robert Pruett did not kill anyone, but under the Texas “law of parties”, a… » read more

Posted by Ieva Galkyte

blogactiv, EurActiv.com, Global Europe, Transatlantic Relations

Why Trump should not break up with Europe

October 3, 2017

Any couples counselor could agree that a break up should be a well-thought-out decision. Yet Trump’s extemporaneous comments indicate that he is ready to jump into a new yet unknown political affair leaving Europe in political obscurity. His isolationist mindset might be counterproductive. Instead of trying to strengthen desolate transatlantic relations in order to achieve… » read more

Posted by Ieva Galkyte

blogactiv, Transatlantic Relations

Europe Surging in Afghanistan?

April 3, 2009

That’s what Daniel Korski notes in his latest ECFR policy brief. Factually, a lot of European countries have already sent more troops in Afghanistan, and still more are on the way there. Between November 2006 and March 2009, European troop levels …

Afghanistan, European Issues, syn, Transatlantic Relations, War

, NATO

Cheese Wars and Strong Coffee

January 18, 2009

Americans will soon pay more for a precious piece of French Roquefort. The American government has as a last, petty gesture in its trade policy decided to raise tariffs on the product from 100 to 300 percent. This is part of a more general round o…

Agriculture, Anti-Americanism, Anti-Europeanism, france, syn, Transatlantic Relations, WTO

, trade

Obama the Atlanticist?

December 6, 2008

Before the details of Barack Obama’s foreign policy team started to emerge, I had expected that his administration would take a global approach to foreign policy and security challenges, and would not necessarily engage Europe first. This percepti…

Clinton, syn, Transatlantic Relations, US Foreign Policy

, NATO, Obama

Obama the Atlanticist?

Clinton, syn, Transatlantic Relations, US Foreign Policy

, NATO, Obama

Authoritarianisms

September 25, 2008

In immediate response to the Russia-Georgia war, it has been popular to say that we are witnessing the ‘return’ of history. This was the title of a post by Stanley Crossick, crossposted on the Atlantic Review. There have been many who have heralde…

democracy, European Issues, foreign politics, History, syn, Transatlantic Relations, US Foreign Policy

Will the West Lose Turkey?

September 2, 2008

Ms. Zeyno Baran of the Hudson Institute asks in the Wall Street Journal:Will Turkey Abandon NATO? Will Turkey side with the United States, its NATO ally, and let more U.S. military ships into the Black Sea to assist Georgia? Or will it choose …

strategy, syn, Transatlantic Relations

, NATO, turkey

Will the West Lose Turkey?

Ms. Zeyno Baran of the Hudson Institute asks in the Wall Street Journal: Will Turkey Abandon NATO? Will Turkey side with the United States, its NATO ally, and let more U.S. military ships into the Black Sea to assist Georgia? Or will it choose …

strategy, syn, Transatlantic Relations

, NATO, turkey

Is Russia a Superpower? Cold War II?

August 25, 2008

Ronald Steel, professor of international relations at the University of Southern California, argues that Russia’s strong hand against Georgia signals that, “A Superpower Is Reborn” (NYT):THE psychodrama playing out in the Caucasus is n…

Alliance, democracy, European Issues, Missile Defense, syn, Transatlantic Relations, War

, Georgia, NATO, Russia