News & Views
Monday, 8 February 2010
Headlines
- Yanukovich Declares Victory in Ukraine — NY Times
- Iran’s President Moves Ahead on Uranium Processing — NY Times
- Euro Debt Crisis Is Political Test for Bloc — NY Times
- EU's Ashton urges stronger global role for bloc — Deutsche Welle
- Europe to sell helicopters to Taiwan — EU Observer
- Les représentants spéciaux de l'UE confirmés, provisoirement — Bruxelles2
- Somalia 'to close embassies in Europe' — BBC
Opinion
- The Yanukovych Wild Card — By Yevgeny Kiselyov, Moscow Times
- Why China is stoking war of words with US — By Bill Emmott, Times
- The Dream of Zero — By Ross Douthat, NY Times
- EU-US: Thank You, President Obama — By Justin Vaisse, NY Times
- EU-US Summit: a surfeit of summitry — By Stanley Crossick, Euractiv blog
- The crisis will make Europe stronger — By Stefan Theil, Newsweek
- The New Old World — By Jacob Heilbrunn, Nat. Interest
- La stratégie de sécurité d'Ashton: ambition proche du 0° — Bruxelles2
- Armenia-Turkey truce needs rescue — By H.J. Barkey and T. de Waal, LA Times
Background
- China no longer interested in following US lead — By Melinda Liu, Newsweek
- EU-US: Reflections on a 'snub' — By Gavin Hewitt, BBC blog
- French ‘smear’ Britain’s EU chief Baroness Ashton — Times
- Zapatero zapped by friends and foes — Presseurop
Friday, 5 February 2010
Headlines
- Afghan security better, says US commander McChrystal — BBC
- China could block sanctions against Iran — Wash Post
- China and EU set for WTO clash over shoes — EU Observer
- Israeli Minister Adds Heat to Exchange With Syria — NY Times
- Gaza: UN chief Ban Ki-Moon rules evidence 'incomplete' — BBC
- Russia's Putin invites Tusk to Katyn massacre event — BBC
- South Ossetians Warn Against Rearming Georgia — NY Times
- Greek minister "not optimistic" on Cyprus talks — Reuters
- EU alarmed by pre-election turbulence in Ukraine — EU Observer
- Romanians Accept US Plan for Basing of Missiles — NY Times
Opinion
- A climate-change tipping point — By Gideon Rachman, FT blog
- Facing up to China — Economist
- EU Struggles with its Lisbon New Look — By Tony Barber, Blog, FT
- Turkey to the EU’s Rescue — By Jean-Pierre Lehmann, P. Syndicate
- Moratinos: In search of a role — By Honor Mahony, EU Observer blog
- The African Union: Get still more serious — Economist
Background
- America and China: By fits and starts — Economist
- Asia's never-closer union — Banyan, Economist
- A Difficult Week for Tymoshenko — By Andrew Wilson, ECFR
- Ukraine’s Election and Democracy — By Lucan Way, Foreign Affairs
- Why Obama won't bother to attend the EU summit — By Stephen Fidler, WSJ
- Open Letter to Herman Van Rompuy — By Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE
- Clinton calls parliament chief over bank data deal — EU Observer
- Germany Confronts the Meaning of War — Spiegel
- The Future of American Power in a Multipolar World — CNAS Report
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Headlines
- West 'pushing for new UN sanctions against Iran' — BBC
- China unlikely to block Iran sanctions — Wash Post
- Troops Prepare and Publicize Offensive Against Taliban — NY Times
- Taliban reconciliation raises concerns in Afghanistan — Wash Post
- Obama to pressure China on trade — BBC
- US picks veteran envoy in push for Middle East peace — Times
- US: Bosnia and Georgia threat to EU security — EU Observer
- Ukraine PM cries foul days before presidential poll — Reuters
- Bulgarian commissioner designate sails through hearing — EU Observer
- European delegation due to visit riot hit India state — BBC
Opinion
- We need a new capitalism to take on China — By Anatole Kaletsky, Times
- Desperate for a Taliban Deal? — By M.O'Hanlon, H.Sherjan, Daily Beast
- Revisiting China arms embargo — By Stanley Crossick, Euractiv blog
- Again, the China arms embargo issue — By François Godement, ECFR
- Obama's right to skip U.S.-EU summit — By Anne Applebaum, Wash Post
- Empty gestures on the European stage — By Adrian Hamilton, Independent
- The Cure Appears Worse Than The Disease — By Ahto Lobjakas, RFE/RL
- How to scrap nuclear arms — By T. Garton Ash, Guardian
Background
- Iranians favor regime over Green movement? — By Michael Allen, Dem Digest
- Russia must democratize, says think-tank — By Michael Allen, Dem Digest
- U.S. Slights a Disunited Europe — By Judy Dempsey, NY Times
- L'avenir de la défense britannique dans l'UE — Bruxelles2
- Nabucco Stakeholders Look Towards Brussels — By Vladimir Socor, EDM
- US trying new tack on Nabucco — By Joshua Kucera, Eurasianet
- Montenegro: NATO's next member? — By Josh Rogin, Foreign Policy
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Headlines
- Iran 'will accept uranium deal' — BBC
- U.S. reacts cautiously to Ahmadinejad offer — By Laura Rozen, Politico
- Brown calls for further sanctions against Iran — BBC
- Hamas: Talks on Shalit and prisoner swap stopped — BBC
- Palestinian premier speaks at Israeli conference — Wash Post
- Buildup of Afghan Police Falters — NY Times
- Critics: sale of French Mistral to Russia will harm region — Wash Post
- Ukraine and Russia Trade Spying Charges — NY Times
- Officials Visit Russian City Amid Protests — NY Times
- Hague court to rule on Sudan president genocide charge — BBC
- Half population of south Sudan short of food — Reuters
- EU Feels Snubbed as Obama Cancels Trip — NY Times
Opinion
- How to end the war in Afghanistan — By Achmed Rashid, BBC
- Obama's Iraq policy — By Henry Kissinger, Wash Post
- Europe’s Ukrainian Linchpin — By Joschka Fischer, P. Syndicate
- Who Lost Ukraine? — By Ivan Krastev, WAJ blog
- Europeans have missed an opportunity — By Hugo Brady, Independent
- Obama pinpoints truths about EU summitry — By Tony Barber, Blog, FT
- EU-US summit: egotistical wrangling — By Stanley Crossick, Euractiv blog
- Obama, breaker of European hearts — By Charlemagne, Economist
Background
- German Firms Slowly Pulling Out From Iran — By Judy Dempsey, NY Times
- Iran’s opposition refuses to give up — Economist
- China and America: Blowing hot and cold — Economist
- Big Trouble With Big China — Foreign Policy
- Parliament sets out concerns over Colombia trade deal — EU Observer
- EU mission alone cannot solve piracy problem, says admiral — EU Observer