Jan 25, 2011 15:56 - autor: nytimes.com
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You might call it the Obama paradox: Atlanticists on both sides of the ocean were certain that this president, inaugurated two years ago, would renew the trans-Atlantic alliance. Yet two years later, the United States and Europe seem further apart than they have ever been in their policies as much as in public attitudes
Oct 23, 2010 14:35 - autor: Tomáš Valášek
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Allies need to coordinate their defense budget cuts to make sure they can still act as a coherent force. As European governments rein in spending, defense budgets are falling, often dramatically. Germany plans to cut its armed forces by a third and the U.K. wants to reduce military spending by as much as 20%.
Nov 23, 2009 18:04 - autor: Quentin Peel
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Yet behind the great debate on whether the US and its allies should send thousands more troops to contain what may be an unwinnable war is an even bigger question: what is Nato for? That was the issue lurking in the background of last week’s meeting of Nato defence ministers in Bratislava.