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...This is not to say that Obama is simply brownnosing his eastern European colleagues. When Klaus—an outspoken supporter and ally of George W. Bush, standing by his missile shield project against popular opinion—invited the American leader for dinner in Prague Castle, Obama wasn’t afraid to tell him that he had better plans. He knew where his priorities lay; dinner with Michelle at a top restaurant with a view of Prague was evidently a much more productive use of his time than appeasing the self-importance of a fellow president...
...practical matter, though, it was not so clear that the more collaborative strategy that Obama was peddling would pay immediate dividends. In London, European leaders balked at any specific commitment to future economic stimulus on par with American plans. In Strasbourg, NATO countries offered rhetorical support for Obama's new Afghan strategy but few combat troops to support the effort. The North Korean missile launch yielded no immediate condemnation from the U.N. Security Council, another illustration of the limits of consensus. (See more pictures of Obama in Europe...
...between bites of an orange on a balcony in the fabled American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem, Tony Blair, ex-British Prime Minister and current mediator for the Quartet - the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations - in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, spoke candidly with TIME's Jerusalem bureau chief Tim McGirk about the obstacles to peace. Earlier, Blair had met with Benjamin Netanyahu, the hawkish new Israeli premier, who says he will keep talking peace but left open the question of whether Israel would accept a Palestinian state. "One thing I learned," says Blair, "is that...
...offers them security. The U.S. exit strategy for Afghanistan, according to Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is to strengthen the Afghan forces so they can protect the fragile advances of the government. To that end, Obama has pledged 4,000 trainers and mentors, and European allies have promised more military trainers to help boost the Afghan National Army (ANA) and police...
Obama has spoken of peeling away "moderate" Taliban members from extremists and reintegrating them into society. The easiest way to do that would be to provide opportunities and jobs. "It's not just about winning hearts and minds," says Ettore Francesco Sequi, the European Union's special representative to Afghanistan. "We also have to fill stomachs. That's the way we - and the Afghan government - will succeed...