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...this great world power," he said on Nov. 5. Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero told Der Spiegel that Europeans should "have faith in the prospect of becoming the most important global power in 20 years." Of Europe's three most prominent antiwar leaders, only German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder urged cooperation. His congratulatory telegram to Bush pointed out that "our security and stability are threatened by international terrorism, the risk of the spread of weapons of mass destruction, regional crises, poverty, climate change and epidemics. These challenges can only be met together...
...worldwide respect for the U.S. - now at an all-time low - to stay the same or get worse over the next four years; only 11% think it will improve. And many Europeans concur with Chirac and Zapatero that the E.U. should become a counterweight to America. In the U.S. German Marshall Fund's Transatlantic Trends survey, conducted in June, 71% of Europeans polled said the E.U. should become a superpower like the U.S. But almost two-thirds of them wanted the E.U. to cooperate with the U.S. rather than compete with it. "The idea that Europe can coalesce around opposition...
...arms. Last week some E.U., Iranian and U.N. officials were hailing as a potential breakthrough an agreement in which Iran would suspend its enrichment activities in exchange for additional nuclear technology and guaranteed fuel deliveries for a civilian nuclear capability. But at week's end, the optimism was fading. German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said that there had been no breakthrough, and French negotiators said they were "still analyzing" the latest Iranian counterproposal...
...dominance - and the limits of its power. Though it can win the military battle, Washington needs international help to ensure that Iraq becomes a stable, peaceful country. International collaboration is also crucial to other global challenges, such as terrorism and global warming. For Karsten Voigt, the coordinator for German-American relations in the German Foreign Ministry, a stronger E.U. is one that doesn't define itself "against the United States," but rather "as a partner of the U.S." Fair enough. But if the Bush Administration isn't ready to treat the E.U. as a serious partner - and if the Europeans...
...Busch-Reisinger Museum presents an exhibition of sculpture by artists who were ambivalent toward the media. “Dependent Objects” presents the works of German artists beginning in the 1960’s including works by Franz Erhard Walther, Hans Haacke, Charlotte Posenenske and Gerhard Richter. Through Jan 2. The Busch-Reisinger at the Fogg Museum...