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In time, perhaps, the perceived contradictions between Europe's secular and religious traditions will wither away. Liberal values do not exclude religious practice; they can help it flourish. The reason Turkey's pro-Islamic government is so eager to join Europe, for example - and the reason it has been so...
(2 of 3) In historical perspective, that's almost inevitable. The overarching Soviet threat of the cold war was extraordinary; so was the cooperation, from the Marshall Plan to nato to Fulbright scholarships, it inspired. "The closeness we grew used to of shared perspectives between 1950 and 1990 was the...
(3 of 3) Of course, the next U.S. President will pick up some easy tricks in Europe simply by not being Bush. Diplomats on both sides of the Atlantic say relations have reverted to a more workmanlike calm from the storms that gathered over the preparations for the Iraq war...
In sum, the emotional estrangement from the U.S. now evident in Europe can't simply be wished away. It may transform itself into a "cafeteria Atlanticism" - wariness in general, coupled with recognition that there will be places both sides need to do business. When Blair chose to fight the anti...
The U.S. state department no longer claims Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan "endorsed or espoused terrorist activity." So why won't it restore the U.S. visa Ramadan, a Swiss national, was stripped of in 2004 on those grounds? Since giving up the Notre Dame teaching position that visa was intended[an...