Word: kyoto
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...family had belonged to the internationalist wing of the G.O.P. for years, his conservative bent gave his foreign policy instincts a marked unilateralist swagger. Until the war, Bush's most notable actions in foreign affairs had had a controversial, go-it-alone feel--developing missile defenses, withdrawing from the Kyoto treaty on global warming, undermining peace talks between the Koreas--and had earned him the unease of allies across Europe and the world...
...Bush Administration was never as unilateralist as its critics alleged. If it had been, it would not have spent so much time finding a new relationship with Russia. Moreover, some of the matters on which Bush and his team did not share the views of allies--like the Kyoto accord on global warming--are, to put it mildly, ones on which reasonable people may differ. But this much is true: though the Bush Administration was happy to say what treaties and other aspects of international cooperation it opposed, it rarely articulated what...
Since George W. Bush took over the White House, Blair has founded his foreign policy on achieving trust with Washington's new gang of Texan-accented unilateralists. He disagrees with Bush on many topics, from the Kyoto climate change accords to how hard to lean on Israel. But he figured the place to influence this self-absorbed bunch was from inside, so he noisily backed Bush on nuclear missile defense and told Europeans to take the idea seriously...
...diffident member state, whose dinner table other European leaders still clamor to grace. Since George W. Bush took over the White House, Blair has founded his foreign policy on achieving trust with Washington's new gang of Texan-accented unilateralists. He disagrees with Bush on many topics, from the Kyoto climate change accords to how hard to lean on Israel. But he figured the place to influence that self-absorbed bunch was from inside, so he noisily backed Bush on nuclear missile defense and told Europeans to take the idea seriously...
...Well, it appears to be showing signs of life despite Washington pronouncing it dead on arrival. To take effect the treaty requires the endorsement of countries responsible for 55 percent of greenhouse gas outputs, which means that even without the participation of the world's largest carbon gas polluter Kyoto can still be implemented if all the other industrialized nations agree. To that end, a conference was held in Marrakech, Morocco, last month to hammer out a rulebook that would turn the treaty into law, and agree on sanctions for non-compliance. Although the agreement at Marrakech has reduced...