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...website, and in Angela Merkel, Germany has elected a Chancellor determined to improve relations with the U.S. Since George W. Bush came to office, polls have shown that Europeans blame him personally more than the U.S. in general for what ails U.S.-European ties. The Transatlantic Trends survey conducted in 12 European countries for the German Marshall Fund of the United States, released last month, found that only 18% of Europeans approve of the way Bush handles international affairs. Nevertheless, 37% think U.S. leadership in world affairs is generally desirable - still a low number (down from...
...that bad, but elements of this canon are migrating into the mainstream and constraining the running room of politicians all over Europe. In the Czech Republic, for example, 83% of those polled in July don't want to let the U.S. build a military base there. The Transatlantic Trends survey shows the sharpest drop in support for U.S. leadership in countries that have traditionally been most pro-American, such as the U.K. and Poland. The new leader of Britain's Conservative Party, David Cameron, has said that he wants to "rebalance" London's relationship with Washington. "We have never, until...
...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. The Transatlantic Trends survey shows many areas where public opinion on both sides is united, including a surprising willingness to take military action against Iran if diplomacy fails to stop its nuclear program (53% in the U.S., 45% in Europe). More than 70% on both sides of the Atlantic rate terrorism, global warming, Islamic...
...capital investments. Myriad data and assumptions can be plugged in: possible new technologies, changes in government regulations, what rivals may do. The one constant most businesses can count on is churn. "If you know something to be true, it's already history," Williams says. A recent McKinsey & Company online survey and study found most executives are unhappy with their company's strategic planning. But it also found that corporate strategies often fail because managers are loath to admit they were wrong and make midcourse changes. Prediction software, Williams argues, makes it easier for executives to "accept uncertainty and move...
...TIME Poll: The Foley Sex Scandal Has Hurt GOP Election Prospects Two-thirds of those aware of the scandal believe Republican leaders attempted a cover-up, according to a new survey...