Word: transatlanticism
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Truman's reaction to Himmler's offer was acerbic. "Has he anything to surrender?" the new President asked Churchill on the transatlantic telephone. The two quickly agreed to tell the Swedish diplomat (and to reassure " the ever suspicious Stalin) that Germany must surrender unconditionally to all the Allies. No more...
Despite the embargo, China is still the world's biggest weapons importer as its military hustles to modernize-over $13 billion worth between 1999 and 2004, mostly from Russia, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Can Europe sell China what it wants while still satisfying the U.S.? Last...
The campaign spear-headed by France and Germany to lift the European Union's ban on selling arms to China foundered at the E.U. summit last week. Anger at Beijing's human-rights abuses; the new Chinese "antisecession" law authorizing war if Taiwan edges towards independence, which drew hundreds of...
The strongest hint that George W. Bush might actually have changed his thinking about Europe came not during his big speech in Brussels last week - the centerpiece of his four-day, three-country European tour - but in a much more low-key forum. Seated at a table in Mainz with...
SOME IN THE U.S. WERE OFFENDED BY YOUR SPEECH ABOUT WEAKNESSES IN THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE. I wanted to establish more common ground in the transatlantic relationship through NATO, the E.U. and all the other institutions that exist between the U.S. and Germany. We are not just ready to discuss questions...