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Posted by rguttman on Dec 10, 2009 “The surge of troops is needed to provide us with time and space to further build our own security forces,” stated the Ambassador of Afghanistan to the U.S. Said T. Jawad at my Center on Politics & Foreign Relations at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies last week in Washington, D.C. Speaking to a crowd of 100 guests with the speech carried...

Posted by akrause on Nov 23, 2009 By Axel Krause, Contributing Editor November 23, 2009 Amid widespread surprise, consternation and some biting criticism, the leaders of the 27-nation European Union, meeting in behind-the scenes sessions in Brussels last Thursday, unanimously appointed a relatively unknown, low-key duo to the top EU jobs – Belgium’s Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as President of the...

Posted by rguttman on Oct 20, 2009 transAtlantic Magazine is adding new features to our website and our first new addition is our POINT/COUNTERPOINT series which will look at various controversial foreign policy and domestic policy issues from a wide range of viewpoints. We begin this week with a look at America’s role in Afghanistan and how it is continuing to evolve.We will also look at the role of NATO in...

Posted by akrause on Oct 16, 2009 By Axel Krause, Contributing Editor October 16, 2009 Earlier this week, France’s highly-respected daily Le Monde carried a front-page interview with Philip H. Gordon, Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Euroasian Affairs. Creating a stir in influential circles on this side of the Atlantic. Its headline declared that, disappointingly, Washington calls on Europe to “share...