Transatlantic Must-Reads, Archive

2012

February 21

Iran -- US, EU cautiously optimistic on Iran talks, AFP
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/iran-nuclear-talks.fa4/

Iran, transatlantic relations -- Remarks Hillary Clinton and Catherine Ashton after the meeting
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2012/02/184155.htm

Iran -- Richard Gowan, Iran: the true test of EU foreign policy, Esharp
http://esharp.eu/oped/richard-gowan/19-iran-the-true-test-of-eu-foreign-policy/

Iran -- Iran raid seen as a huge task for Israeli jets, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/20/world/middleeast/iran-raid-seen-as-complex-task-for-israeli-military.html

Iran -- Ray Takeyh, Why Iran thinks it needs the bomb, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-iran-thinks-it-needs-the-bomb/2012/02/16/gIQAauVHKR_story.html

Iran -- Efraim Inbar, How the U.S.-Iran standoff looks from Israel, Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-20/how-the-u-s-iran-standoff-looks-from-israel-efraim-inbar.html

Iran -- Soli Ozel, How the Iran standoff looks from Turkey, Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-21/how-the-iran-nuclear-standoff-looks-from-turkey-commentary-by-soli-ozel.html

Iran -- Edward Luttwak, The President has been given a false choice on Iran, Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204880404577225602175019294.html

Iran -- Gideon Rachman, The drift towards war with Iran, Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/014ed7e4-5bb5-11e1-a447-00144feabdc0.html

Syria -- Immanuel Wallerstein, The Syrian Impasse, Yale Globale
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/syrian-impasse

Syria, Russia, China -- Ted Piccone, Emily Alinikoff, How Syria is splitting Russia and China from the developing world, National Interest
http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/rising-democracies-take-russia-china-6525

Russia -- Stephen Holmes, Ivan Krastev, Putin and the decline of "no-choice" politics, Eurozine
http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2012-02-17-krastev-en.html

Europe and shale gas -- Alan Riley, Europe can't ignore shale gas, Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204909104577234830507450266.html

Euro crisis -- Interview with Kenneth Rogoff on the Euro crisis, Spiegel
http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,816071,00.html

Transatlantic relations -- John Kornblum, Transatlantic odds, Khaleej Times
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/opinion/2012/February/opinion_February79.xml&section=opinion&col=

February 17

US and Egypt -- Mike Allen, Brotherhood threatens Camp David accord over US aid, NGO dispute, Democracy Digest
http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2012/02/brotherhood-threatens-camp-david-accords/

EU and Morocco -- Morocco-EU trade deal draws fire, EU Observer
http://euobserver.com/9/115295

Russia and US -- In Russia, Putin allies sharpen anti-American attacks ahead of elections, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-russia-putin-allies-sharpen-anti-american-attacks-ahead-of-elections/2012/02/14/gIQA1s6DIR_story.html

Russia -- Brian Whitmore, The empire strikes back -- at independent media, RFE/RL
http://www.rferl.org/content/the_empire_strikes_back_-_at_independent_media/24486805.html

France -- Ian Bremmer, France's what-if campaign, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/opinion/frances-what-if-campaign.html

EU foreign policy -- Justin Vaisse, The sick man of Europe is Europe, Foreign Policy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/02/16/the_sick_man_of_europe_is_europe?page=full

Transatlantic relations -- Patryk Pawlak, Time for an honest audit of EU-US relations, EUISS
http://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/detail/article/time-for-an-honest-audit-of-eu-us-relations/

World Bank -- Sebastian Mallaby, The quiet revolutionary who saved the World Bank, Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/dd59766a-57da-11e1-b089-00144feabdc0.html

World Bank -- Mohamed A. El-Erian, How to find the best leader for the World Bank, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/world-bank-opening/2012/02/16/gIQAatgzHR_story.html

February 16

Iran -- Aggressive acts by Iran signal pressure on its leadership, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/world/middleeast/frantic-actions-hint-at-pressure-on-iran-leaders.html

US and Iran -- Most Americans support using force to prevent a nuclear Iran, Foreign Policy
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/02/15/most_americans_support_using_force_to_prevent_a_nuclear_iran

US and Turkey -- Daniel Dombey, Turkey-US harmony has its limits, Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/339e16d6-57c5-11e1-b089-00144feabdc0.html

EU and Turkey -- Joschka Fischer, Europe risks running out of time with Turkey relations, Daily Star
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/Jul/06/Europe-risks-running-out-of-time-with-Turkey-relations.ashx

Turkey -- Sinan Ülgen, Turkey and the Bomb, Carnegie
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2012/02/15/turkey%2Dand%2Dbomb/9o49

France -- France’s presidential election: Sarkozy's declaration, Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/newsbook/2012/02/france%E2%80%99s-presidential-election

Germany -- Susanne Gratius, Is Germany still a EU-ropean power?, FRIDE
http://www.fride.org/publication/990/is-germany-still-a-eu-ropean-power?

Transatlantic economy -- EU and US roll out gold standard for 'organic' food, EU Observer
http://euobserver.com/9/115280

European defense -- Mark Leonard, Will the Europeans ever get their act together on security?, ECFR blog
http://ecfr.eu/content/entry/commentary_can_the_europeans_ever_get_their_act_together_on_security

EU enlargement -- Kristin Archick, European Union enlargement, Congressional Research Service
http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13688

US Presidential campaign -- Resources on the foreign policy dimensions of the 2012 U.S. presidential race, CFR
http://www.cfr.org/projects/world/campaign-2012/pr1576?co=C037801

February 15

Euro crisis -- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Greek economy spirals down as EU forces final catharsis, Daily Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9082843/Greek-economy-spirals-down-as-EU-forces-final-catharsis.html

Euro crisis -- Gavin Hewitt, Losing patience with Greece, BBC blog
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17040565

Euro crisis -- Jean Pisani-Ferry, The Eurozone’s strategy of survival is also one of pain, Daily Star
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2012/Feb-15/163307-the-eurozones-strategy-of-survival-is-also-one-of-pain.ashx

Eypt -- Egypt state media accuses U.S. of spreading anarchy, Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/14/us-egypt-usa-idUSTRE81D0TM20120214

US and Iran -- Francis J. Gavin, James B. Steinberg, The unknown unknowns. We can't possibly know the consequences of bombing Iran, Foreign Policy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/02/14/the_unknown_unknowns

US and Iran -- Daniel Klaidman, Eli Lake, Dan Ephron, Obama’s dangerous game with Iran, Newsweek
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/02/12/obama-s-dangerous-game-with-iran.html

US and Iran -- Dennis Ross, Iran is ready to talk, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/opinion/give-diplomacy-with-iran-a-chance.html

Turkey and Iran -- Soner Cagaptay, Next up: Turkey vs. Iran
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/opinion/next-up-turkey-vs-iran.html

Syria -- Debate: Should the U.S. intervene in Syria with military action?, US News
http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/should-the-us-intervene-in-syria-with-military-action

Russia -- Political pressure seen in Russia radio shakeup, Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/14/russia-radio-idUSL5E8DE3PL20120214

Russia and Georgia -- Yulia Latynina, From South Ossetia to war with Georgia, Moscow Times
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/from-south-ossetia-to-war-with-georgia/453075.html

France -- Bruce Crumley, The Anti-Sarkozy: How François Hollande would lead, Time blog
http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2012/02/14/the-anti-sarkozy-french-socialist-presidential-candidate-francois-hollande-meets-time/

European defence -- Setting a future agenda, Workshop summary, Chatham House
http://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/papers/view/182179

US role in the world -- Charles A. Kupchan, The West’s comeback: Renewal starts at home, Aspenia online
http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/west%E2%80%99s-comeback-renewal-starts-home

US role in the world -- Daniel Drezner, Gideon Rachman, Robert Kagan, The rise or fall of the American empire, Foreign Policy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/02/14/the_rise_or_fall_of_the_american_empire?page=full

February 14

Syria -- Robert M. Danin, The Arab League doubles down against Bashar, CFR
http://blogs.cfr.org/danin/2012/02/13/the-arab-league-doubles-down-against-bashar

Syria -- David Rieff, Save us from the liberal hawks. Syria's a tragedy. But it's not our problem, Foreign Policy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/02/13/syria_is_not_our_problem

Syria -- James Kitfield, The global dangers of Syria's looming civil war, Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/02/the-global-dangers-of-syrias-looming-civil-war/252988/

Turkey -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, Turkey’s test, Project Syndicate
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/slaughter5/English

Iran -- Asia key as U.S., EU tighten sanctions against Iran, Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/13/us-iran-sanctions-asia-idUSTRE81C1C320120213

Euro crisis -- Interview with George Soros: “'Merkel is leading Europe in the wrong direction”, Spiegel
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,814920,00.html

US and Euro crisis -- Bruce Stokes, For US, Europe’s debt woes are an ocean away, Yale Global
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/us-europes-debt-woes-are-ocean-away

European defense -- Bence Nemeth, PESCO and British-French military co-operation, European Geostrategy blog
http://europeangeostrategy.ideasoneurope.eu/2012/02/14/pesco-and-british-french-military-co-operation/

Russia -- Pavel K. Baev, Putin is firmly set to win ugly, EDM
http://www.jamestown.org/programs/edm/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=39003&cHash=6ac85f4c12cee9eef228f182b59b13ed

US foreign policy -- Five coming battles over the 2013 international affairs budget, The Cable, Foreign Policy
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/02/13/5_coming_battles_over_the_2013_international_affairs_budget

US foreign policy -- Stephen Hadley, Engaging a world in transition, USIP
http://www.usip.org/publications/engaging-world-in-transition-0

From CTR people

Donald N. Jensen, Putin makes anti-Americanism a centerpiece of his campaign, VOA
http://transatlantic.sais-jhu.edu/publications/articles/02.09.12.Putin_Makes_Anti-Americanism_a_Centerpiece_of_His_Campaign.pdf

Federica Bindi, Charm is not enough for Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti, CNBC
http://www.cnbc.com/id/46314243

February 13

Transatlantic Trade and Investment -- ECIPE, GMF Report, http://www.ecipe.org/a-new-era-for-transatlantic-trade-leadership/PDF

Syria -- Fareed Zakaria, What's next for Syria?, CNN blog
http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/12/zakaria-whats-next-for-syria/

Syria -- Vali Nasr, Assadism without Assad in Syria could prevent sectarian mayhem, Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-13/assadism-without-assad-could-prevent-sectarian-mayhem-vali-nasr.html

Syria -- Jonathan Freedland, Syria is not Iraq. And it is not always wrong to intervene, Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/10/syria-not-iraq-wrong-intervene

Syria -- Leslie H. Gelb, Why Obama should go slow in Syria, Newsweek
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/02/12/why-obama-should-go-slow-in-syria.html

Obama and Mideast -- Zaki Laidi, Obama’s Middle Eastern strategy: So much for plan A, but where is plan B?, Daily Star
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2012/Feb-11/162877-obamas-middle-eastern-strategy-so-much-for-plan-a-but-where-is-plan-b.ashx

Israel and Iran -- Robert Haddick, Israel-Iran: The ticking clock, Small Wars Journal
http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/this-week-at-war-the-ticking-clock

EU and Arab spring -- Ana Palacio, Opening Europe’s Mediterranean window, Project Syndicate
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/palacio3/English

Russia and Arab spring -- Margarete Klein, SWP
http://www.swp-berlin.org/en/products/swp-comments-en/swp-aktuelle-details/article/russia_and_the_arab_spring.html

European diplomacy -- Hugo Brady, Why European diplomacy is in decline, Esharp
http://esharp.eu/oped/hugo-brady/18-why-european-diplomacy-is-in-decline/

February 10

Italian PM Monti meets Obama -- Obama hails Italian Prime Minister in talks on euro crisis, AFP
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1182094/1/.html

February 9

Italy -- Mr. Monti Comes to Washington – But Will He Survive in Rome? Italian PM Monti’s challenges could overwhelm his reformist agenda. CTR Senior Fellow Federiga Bindi comments here. For a shorter version on CNBC click here.

Germany -- Timothy Garton Ash, The leadership dilemmas of a European Germany in a German Europe, Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/08/angela-merkel-all-help-can-get

Germany -- Norbert Walter, Germany’s hidden weaknesses, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/opinion/germanys-hidden-economic-weaknesses.html

US and UK -- Nile Gardiner, Ray Walser, Falkland Islands: US should back Great Britain, Heritage
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/02/falkland-islands-united-states-should-back-great-britain

US and Turkey -- Ross Wilson, Turkey-US relations: Dark clouds on the horizon, New Atlanticist blog
http://www.acus.org/new_atlanticist/turkey-us-relations-dark-clouds-horizon

US and Egypt -- David Ignatius, Why the U.S. should resist stoking the chaos in Cairo, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-the-us-should-resist-stoking-the-chaos-in-cairo/2012/02/07/gIQAEw40zQ_story.html

US and Gulf -- Ray Takeyh, The Gulf is where it's at, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/opinion/the-gulf-is-where-its-at.html

Russia and Syria -- Michael Young, Russia conspires to salvage Assad rule, Daily Star
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Columnist/2012/Feb-09/162681-russia-conspires-to-salvage-assad-rule.ashx

Russia -- Anders Aslund, Putin without Putinism, Foreign Policy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/02/08/putin_without_putinism

US defense -- Jonathan Masters, A defense budget at the crossroads. CFR
http://www.cfr.org/us-strategy-and-politics/defense-budget-crossroads/p27318

February 8

Germany -- John Vinocur, Can Germany summon the will to lead?, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/opinion/can-germany-summon-the-will-to-lead.html

Germany -- Angela Merkel says EU needs Britain, Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/08/angela-merkel-britain-important-europe

German foreign policy -- Ulrike Guerot, The temptation of going alone, World Politics Review
http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/11397/german-foreign-policy-the-temptation-of-going-alone

Ukraine -- Philip H. Gordon, Remarks at press roundtable on U.S.-Ukraine issues, State Department
http://www.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2012/183484.htm

Russia -- Anne Applebaum, Russia’s Potemkin democracy, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-syria-and-russia-democracy-gets-lip-service-and-nothing-more/2012/02/07/gIQA7qOUxQ_story.html

Palestinians -- Robert M. Danin, The Doha Palestinian unity agreement: Now the hard part, CFR blog
http://blogs.cfr.org/danin/2012/02/06/the-doha-palestinian-unity-agreement-now-the-hard-part/

Turkey and Syria -- Saban Kardas, Turkey con?fronts Syria imbroglio, Eurasian Daily Monitor
http://www.jamestown.org/programs/edm/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=38981&cHash=05c564059dc63b17eaad57df0a0de08b

U.S. Campaign 2012 -- Foreign policy team preps Romney for world stage, Real Clear Politics
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/02/08/foreign_policy_team_preps_romney_for_world_stage_113055.html

February 7

Palestinians -- Fatah, Hamas choose Abbas to head new joint government, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/fatah-hamas-choose-abbas-to-head-new-joint-government/2012/02/06/gIQApF0utQ_story.html

Syria -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, How to rescue the Syrian peace plan, FT blog
http://blogs.ft.com/the-a-list/2012/02/06/the-league-doesnt-need-un-approval-to-press-on-with-syrian-peace-plan/

Syria -- Nicholas Noe, In Syria, we need to bargain with the devil, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/opinion/in-syria-we-need-to-bargain-with-the-devil.html

Syria -- Ed Husain, Life after Assad could be worse, New York Times blog
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/02/06/is-assads-time-running-out/syria-after-assad-could-be-even-worse

Russia and Syria -- Russia raps West, sends mission to Syria, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/russia-raps-west-sends-mission-to-syria/2012/02/06/gIQAh36ytQ_story.html

Russia and Syria -- Dmitri Trenin, Russia's line in the sand on Syria. Why Moscow wants to halt the Arab Spring, Foreign Affairs
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/137078/dmitri-trenin/russias-line-in-the-sand-on-syria

Iran -- Neill Ferguson, Israel and Iran on the eve of destruction in a new six-day war, Newsweek
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/02/05/israel-and-iran-on-the-eve-of-destruction-in-a-new-six-day-war.html

Iran -- Richard N. Haass, Iran, definitely this year’s headache, Daily Star
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2012/Feb-06/162269-iran-definitely-this-years-headache.ashx

Egypt -- Michael Allen, Egypt’s attack on NGOs – ‘crazy’ or clever?, Democracy Digest
http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2012/02/egypts-attack-on-ngos-crazy-or-clever/

Egypt -- Marina Ottaway, Egypt’s transition: Finding a way out of the vicious circle, Carnegie
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2012/02/06/egypt%2Ds%2Dtransition%2Dfinding%2Dway%2Dout%2Dof%2Dvicious%2Dcircle/9gfp

Egypt -- Steven A. Cook, Egypt and the United States, CFR
http://blogs.cfr.org/cook/2012/02/06/egypt-and-the-united-states-it%e2%80%99s-not-you-it%e2%80%99s-me

Germany and France -- Crisis desperation drives Merkel to campaign for Sarkozy, Spiegel
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,813583,00.html

Euro crisis -- Bruce Stokes, What Europeans think about the Eurocrisis, GMF
http://www.gmfus.org/wp-content/files_mf/stokes_whateuropeansthink_jan12.pdf

Transatlantic economy -- U.S. reaches deal to avoid Japan, EU trade sanctions, Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/06/us-usa-trade-zeroing-idUSTRE81513820120206

Transatlantic security -- Judy Dempsey, U.S. sees Europe as not pulling its weight militarily, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/world/europe/07iht-letter07.html

U.S. foreign policy -- Charles Kupchan, Sorry, Mitt: It won't be an American century, Foreign Policy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/02/06/it_won_t_be_an_american_century

February 6

Syria -- Anger after Russia, China block U.N. action on Syria, Reuters
http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/02/06/syria-idINDEE8120CO20120206

Syria -- Randa Slim, Vetoes leave Syria headed for a bloody stalemate, CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/05/opinion/slim-syria-veto/index.html

Iran -- Obama says risky to attack Iran, wants diplomatic fix, Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/06/iran-idUSL5E8D50L320120206

Clinton, Panetta in Munich -- Panetta, Clinton seek to reassure Europe on security ties, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/panetta-clinton-reassure-europe-on-security-ties/2012/02/04/gIQAEDiyoQ_story.html

Clinton, Panetta in Munich -- Remarks by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the 48th Munich Security Conference
http://www.defense.gov/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=4972

Afghanistan -- U.S., NATO seek to clarify Panetta comments on ending Afghan mission, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/us-nato-seek-to-clarify-panetta-comments-on-ending-afghan-combat-mission/2012/02/02/gIQANEujkQ_story.html

U.S. campaign 2012 -- Martin Klingst, The GOP’s ‘Europe’ is a land of make-believe, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gops-europe-is-a-land-of-make-believe/2012/02/01/gIQA46m1nQ_story.html

U.S. campaign 2012 -- The candidates on U.S.-Russia Relations, CFR
http://www.cfr.org/united-states/campaign-2012-candidates-us-russia-relations/p27283?cid=rss-europe_russia-campaign_2012__the_candidates_-020312

Georgia -- Obama-Saakashvili debriefing with Thomas de Waal, Carnegie
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2012/02/01/obama%2Dsaakashvili%2Ddebriefing%2Dwith%2Dtom%2Dde%2Dwaal/9dq4

Georgia -- Mr. Saakashvili’s choice, editorial, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mr-saakashvilis-choice/2012/02/01/gIQAP32SsQ_story.html

Russia -- Simon Shuster, Is Putin's? fake rival the real deal?, Foreign Policy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/02/03/prokhorov_putin_russia_elections

Transatlantic security -- Igor Ivanov, Wolfgang Ischinger, Sam Nunn, Toward a Euro-Atlantic security community, Carnegie
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2012/02/03/toward%2Deuro%2Datlantic%2Dsecurity%2Dcommunity/9dpt

Transatlantic security -- Robert Haddick, What is NATO good for?, Foreign Policy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/02/03/this_week_at_war_what_is_nato_good_for_by_robert_haddick

February 3

Iran -- U.S. officials concerned by Israel statements on Iran threat, possible strike, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-officials-concerned-by-israel-statements-on-iran-threat-possible-strike/2012/02/02/gIQA9gpflQ_story.html

Iran -- David Ignatius, Is Israel preparing to attack Iran?, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/is-israel-preparing-to-attack-iran/2012/02/02/gIQANjfTkQ_story.html

Iran -- Blake Hounshell, The latest Iran frenzy, Foreign Policy blog
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/02/02/the_latest_iran_frenzy

Iran -- India delegation to go to Iran to boost oil exports, Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/02/us-india-oil-exports-idUSTRE8110OS20120202

Russia and Syria -- Pavel Felgenhauer, Putin’s corrupt ruling elite fear the fate of Arab dictatorships, Eurasia Daily Monitor
http://www.jamestown.org/programs/edm/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=38960&cHash=2ca7bcc94c9158fb802ee8cadfa47cf4

Russia and Syria -- Ben Judah, Syria – why Russia says no, New Eastern Europe
http://www.neweasterneurope.eu/node/174

Merkel in China -- Merkel no pushover in Beijing, Wall Street Journal blog
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/02/03/merkel-no-pushover-in-beijing

Serbia -- Sabine Freizer, Conflict with Kosovo: An obstacle to Serbia’s EU candidacy, ICG/Today’s Zaman
http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/europe/op-eds/freizer-serbia-turkey-conflict-with-kosovo.aspx

EU and Arab reform -- Catherine Ashton, Supporting the Arab awakening, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/opinion/supporting-the-arab-awakening.html

U.S. military power -- Robert Kagan, The importance of U.S. military might shouldn’t be underestimated, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-importance-of-us-military-might-shouldnt-be-underestimated/2012/02/02/gIQAX5pVlQ_story.html

Liberal democracy -- Francis Fukuyama, The future of history. Can liberal democracy survive the decline of the middle class?, Foreign Affairs
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/136782/francis-fukuyama/the-future-of-history?cid=nlc-this_week_on_foreignaffairs_co-020212-the_future_of_history_3-020212

February 2

Afghanistan -- U.S., NATO will seek to end Afghan combat mission next year, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/panetta-us-nato-will-seek-to-end-afghan-combat-mission-next-year/2010/07/28/gIQAriZJiQ_story.html

Afghanistan -- Mark Jacobson, The French departure from Afghanistan is not a deal breaker, GMF blog
http://blog.gmfus.org/2012/02/the-french-departure-from-afghanistan-is-not-a-deal-breaker/

Afghanistan -- Anatol Lieven, Afghanistan: The best way to peace, New York Review of Books
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/feb/09/afghanistan-best-way-peace/

Syria -- Marc Lynch, The Security Council takes on Syria, Foreign Policy
http://lynch.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/02/01/the_security_council_takes_on_syria

Syria -- Ed Husain, We intervene in Syria at our peril, Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/02/we-intervene-in-syria-at-our-peril/252335/

Egypt -- Omar Ashour, What do Egypt’s assertive generals really want down the road?, Daily Star
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2012/Feb-02/161861-what-do-egypts-assertive-generals-really-want-down-the-road.ashx

Transatlantic economy -- EU blocks Deutsche Boerse, NYSE tie-up, AFP
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/germany-us-markets.ex5/

Transatlantic economy -- Why the marriage failed, Economist blog
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2012/02/deutsche-b%C3%B6rse-and-nyse-euronext

Euro crisis -- Gideon Rachman, The German view of the crisis, FT blog
http://blogs.ft.com/the-world/2012/02/the-german-view-of-the-crisis

UK -- Timothy Garton Ash, Just like Scotland, Britain needs its referendum too, Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/01/scotland-britain-europe-cameron-fear

Central Europe -- Central Europe outlook 2012: Toward a two-speed Europe, CEPA
http://www.cepa.org/ced/view.aspx?record_id=333

Ukraine -- Steven Pifer, Developments in Ukraine and implications for U.S. Policy, Brookings
http://www.brookings.edu/testimony/2012/0201_ukraine_pifer.aspx

Belarus -- Grigory Ioffe, Who is losing Belarus?, EDM
http://www.jamestown.org/programs/edm/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=38959&cHash=c5f181f503ac4fc95357c983523a793a

Transatlantic security -- Karl-Heinz Kamp, Kurt Volker, Toward a new transatlantic bargain, Carnegie
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2012/02/01/toward%2Dnew%2Dtransatlantic/9co9

February 1

Iran -- Iran willing to attack on U.S. soil, U.S. intelligence report finds, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/iran-is-prepared-to-launch-terrorist-attacks-in-us-intelligence-report-finds/2012/01/30/gIQACwGweQ_story.html

Syria -- Michel Nehme, Assad’s ship is sinking, even if predicting the end is risky, Daily Star
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2012/Feb-01/161746-assads-ship-is-sinking-even-if-predicting-the-end-is-risky.ashx

Syria -- Andrew Tabler, Security Council showdown on Syria (interview), CFR
http://www.cfr.org/syria/security-council-showdown-syria/p27245

Syria -- Yezid Sayigh, Hurting stalemate in Syria, Carnegie
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2012/01/31/hurting%2Dstalemate%2Din%2Dsyria/9axy

Mideast -- Global "great power politics" returns to Mideast, Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/31/us-mideast-geopolitics-idUSTRE80U0U920120131

Europe/Immigration -- Mediterranean the deadliest sea for refugees and migrants, says UN agency, UN news centre
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41084&Cr=refugees&Cr1=

EU and Arab spring -- Sven Biscop, Rosa Balfour, Michael Emerson, An Arab springboard for EU foreign policy?, CEPS
http://www.ceps.be/book/arab-springboard-eu-foreign-policy

Georgia -- Christian Caryl, The Georgian paradox, Foreign Policy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/01/31/the_georgian_paradox?page=full

Ukraine -- Taras Kuzio, Time for the EU to end double standards on corruption, ACUS blog
http://www.acus.org/new_atlanticist/time-eu-end-double-standards-corruption

Afghanistan -- Taliban "poised to retake Afghanistan" after NATO pullout, Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/01/us-afghanistan-idUSTRE8100E520120201

Europe and China -- Merkel seeks Euro zone investments from Beijing, Spiegel
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,812672,00.html

Europe and China -- Europe seeks space cooperation with China, Spiegel
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,812273,00.html

Euro crisis -- Making it worse in Europe, Editorial, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/opinion/making-it-worse-in-europe.html

Euro crisis -- Philip Stephens, The politics of the Euro crisis, CEPA
http://www.cepa.org/ced/view.aspx?record_id=329

Euro crisis -- Charles A. Kupchan, Centrifugal Europe, Survival
http://www.cfr.org/europerussia/centrifugal-europe/p27243

Transatlantic relations -- Wolfgang Ischinger, Igor Ivanov, Sam Nunn, Euro-Atlantic goals, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/opinion/euro-atlantic-goals.html

Transatlantic relations -- Chad Manske, US military presence in Europe matters, Global Post
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/120130/opinion-US-military-presence-defense-strategy 

EU foreign policy -- European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2012, ECFR
http://www.ecfr.eu/scorecard/2012

January 31

EU summit -- European leaders agree to new budget discipline measures, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/world/europe/eu-leaders-fall-short-of-far-reaching-debt-solution.html

EU summit -- EU summit marred by fears of German domination, Spiegel
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,812398,00.html

Transatlantic relations -- EU backs German, British goal of US free-trade deal, AFP
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-us-trade.evv/

Iran -- Leslie H. Gelb, How President Obama should handle Iran, Daily Beast
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/30/leslie-h-gelb-on-how-president-obama-should-handle-iran.html

Russia and Syria -- Yagil Beinglass, Daniel Broder, Russia's Syrian power play, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/opinion/russias-syrian-power-play.html

France -- Sarkozy's German fixation, Economist blog
http://www.economist.com/blogs/newsbook/2012/01/frances-presidential-campaign?fsrc=nlw%7Cnewe%7C1-30-2012%7Cnew_on_the_economist

World order -- Can democracies thrive with financial systems that are out of control? Interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski, CS Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Global-Viewpoint/2012/0124/Brzezinski-Can-democracies-thrive-with-financial-systems-that-are-out-of-control

January 30

Euro crisis -- In Davos, Europe is pressed for debt crisis solution, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/business/global/in-davos-europe-is-pressed-for-debt-crisis-solution.html

France and Afghanistan -- France to cut Afghan combat role, leave 2013, Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/27/us-france-afghanistan-idUSTRE80Q1L320120127

France and Afghanistan -- Can NATO force weather France's faster exit? AP/NPR
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=146018233

Syria -- Rami G. Khouri, A terrifying menu for Syria’s endgame, Daily Star
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Columnist/2012/Jan-28/161336-a-terrifying-menu-for-syrias-endgame.ashx#axzz1kwZ4RPl2

Russia -- Russia bars Putin critic from presidential poll, AFP
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/12743464/russia-bars-putin-critic-from-presidential-poll/

Georgia -- Thomas de Waal, Will Georgia’s leader ‘pull a Putin’ or trust his people?, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/georgias-saakashvili-heads-to-washington-with-a-big-test-in-his-future/2012/01/27/gIQAdOcPWQ_story.html

European defense -- NATO allies grapple with shrinking defense budgets, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nato-allies-grapple-with-shrinking-defense-budgets/2012/01/20/gIQAKBg5aQ_story.html

Europe and Arab reform -- Rosemary Hollis, No friend of democratization: Europe's role in the genesis of the 'Arab Spring', International Affairs
http://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/ia/archive/view/181597

European Union -- Brendan Simms, Towards a mighty union: how to create a democratic European superpower, International Affairs
http://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/ia/archive/view/181593

January 27

Cameron in Davos -- UK's Cameron urges EU to look beyond Doha, Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/26/us-davos-cameron-idUSTRE80P0PL20120126

Cameron in Davos -- Cameron tells Davos: Germany must be bold over eurozone crisis, Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/jan/26/cameron-davos-germany-eurozone-crisis

Euro crisis -- Clive Crook, Europe can beat this crisis but maybe not the next, Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-25/europe-can-beat-this-crisis-but-maybe-not-the-next-clive-crook.html

France and Afghanistan -- Eric Pape, Will Nicolas Sarkozy ditch the French mission in Afghanistan?, Foreign Policy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/01/26/swimming_against_the_tide_0?page=full

Turkey -- Walter Russel Mead, Turkey: Islamist nightmare or misunderstood friend?, American Interest
http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2012/01/26/turkey-islamist-nightmare-or-misunderstood-friend/

Russia and Syria -- Why Russia protects Assad, Oxford Analytica/CNN blog
http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/26/why-russia-protects-assad/

China and Iran -- Philip Andrews-Speed, China’s Iranian oil dilemma, Transatlantic Academy
http://www.transatlanticacademy.org/blogs/philip-andrews-speed/china%E2%80%99s-iranian-oil-dilemma

U.S. foreign policy -- Obama embraces Romney advisor’s theory on “The Myth of American Decline”, Foreign Policy
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/01/26/obama_embraces_romney_advisor_s_theory_on_the_myth_of_american_decline

January 26

Euro crisis -- Citing Europe’s progress, Merkel urges patience, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/global/merkel-pleads-for-patience-to-let-europe-solve-its-problems.html

Euro crisis -- Angela Merkel casts doubt on saving Greece from financial meltdown, Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/25/angela-merkel-greece-financial-meltdown

Euro crisis -- Arthur Beesley, Time running out as EU again finds itself waiting for Merkel, Irish Times
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2012/0126/1224310755949.html

Euro crisis -- George Soros, How to save the Euro, New York Review of Books
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/feb/23/how-save-euro/

Euro crisis -- Jean Pisani-Ferry, The Eurozone’s strategy of pain, Project Syndicate
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/pisaniferry20/English

Euro crisis -- Walter Russel Mead, The European crack up, American Interest
http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2012/01/26/trend-9-the-european-crack-up/

Iran -- Ronen Bergman, Will Israel attack Iran?, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/magazine/will-israel-attack-iran.html

Iran -- Uri Friedman, What's new in the latest speculation over Israel attacking Iran, Foreign Policy
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/01/25/whats_new_in_the_latest_speculation_over_whether_israel_will_attack_iran

Iran -- Nick Witney, Iran: the year of living dangerously, ECFR
http://ecfr.eu/content/entry/commentary_iran_the_year_of_living_dangerously

China/Iran -- China says EU ban on Iran oil not "constructive", Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/26/us-china-iran-idUSTRE80P0FJ20120126

Russia/Syria -- New U.N. showdown with Russia over Syria looms, Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/26/us-syria-idUSTRE8041A820120126

Syria -- Shadi Hamid, Why we have a responsibility to protect Syria, Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/01/why-we-have-a-responsibility-to-protect-syria/251908/

Transatlantic relations -- Tomas Valasek, The US declares peace in Europe, prematurely, CER
http://www.cer.org.uk/publications/archive/bulletin-article/2012/us-declares-peace-europe-prematurely

U.S. foreign policy -- David Ignatius, The coming debate over American ‘strength’ abroad, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-coming-debate-over-american-strength-abroad/2012/01/24/gIQAlhaWRQ_story.html

January 25

Obama -- President Obama, State of the Union 2012, transcript and video, White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/01/25/president-obama-state-union

Obama -- James M. Lindsay, Gauging foreign policy in Obama's Address, CFR
http://www.cfr.org/united-states/gauging-foreign-policy-obamas-address/p27181

Obama -- Peter Spiegel, In big Obama speech, a European absence, Brussels blog, Financial Times
http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2012/01/in-big-obama-speech-a-european-absence/

Iran -- Sanctions against Iran grow tighter, but what’s the next step?, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/world/middleeast/iran-sanctions-grow-tighter-but-whats-next.html

Iran -- Peter Jenkins, The deal the West could strike with Iran, Daily Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/9033566/The-deal-the-West-could-strike-with-Iran.html

Syria -- Gulf monitors leave Syria, League seeks U.N. support, Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/25/us-syria-idUSTRE8041A820120125

Russia/Syria -- U.N. envoys slam Russia for selling weapons to Syria, Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/24/us-syria-un-idUSTRE80N2AL20120124

Turkey and France -- Turkey's Erdogan lambasts France on genocide law, Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/24/us-france-turkey-idUSTRE80N1RF20120124

France/Afghanistan -- France rules out withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2012, AFP
http://news.yahoo.com/france-rules-withdrawal-afghanistan-2012-181344275.html

Euro crisis -- Robert Zoellick, A blueprint for Germany to save the eurozone, Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d23a01aa-45bf-11e1-93f1-00144feabdc0.html

Eastern Europe -- Eastern EU states under pressure amid social unrest, Voice of America
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/europe/Eastern-EU-States-Under-Pressure-Amid-Social-Unrest-137993733.html

EU foreign policy -- Rosa Balfour, The European External Action Service at work - How to improve EU foreign policy, EPC (pdf)
http://www.epc.eu/documents/uploads/pub_1399_the_eeas_at_work_-_how_to_improve_eu_foreign_policy.pdf

January 24

Iran sanctions -- Iran slams EU oil embargo, warns could hit U.S., Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/23/us-iran-eu-deal-idUSTRE80M0IU20120123

Iran sanctions -- Europe gets tough, editorial, Daily Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/9033459/Europe-gets-tough.html

Euro crisis -- Christine Lagarde, speech: Global challenges in 2012, IMF
http://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2012/012312.htm

Euro crisis -- Germany at odds with partners over Euro crisis, Spiegel
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,810806,00.html

France and Germany -- “Sarkozy Has Learned to Like Angela Merkel”, interview with Alain Minc, Spiegel
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,810868,00.html

France -- Roger Cohen, The Sarkozy effect, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/opinion/the-sarkozy-effect.html

France-Turkey -- France passes genocide law, faces Turkish reprisals, Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/23/us-france-turkey-genocide-idUSTRE80M28G20120123

Syria -- Judy Dempsey, What's left to do about Damascus?, IHT
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/world/europe/24iht-letter24.html

Syria -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, How the world could—and maybe should—intervene in Syria, Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/01/how-the-world-could-and-maybe-should-intervene-in-syria/251776/

Belarus -- David Marples, The West and Belarus: Catch 22, EDM
http://www.jamestown.org/programs/edm/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=38917&cHash=d66bf9654e89158683446219fb075f87

U.S.-Russia -- New U.S. envoy steps into glare of a Russia eager to find fault, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/world/europe/in-russia-new-us-envoy-mcfaul-ruffles-feathers.html

NATO -- US Ambassador to NATO: US committed to staying course in Afghanistan, previews Chicago summit, AP
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/us-ambassador-to-nato-us-committed-to-staying-course-in-afghanistan-previews-chicago-summit/2012/01/23/gIQAKjHALQ_story.html

U.S. foreign policy -- Grading Obama’s foreign policy. Eight experts rate the president’s performance so far, Foreign Policy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/01/23/grading_obama_s_foreign_policy?page=full

U.S. foreign policy -- Joshua E. Keating, Newt Gingrich is still very much the foreign-policy provocateur he was in 1995, Foreign Policy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/01/23/romantic_and_often_dangerous?page=full

January 23

Iran -- David Ignatius, Iran gets the message from Washington, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/iran-gets-the-message-from-washington/2012/01/20/gIQAlXjoEQ_story.html

Syria -- Robert M. Danin, How to help Syria without intervening militarily, CNN blog
http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/22/danin-how-to-help-syria-without-intervening-militarily/

Turkey -- Jackson Diehl, Turkey’s government is the new normal in the Middle East, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/tukeys-government-is-the-new-normal-in-the-middle-east/2012/01/19/gIQA5GRaJQ_story.html

Political Islam -- Olivier Roy, A new generation of political Islamists steps forward, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/muslim-brotherhood-other-islamists-have-changed-their-worldview/2012/01/10/gIQAZgjoEQ_story.html

Germany -- Germany has the economic strengths America once boasted, Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-germany-middle-class-20120122,0,1551154,full.story

Poland -- Pawel Swieboda, This winter in Warsaw, American Interest
http://the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=1167

Russia and Europe -- Uwe Halbach, Vladimir Putin's Eurasian Union, SWP
http://www.swp-berlin.org/en/products/swp-comments-en/swp-aktuelle-details/article/putins_eurasische_union.html

Human rights in Europe -- EU becoming less tolerant, NGO says, EU Observer
http://euobserver.com/22/114978

Mitt Romney’s foreign policy views -- David Rohde, The world according to Mitt Romney, Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/01/the-world-according-to-mitt-romney/251692/

January 19

Iran -- Kenneth Pollack, Are we sliding toward war with Iran?, New Republic
http://www.tnr.com/article/world/99741/war-iran-america

Iran -- Shashank Joshi, The US and Iran are on a path to confrontation, Daily Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/9022777/The-US-and-Iran-are-on-a-path-to-confrontation.html

Balkans -- Testimony on The Western Balkans and the 2012 NATO Summit, Dan Serwer, CTR/SAIS
http://transatlantic.sais-jhu.edu/publications/articles/01.17.12_Daniel_Serwer_Testimony_Helsinki%20Commission.pdf

Balkans -- Testimony, Ivan Vejvoda, GMF
http://www.gmfus.org/archives/ivan-vejvoda-senate-testimony-the-western-balkans-and-the-2012-nato-summit

Hungary -- Gyorgy Konrad, Hungary’s junk democracy, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/opinion/hungarys-junk-democracy.html

Eastern Europe -- Eastern Europe swings right, Spiegel
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,809827,00.html

Russia -- Valery Dzutsev, Return to elected regional leaders could bring changes to the North Caucasus, EDM
http://www.jamestown.org/programs/edm/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=38894&cHash=6f793b3b0ed9859943fc0b868317e2b7

Euro crisis -- Harold James, Reinventing Europe, ECFR blog
http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/reinventing_europe_harold_james

Euro crisis -- C. Fred Bergsten, Jakob Funk Kirkegaard, The coming resolution of the European crisis, PIIE
http://www.piie.com/publications/pb/pb12-1.pdf

World order -- Zbigniew Brzezinski, Three reconciliations, National Interest
http://the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=1176

January 18

Iran -- EU discussing plan to start Iran oil ban on July 1, Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/17/us-iran-eu-sanctions-idUSTRE80G14Y20120117

Iran -- Max Fischer, China's dilemma on Iran, Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/01/chinas-dilemma-on-iran/251481/

Iran -- Leslie H. Gelb: Think before acting on Iran, Daily Beast
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/16/leslie-h-gelb-think-before-acting-on-iran.html

Syria -- Steven A. Cook, It's time to think seriously about intervening in Syria, Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/01/its-time-to-think-seriously-about-intervening-in-syria/251468/

Syria -- Marc Lynch, No military option in Syria, Foreign Policy
http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/01/17/no_military_options_in_syria

Putin -- Russia's presidential election: Putin is concentrating, Economist blog
http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2012/01/russias-presidential-election

Euro crisis -- Mario Monti, Iraly’s parenthetic revolutionary, Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/faaef4aa-4101-11e1-b521-00144feab49a.html

US campaign -- Simon Tisdall, You've been Romney-ed! Obama must beware GOP foreign policy vortex, Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/15/romney-obama-republican-foreign-policy?INTCMP=SRCH

US campaign -- Europeans shrug off Mitt Romney’s criticism, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/europeans-shrug-off-romneys-criticism/2012/01/14/gIQAPHEL5P_story.html

US foreign policy -- Robert Kagan, Not fade away. Against the myth of American decline, New Republic
http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/magazine/99521/america-world-power-declinism?passthru=ZDkyNzQzZTk3YWY3YzE0OWM5MGRiZmIwNGQwNDBiZmI

World economy -- World Bank warns of global growth slowdown, AP
http://news.yahoo.com/world-bank-warns-global-growth-slowdown-020454184.html

January 17

Euro crisis -- Finnish minister pours cold water on fiscal treaty, EU Observer
http://euobserver.com/19/114906

Euro crisis -- Walter Russel Mead, Time For More Eurofudge?, American Interest blog
http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2012/01/16/time-for-more-eurofudge/

U.S. and the Euro crisis -- Gideon Rachman, America, Greece and a world on fire, Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0ec863ec-3e30-11e1-ac9b-00144feabdc0.html

European Union -- Francis Fukuyama, European Identities, American Interest blog
http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/fukuyama/2012/01/12/european-identities-part-ii/

U.S. campaign and Iran -- Mark Landler, Iran face-off testing Obama the candidate, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/world/middleeast/faceoff-with-iran-complicates-obamas-re-election-campaign.html

Afghanistan -- Costs in doubt as NATO moves toward smaller Afghan force, Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/16/us-usa-afghanistan-troops-idUSTRE80F19Z20120116

January 16

Iran -- Joe Klein, Iran’s dangerous game, Time blog
http://swampland.time.com/2012/01/13/irans-dangerous-game/#ixzz1jN6lttSU

Iran -- Trita Parsi, How Obama should talk to Iran, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-obama-should-talk-to-iran/2012/01/12/gIQAUZz3wP_story.html

Iran -- Ray Takeyh, How the West should answer Iran’s nuclear aggression, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-the-west-should-answer-irans-nuclear-aggression/2012/01/13/gIQAZS89wP_story.html

Iran -- Paul Stevens, An embargo on Iranian crude oil exports: How likely and with what impact?, Chatham
http://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/papers/view/181293

Turkish foreign policy -- Sinan Ulgen, Rebranding Ankara’s foreign policy, Carnegie Europe
http://carnegieeurope.eu/publications/?fa=46450&lang=en

Iraq war -- Joost Hiltermann, Iraq and the pretense of control, International Crisis Group
http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/middle-east-north-africa/iraq-iran-gulf/iraq/op-eds/Iraq-the-pretense-of-control.aspx

France -- Steven Erlanger, As French vote nears, Sarkozy is haunted by grim economy, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/16/world/europe/frances-gloomy-economic-outlook-haunts-presidential-race.html

US-Europe -- U.S. faces new challenge of fewer troops in Europe, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/14/world/europe/europe-weighs-implications-of-shrinking-us-troop-presence.html

The West and the rest -- Anne Applebaum, Dances with thieves. If the West is really serious about combating corruption in the rest of the world, it can start by cleaning up its own act, Foreign Policy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/01/12/dances_with_thieves?page=full

January 13

Iran -- Dangerous tension with Iran, editorial, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/opinion/dangerous-tension-with-iran.html

US-Russia -- Josh Rogin, Tauscher: We will get a missile defense agreement with Russia, Foreign Policy
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/01/12/tauscher_we_will_get_a_missile_defense_agreement_with_russia

Russia -- Pavel Felgenhauer, Russian capability to project influence dwindles, EDM
http://www.jamestown.org/programs/edm/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=38877&cHash=755ed445897b3a6205fd0452c0e68a6e

Russia -- OSCE raps State Duma elections in report, Moscow Times
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/osce-raps-state-duma-elections-in-report/451005.html

Afghanistan -- James Dobbins, Negotiating peace in Afghanistan without repeating Vietnam, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/negotiating-peace-in-afghanistan-without-repeating-vietnam/2012/01/12/gIQA0UxGuP_story.html

EU-Israel -- EU ministers look to Israeli grab of Palestinian farmland, EU Observer
http://euobserver.com/24/114879

Germany -- Germany and the euro, Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21542823

Germany -- Walter Russel Mead, The New German Nightmare Begins, American Interest blog
http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2012/01/11/europe-the-new-german-nightmare-begins/

France -- John Vinocur, France's surreal Presidential race, IHT
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/opinion/frances-surreal-presidential-race.html

France -- Francis Fukuyama, How the French integrate immigrants, American Interest
http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/fukuyama/2012/01/10/european-identities-part-i/

Scotland -- Scotland’s referendum: Clarity, please, Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21542770

Scotland -- Is a breakaway Scotland brave or foolhardy? Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/12/us-britain-scotland-future-idUSTRE80B12W20120112

Transatlantic defense -- Rebalancing America’s forces: The downgrading of Europe, Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21542789

US foreign policy -- Philip Stephens, How a self-sufficient America could go it alone, Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/9f0fb09a-3c82-11e1-9bcc-00144feabdc0.html

US foreign policy -- Thomas Carothers, Democracy Policy Under Obama: Revitalization or Retreat? Carnegie
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2012/01/11/democracy-policy-under-obama-revitalization-or-retreat/8z6x

January 12

Iran -- Adversaries of Iran said to be stepping up covert actions, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/world/middleeast/iran-adversaries-said-to-step-up-covert-actions.html

Egypt -- Nathan J. Brown, When victory becomes an option: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood confronts success, Carnegie
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2012/01/10/when-victory-becomes-option-egypt-s-muslim-brotherhood-confronts-success/8ytq

Arab League -- Marwan Muasher, A league of their own. The Arab League may not be perfect, but it's come a long way,  Foreign Policy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/01/11/a_league_of_their_own

Afghan war -- U.S. intelligence report on Afghanistan sees stalemate, Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-intel-afghan-20120112,0,6949277,full.story

Afghan war -- Anthony H. Cordesman, Transition in the Afghanistan-Pakistan War: How Does This War End?, CSIS
http://csis.org/publication/transition-afghanistan-pakistan-war-how-does-war-end

Ukraine-Russia -- Pavel Korduban, Ukraine braces for gas transportation consortium with Russia, EDM
http://www.jamestown.org/programs/edm/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=38870&cHash=763b2e2c9450efd623041afab560d9c1

Russia -- Yulia Latynina, Putin: Results 2011, Moscow Times
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/putin-results-2011/450877.html

Hungary -- European Union gives Hungary an ultimatum, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/world/europe/european-union-gives-hungary-an-ultimatum.html

Transatlantic relations -- Philip H. Gordon, The State of Transatlantic Relations, Korber Foundation
http://www.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2012/180432.htm

US Presidential campaign -- Michael A. Cohen, A sheep in wolf's clothing. Would Mitt Romney’s foreign policy really be any different?, Foreign Policy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/01/11/a_sheep_in_wolf_s_clothing

January 10

US Presidential campaign and Europe -- Heather Horn, Believe It or Not, Europeans Like Mitt Romney, The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/01/believe-it-or-not-europeans-like-mitt-romney/250977/

US Presidential campaign and Europe -- Republicans Bash Europe in Search of Votes, Spiegel
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,808044,00.html

US defense review -- Andrew A. Michta, The New U.S. Defense Strategy: A Wake-Up Call for Europe, GMF blog
http://blog.gmfus.org/the-new-u-s-defense-strategy-a-wake-up-call-for-europe/

US defense review -- Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, A Post-American Europe? Not Just Yet, GMF blog
http://blog.gmfus.org/a-post-american-europe-not-just-yet/

NATO-Russia -- Richard Weitz, Russia has the whip hand with NATO, Daily Star
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2012/Jan-10/159328-russia-has-the-whip-hand-with-nato.ashx

Putin and the North Caucasus -- Paul Goble, Can Putin Once Again Exploit the North Caucasus in 2012?, Eurasia Daily Monitor
http://www.jamestown.org/programs/edm/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=38859&cHash=8941919b178ffab5409fa234fc9bc20c

European energy politics -- Judy Dempsey, If Gas Talks Fail, Europe Has a Backup Plan, IHT
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/world/europe/10iht-letter10.html

EU-Turkey relations -- Fadi Hakura, With or without Europe, Turkey is liberalizing, Daily Star
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/Sep/07/With-or-without-Europe-Turkey-is-liberalizing.ashx

Euro crisis -- Merkozy rides again, Economist blog
http://www.economist.com/blogs/newsbook/2012/01/saving-euro-part-473

Euro crisis -- Sarkozy Wins Backing From Germany’s Merkel for Financial Transaction Tax, Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-09/sarkozy-wins-merkel-backing-for-introduction-of-financial-transaction-tax.html

Euro crisis -- Will Europe tax financial transactions without Britain?, Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/09/eu-transaction-tax-idUSL6E8C92DT20120109

Britain and the world -- Jonathan Glennie, The UK has a vital diplomatic role to play on the global stage
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/jan/10/uk-vital-diplomatic-role-global-stage

Europe’s borders -- Franc Jacobs, Where Is Europe?, New York Times blog
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/09/where-is-europe/?ref=opinion

January 9

US Defense review -- David Ignatius, Obama closes the book on the 9/11 era, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obama-closes-the-book-on-the-911-era/2012/01/06/gIQAte5pfP_story.html

US Defense review -- The battle for the Pacific will reshape the world, editorial, Daily Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/8998411/The-battle-for-the-Pacific-will-reshape-the-world.html

US Defense review -- Obama Returns to Bush Plan for Cutting U.S. Troops in Europe, Bloomberg
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-06/obama-returns-to-bush-plan-for-cutting-u-s-troops-in-europe.html

US Defense review -- Force numbers in Europe: Answers expected in Feb. budget proposal, Stars and Stripes
http://www.stripes.com/news/force-numbers-in-europe-answers-expected-in-feb-budget-proposal-1.165288

Transatlantic defense -- Jeffrey Stacey, Erik Brattberg, The West's coming joint security trap: don't go Dutch, Esharp
http://esharp.eu/big-debates/external-action/11-the-west-s-coming-joint-security-trap-don-t-go-dutch/

Transatlantic defense -- Karl-Heinz Kamp, NATO’s Chicago Summit: A Thorny Agenda, NATO Defense College (pdf)
http://www.ndc.nato.int/download/downloads.php?icode=308

US Republican presidential primaries -- Michael A. Cohen, Fighting Words. Mitt Romney and the GOP hopefuls sure like to talk tough about Iran’s nuclear threat, Foreign Policy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/01/06/fighting_words?page=full

Euro crisis -- Charles Grant, Nothing to Celebrate. Think 2011 was a bad year for Europe? 2012 could be a whole lot worse, Foreign Policy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/01/04/nothing_to_celebrate?page=full

Euro crisis -- Daniel Gros, The Decline and Fall of the Euro?, Project Syndicate
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/gros31/English

Euro crisis -- Adam Davidson, The Other Reason Europe Is Going Broke, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/magazine/the-other-reason-europe-is-going-broke.html

EU-Turkey -- Diba Nigar Göksel, Turkey and the EU: The Limits of Unconditional Alignment, GMF
http://www.gmfus.org/archives/turkey-and-the-eu-the-limits-of-unconditional-alignment

Mideast peace -- Dennis Ross, How to break a Middle East stalemate, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-to-unfreeze-a-middle-east-stalemate/2011/12/21/gIQAdhZdfP_story.html

Transatlantic economic relations -- Claudia Schmucker, Katharina Gnath, Same Economic Nightmares, Different Solutions: Transatlantic Approaches to International Macroeconomic Policymaking in the Face of the Crisis, AICGS
http://www.aicgs.org/publication/same-economic-nightmares-different-solutions-transatlantic-approaches-to-international-macroeconomic-policymaking-in-the-face-of-the-crisis/

World order -- Robert Kagan, New year, old problems, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/new-year-old-problems/2012/01/05/gIQA4f5pfP_story.html

World order -- Zbigniew Brzezinski, After America. How does the world look in an age of U.S. decline? Dangerously unstable, Foreign Policy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/01/03/after_america?page=full