The first Conservative government in Canada in more than a decade has pledged to recover the country’s lost geopolitical influence by increasing spending on defence and by improving relations with the United States.
El ascenso de Angela Merkel como la nueva canciller alemana reestablecerá así un sano equilibrio en Europa, de enfoque atlantista.
US President George W Bush met with the new German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House on 13 January. The meeting paved the way for an easing of tensions between Germany and the United States after three years of friction.
La Nueva Agenda Transatlántica (NTA) fue creada en 1995 con el objetivo de reducir las tensiones transatlánticas. Diez años más tarde, se han multiplicado los conflictos entre EEUU y Europa y las relaciones transatlánticas se encuentran en su peor momento desde 1945.
The main role of the New Transatlantic Agenda will continue to be what it has been during the past decade: to prevent the outbreak of a transatlantic trade war.
The global response to the Indian Ocean seaquake and tsunami disaster has been unprecedented. Although this generosity will create a number of diplomatic openings, the long-term implications for international politics will be limited.
