Irish voters said “No” to the superpower ambitions of European political elites, who want all 27 member-states of the European Union to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, which would turn the EU into a bureaucratic superstate.
The recent NATO Summit in Romania showed why there is trouble ahead for transatlantic relations—no matter who occupies the White House next January.
The outcome of the US presidential election will affect the lives of millions of people around the world. So it’s probably not surprising that many Europeans are resentful that only Americans will have a say in it.
How can America improve its image abroad? Answers to this question are being bandied by all of the presidential hopefuls.
European Union leaders have reached agreement on a new treaty that many Europeans hope will transform the 27-nation bloc into a superpower capable of counter-balancing the United States in global affairs.
Europeans are hoping a new European Union treaty will help raise their profile in international affairs. This is unlikely to happen anytime soon.
Poland and the Czech Republic are considering an American request to base elements of an anti-missile defense system on their territory.
Is Europe really destined to become a global superpower? A growing body of research says no.
Two years before America elects its next president, no fewer than two dozen men (and one woman) from both major political parties say they are running or thinking of running for the top spot.
Unos dos años antes de que Estados Unidos elija a su próximo presidente, no menos de dos docenas de hombres (y una mujer) de los dos grandes partidos políticos dicen que presentan su candidatura o que están pensando presentarla y alcanzar la cima.
The population of the United States officially passed the 300 million mark in October 2006. The United States is now the third most populous nation in the world, behind China and India. Moreover, the United States is growing faster than any other industrialised country. All analysts agree that America’s demographic dynamism will have enormous geopolitical […]
Uno de los retos más espinosos en materia de seguridad nacional al que se enfrenta EEUU en la actualidad es su excesiva dependencia del petróleo procedente de algunas de las zonas más inestables del mundo.
