WARSAW: Russia’s crisis has mesmerized and monopolized European affairs recently. Too much so, as other issues facing Eastern Europe, particularly the inertia in securing Nato expansion, are being permitted to drift. That neglect may be dangerous, considering the stroppy nationalism espoused by Russia’s new premier, Yevgeny Primakov.
Soon, Poland will become a member of Nato. Talks to join the European Union are getting started. Two other postcommunist countries -- Hungary and the Czech Republic -- are in like positions.
Displays of doubt, fear, and ambivalence about Europe are, perhaps, not very strange. Afer all, "Euroscepticism" is a watchword in established EU members like Denmark and Britain. But the ways in which these doubts are voiced here in the east are often astonishing and unexpected, and tell us a lot about our politics.
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Americans have long seen their country as morally exceptional, but their exceptionalism actually comprises three distinct views. Whichever prevails in next year’s presidential election will have significant implications for ongoing conflicts in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
identifies three strands of the concept and their implications for US foreign policy after next year’s election.
With a likely rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump in the 2024 US presidential election, America and the rest of the world were heading into a perilous period even before the latest conflagration in the Middle East. Turmoil in the region will cloud the broader economic outlook – and could dim Biden’s chances.
worries global economic and political developments will put Donald Trump back in the White House.
Around the world, foreign-policy strategists are grappling with new international dynamics, from the Sino-American rivalry and ongoing hot wars to the broader breakdown in multilateral global governance. However, there is much debate about whether global power and alignments are truly shifting, and in what ways.
consider whether the world will become more multipolar or “non-aligned” in the new year.
WARSAW: Russia’s crisis has mesmerized and monopolized European affairs recently. Too much so, as other issues facing Eastern Europe, particularly the inertia in securing Nato expansion, are being permitted to drift. That neglect may be dangerous, considering the stroppy nationalism espoused by Russia’s new premier, Yevgeny Primakov.
Soon, Poland will become a member of Nato. Talks to join the European Union are getting started. Two other postcommunist countries -- Hungary and the Czech Republic -- are in like positions.
Displays of doubt, fear, and ambivalence about Europe are, perhaps, not very strange. Afer all, "Euroscepticism" is a watchword in established EU members like Denmark and Britain. But the ways in which these doubts are voiced here in the east are often astonishing and unexpected, and tell us a lot about our politics.
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