The existence of two conditions is imperative for the survival of any military alliance: its members must have the same perception of the threat, and they must share a common strategy for fighting it. The Atlantic Alliance is without a doubt the most successful in history. It does not however meet either of the two aforementioned conditions. The recent efforts to revitalize the Organization are clear. However, with the differences which continue to prevail and with the passage of time, its decline is becoming more and more evident. Download PDF

The "business transaction with pacific weapons," as definied by Zapatero, inevitably push the United States to veto the use of their technology for EADS-CASA sensors, caused price increases which entailed the cancellation of the sale of the airplanes. Download PDF Descargar PDF

The new strategic environment means that NATO not only has to do things differently, but that it also has to do new things. Responding to this reality and preparing the necessary changes in terms of the political and military transformation of the Alliance certainly would require a new reference framework or Strategic Concept to be drawn up. Download PDF Descargar PDF

Lately the Iraq war –or the European media’s interpretation of it –has somewhat altered our perception of the powerful nation. To be specific, in Spain people consider America the cause of a provocation that generated the biggest attack ever perpetrated in Europe. In the face of such deduction, one can only be amazed to still find around 30% of my fellow citizens with a positive opinion of the United States. Download PDF Descargar PDF

And Moratinos, prevailing again. He pesters her; he begs her; he pleads with her; when she finally comes to Spain, his colleague at Defense as a warm-up and in a demonstration of Zapatero-style courtesy, managed to criticize a typical accident of war by American troops in Afghanistan that happened two months ago. Download PDF Descargar PDF

European negotiators, for their part, have proffered an image of collective unity by presenting their American interlocutors with a long list of us-versus-them demands: American acceptance of a transatlantic market ‘without barriers’; American agreement to lift visa restrictions on all EU citizens; American concessions on a deal to share airline passenger data; and, of course, American acquiescence to rigid caps on greenhouse gas emissions. Download PDF

German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited US President George W Bush in Washington on 4 January, just days after Germany assumed the rotating presidencies of the European Union and the Group of Eight major industrialized nations. Merkel said the visit was supposed to be a signal that transatlantic relations would be an important issue for Germany during its six months as leader of Europe and the G-8. Download PDF

To supporters of Britain's "special relationship" with the United States, the arguments were familiar and reassuring: The British government should resist mounting public demands for cuts in military spending; the international threat environment requires that we maintain the capabilities to fight wars as well as keep the peace; Britain must continue to assume that it will fight side by side with America. Download PDF

There’s certain kind of friends and other kind of friends. And the friendships that José Luís Rodríguez Zapatero has cultivated as Prime Minister during these two long years on the world’s stage can only be rated as “dangerous liaisons”. Download PDF

Russia’s determination to under-mine the U.S. policy in the Middle East may well weaken U.S. power. But opposing punitive sanctions for Iran at the U.N. and endorsing HAMAS is likely to cost Russia dearly. Download PDF Descargar PDF

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