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Guy Sorman: Governments throughout Western Europe are suffering from a dearth of popular support. Leaders from the left, right and center of the political spectrum have all seen drops in approval ratings. They have proven themselves incapable of explaining the economic crisis to their citizens and lack vision.
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From the Editorial Team: The Atlantic Initiative has teamed up with Germany’s best-selling daily newspaper BILD to encourage readers to write personal messages of support to German soldiers stationed in Afghanistan in an effort to boost morale.
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Erik Brattberg: The new US National Security Strategy should prompt the EU to get its act together. Instead of complaining about its position on Washington's list of priorities, Europe should aim to recapture its strategic importance by focusing on becoming a more effective foreign policy actor.
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Open Dialogue: NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Mark Sedwill discusses the outcomes of the International Conference on Afghanistan and invites questions and comments from Atlantic Community's members.
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Greg Randolph Lawson: The fundamental shortcoming of the arms control agreement now before the US Senate is the lack of an effective verification scheme. A hybrid treaty embracing the START I verification regime with the limits on nuclear weapons established by the 2002 SORT Treaty is to be preferred to the current one.
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Die Atlantic Community Redaktion: In einer gemeinsamen Kampagne setzen sich Bild.de und atlantic-community.org für die über 4.000 Soldaten der Bundeswehr in Afghanistan ein. Damit sie für ihren riskanten Einsatz mehr moralische Unterstützung erfahren, können Sie ihnen jetzt elektronische Feldpost senden.
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Shabana Basij-Rasikh and Zohra Safi: Promoting the active participation of Afghan women at the Kabul Conference and beyond is a vital step towards securing a successful outcome in Afghanistan. Women must play an important role in shaping the country's democratic future.
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Kevin Calonne: The recent resignation of the Japanese Prime Minister demonstrates how little hope there is for dissolving the iron triangle and its stranglehold on Japanese politics. The Democratic Party of Japan must urgently deal with the overwhelming bureaucracy, if its government is to succeed.
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Ulf Gartzke: The West assumes that Turkey's Islamist AKP government plays a constructive role in the Middle East, promoting "universal values." This view is dangerously mistaken. Instead of full EU membership, a far more cautious "privileged partnership" between the EU and Turkey should be pursued for now.
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From the Editorial Team: Atlantic-community.org is proud to announce its policy workshop competition "Ideas with Impact" for students at German universities, sponsored by the Embassy of the United States in Berlin.
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