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Catriona Hanks: The hot issue in the UK elections is the economy. But let us not forget that there are a whole host of significant other issues like UK foreign policy for the next five years.
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Hans Rühle: Brazil is almost certainly developing nuclear weapons. The country’s earlier nuclear weapons programs and the policy of President Lula da Silva’s government suggest that Brazil’s quest for power and international recognition will ultimately lead her to discard her commitment to non-proliferation and put an end to President Obama’s vision of a world free of nuclear weapons.
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Abbas Daiyar: Despite a wealth of evidence, the US and NATO have abstained from formally investigating Iran's supporting role in the Afghan insurgency. The UN Security Council has also remained silent even as a huge shipment of weapons has been ferried to Afghanistan by Iran in preparation for the planned US military offensive in Kandahar. The US should address Iran's funding of militants in order to prevent a strengthening of the insurgency in the region.
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Editorial Team: TIME Magazine has just published its annual list of the world’s most influential people. Now we would like to ask you, dear readers, who are the biggest movers and shakers in transatlantic relations? Who is setting the transatlantic agenda right now? Who are the most influential leaders and thinkers?
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Ann H. Sontz: The new Atlanticism seeks to revitalize transatlantic cooperation and support shared economic, environmental and political interests. Coherence in cross-border public and private sector participation can be facilitated further through the creation of a centralized data archive that tracks economic growth and infrastructure development.
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen: A comprehensive approach is needed in Afghanistan and other areas of conflict. NATO and the EU, which work separately for political reasons, need to coordinate their efforts and share resources and information. NGOs should also collaborate with military forces.
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NATO: The Foreign Ministers' meeting in Tallinn marked the launch of the NATO Afghan First Policy aimed at increasing NATO-ISAF's support for the local economy in Afghanistan. The policy aims at facilitating the procurement of local goods and services through simplified bidding and contracting procedures in Afghanistan. This will allow qualified and certified Afghan firms to run as prime competitors for NATO-ISAF contracts.
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Hans F. Bellstedt: A high EU official should be installed in Athens as a state commissioner with the power to veto spending plans that do not comply with EU and IMF standards. Greece should enjoy a set of austere rules, similar to those having been imposed by the IMF on Argentina or Turkey when they were in financial trouble.
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Sana Azad Rasoul: It would be unwise for the international community to ignore the current significance of "the other Iraq." Hailed by America as an example to the rest of the the Middle East, the Kurds in Northern Iraq have been viewed as allies of the West and the beacons on which democracy may rest and spread in I
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Jean-Thomas Lesueur: While undergoing important transformations, North Africa constitutes a major challenge for the European Union. Bound by geography and history, the two shores of the Mediterranean (including the European Union, North Africa, and up to Sahel and the Sub-Saharan Region), must cooperate in order to consolidate and expand their partnership, especially as globalization reinforces the logic of regional integration.
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