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Daniel Fiott: China's quest for natural resources will lead to the strengthening of its navy and possible confrontation with the US. Energy independence can decrease the chances of possible tensions in the world's oceans and seas.
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Jerome Grossman: Obama's new strategy underscored the United States' primary objectives, but failed to shed light on some rather dubious dealings between the US, the CIA, and key players in Afghanistan and China. If transparency is the name of the game, answers must be given on key issues of America's international relationships.
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C. Fahrholz & A. Kern: Greece's stated intent of selling treasury bonds solely to foreign investors, as a means to push through fiscal reforms, could result in a full-blown drama, at the expense of European taxpayers. Greece is taking this bet, under the assumption that the IMF and the Euro area will come to its rescue.
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Olaf Theiler: The EU should draw on NATO's Partnership for Peace Program, as an example of a successful framework to be adopted for aspiring member states in the Balkans. If implemented as part of an extended offer, this framework could link ESDP with Neighborhood Policy, thereby creating incentives for cooperation.
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Fabian Martin Lieschke: With President Obama's announcement to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in 2011, we may be tempted to think that the post-9/11 period is giving way to a new era. Yet, it is precisely such thinking that has turned the years after 9/11 into a lost decade. We should not repeat this mistake.
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Caroline Hammargren: The Swiss voted for a ban on the construction of minarets, which, under their system of direct democracy, is binding. The result of this referendum is an infringement on the freedom of religion and it is contrary to the liberal idea of protecting cultural plurality.
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André Budick: The EU is often criticized for its apparent deficit in formulating a coherent foreign and security policy. Yet, that 'deficit' really lies at the heart of the EU's identity as a transnational entity, outside the norms of conventional thinking on International Relations.
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Asle Toje & Barbara Kunz: EU members are uploading the idealistic elements of their foreign policies in order to free up resources to pursue national-interest driven objectives. Although EU members are eager to sign visionary declarations, they are not willing to match that enthusiasm in terms of spending. Amidst a global economic crisis, the national interest once more prevails.
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Thomas Rausch: President Obama’s West Point speech heralds the next transatlantic rift. The American president is in a tight spot: he needs his transatlantic allies to support this new strategic endeavor. All the while, the German government must decide if it will go along with the plan or develop its own way forward to do right by Afghanistan.
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Bernhard Lucke: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Afghanistan are the most pressing foreign policy issues of the Obama administration. Good will and nice speeches alone will not make "change" happen. Some bold actions and a break with the Clinton legacy are necessary.
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