The impact future US president will have on relations with Europe

The Guardian by Timothy Garton Ash | Jun. 6, 2008 (Editorial)

On the neocon idealist side, he takes from Robert Kagan the idea of a league of democracies. He even suggests that Russia should be kicked out of the G8 to make room for Brazil and India. And McCain, like Bush in his second term, endorses a strategy of democracy promotion in the wider Middle East.

We Europeans - and Canadians, Australians, Indians and other small "d" democrats around the word - should not be scared by any of this, but we should be ... Full Story »

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by Jane Wylen - Oct. 1, 2008

This article emphasizes the importance of the individual in history, arguing (and rightly so) that the world would be a lot different today if Al Gore had won the election in 2000. It presents a broad picture of how a McCain presidency might look on the world stage. The article is clear and chock-full of information about transatlantic relations and includes an assessment of how they would be influence by a McCain presidency.

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