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High-Risk, High-Reward: Will Obama Seek a Free-Trade Pact With Europe?
By Ben W. Heineman Jr. (This article first appeared on TheAtlantic.com, where Ben Heineman wries frequently.) Just after the New Year, President Obama will have to decide whether to take a dramatic, high-stakes gamble on a very unsexy topic: a … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Merkel, Doha Round, EU, European economy, free trade agreement
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Iran’s Strategy in the Strait of Hormuz
By Kayhan Barzegar Director of the Institute for Middle East Strategic Studies, Tehran; Former Belfer Center Research Fellow in the Managing the Atom Project and International Security Program As a consequence of the failure of the latest negotiations over Iran’s … Continue reading
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Tagged EU, Hassan Firouzabadi, Iran, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC, oil sanctions, Strait of Hormuz
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The Threat from Europe
By Joseph S. Nye The recovery of the American economy has slowed, and the collapse of the Euro — a financial crisis in Europe — could tip the United States into the feared double dip of recession. Ironically for the … Continue reading
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Tagged EFSF, EU, Euro, Europe, European Union, Joseh Nye, Mario Draghi
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