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NATO Foreign Ministers discuss boosting cooperation with EU, other partners

NATO Foreign Ministers discuss boosting cooperation with EU, other partners Now, some serious news about the NATO summit this week… Allies must build closer cooperation with partners and organisations like the European Union, to better address the security challenges to the east and south, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday (14 May 2015). “The challenges we all face demand a comprehensive response, so all of us need to work even closer together,” he said at the end of a two-day meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Antalya, Turkey. 

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Sunday Smack

Happy August, everybody! I can’t help repeating myself, but how can it be August already? It means 2/3 of this summer went by almost unnoticed by me. I need to speed up on doing all my favorite summer things before it’s really over. By the way, may I now call your attention to an interesting quotation from Hillary Clinton’s Hard Choices? On one of the first pages she cites advices she received from former US Secretaries of State when she got appointed. One of those is from Warren Christopher: “Don’t plan vacations in August because something always seems to happen…

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G8 – Current Issues

The annual G8 summit starts today at the Lough Erne Resort, in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Here’s a brief summary of this year’s agenda. The infographics below are courtesy of the G8 UK Presidency, you can visit their Flickr account clicking the pictures. The free trade agreement between the EU and the US is on the EU’s table for some time now, and the UK Presidency also declared trade advancement one of the most pressing issues. What makes this discussion interesting is the UK’s possible estarngement from the EU. President Obama already said that in the case of the UK leaving…

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5 Things to Look for at Upcoming NATO and G8 Summits

5 Things to Look for at Upcoming NATO and G8 Summits When world leaders gather this weekend at the NATO and Group of Eight summits, they have two major items on the table – wrapping up the Afghan war and handling Europe’s financial crisis. So what are the signs that they will make any progress?

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