A Summit of Optimistic Resolve
The key result of the Chicago Summit was the restoration of an optimistic atmosphere.
Read moreThe key result of the Chicago Summit was the restoration of an optimistic atmosphere.
Read moreWhen a head of state publishes a fundamental essay in the media, it usually attracts attention, especially if in addition to the domestic scene this also concerns a respectable international journal – to be more specific, if an article is printed in the most influential local policy paper, Diplomaatia, and its English version is released in a special edition on European-American relations of Policy Review, an eminent publication of Stanford University. Besides Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the special edition included such authors as Robert Kagan, Robert Cooper, Ivan Krastev, Charles A. Kupchan and Kurt Volker. Postimees admittedly published excerpts from the president’s article printed in the jubilee issue of Diplomaatia, but that was the full extent of the debate.
Read moreSwedish foreign policy is not what it used to be for a long time.
Read moreInstead of the traditional left-right division, Greek political landscape is increasingly divided according to the parties’ attitudes towards austerity measures.
Read moreSerbia’s new government will need to work hard in order to avoid going down the Greek road.
Read moreIivi Anna Masso talked to Karl Lamers during the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Tallinn on May 27, 2012.
Read moreIivi Anna Masso talked to Carl Bildt on May 12, 2012. The brief conversation was recorded on his way from the Lennart Meri Conference (LMC) to Tallinn Airport.
Read moreThis issue of Diplomaatia expounds on the domestic and foreign policies of one of Estonia’s peaceful and friendly neighbours – Sweden. We ask how well Estonians know the country that is the largest foreign investor in Estonia and we offer a few insights, which reveal that the image of Sweden as a sleepy and generous welfare state belongs to the past. In addition, this issue contains analyses of a few European countries that held elections in May – France, Serbia and Greece – and reflections upon NATO’s tasks and role in the wake of the Chicago Summit and a session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Tallinn.
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