Foreign Policy Veto Power on the Chopping Block
It was always hard to pursue national interests with respect to common EU foreign policy. Some countries would like to make it impossible.
It was always hard to pursue national interests with respect to common EU foreign policy. Some countries would like to make it impossible.
Relations between China and Italy soured almost as soon as the ink dried on the original 2019 agreement, with officials saying Italy’s exit from the initiative was essential for maintaining good relations with America.
Replacing unanimity with qualified majority voting would only benefit Western Europe, leaving smaller member states without the ability to protest the potential rise of a centralized EU super army.
China has revealed it is sending a controversial figure to the upcoming coronation of King Charles.
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said it was better to talk of “robust and constructive” ties than a new cold war.
“The document treats Moldova as a pliable satellite,” David Kramer, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State said about Russia’s 10-year plan to regain control over its former republic.
The leftist foreign minister is well-known for her pronouncements on sexual violence towards women in the Ukraine conflict and the abortion issue in the U.S.
The optics of Griner vs. Whelan are impossible to ignore, exemplifying the stark divisions in American society: patriotism vs. anti-Americanism, celebrity vs. the common man.
If the U.S., or the UK, purport to keep wielding the holy swords of justice, they should do so with reasonable foresight in order that their actions do not end up making messy local realities even messier.
Whereas prudence emphasizes political or reasonable action adjusted to particular and contingent circumstances, liberal progressivism like other forms of modern rationalism sees global problems only in terms of universal panaceas.
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