From The Wall Street Journal:
When a new U.S. president takes office in January, he will not only inherit a global financial crisis but also a daunting set of foreign-policy challenges. To compound the next administration's problems, the European Union will be preoccupied with creating a viable constitutional structure following the failure to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, and will therefore prove unable to formulate a coherent and proactive foreign policy.
In addition to the headline grabbers of Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea, Iran, Georgia, Congo, Somalia, Russia's resurgence and the war on terror, Washington and Brussels may soon find themselves blindsided by a crisis at Europe's doorstep that many considered long resolved.
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When a new U.S. president takes office in January, he will not only inherit a global financial crisis but also a daunting set of foreign-policy challenges. To compound the next administration's problems, the European Union will be preoccupied with creating a viable constitutional structure following the failure to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, and will therefore prove unable to formulate a coherent and proactive foreign policy.
In addition to the headline grabbers of Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea, Iran, Georgia, Congo, Somalia, Russia's resurgence and the war on terror, Washington and Brussels may soon find themselves blindsided by a crisis at Europe's doorstep that many considered long resolved.
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