S&P Downgraded Italy to Negative – Cites Inability to Tackle Debt Now at 125% of GDP By Paolo von Schirach May 21, 2011 WASHINGTON– The list of sick Euro-zone countries, comprising now Greece,...
Strauss-Kahn’s IMF and the EU-ECB Had it Wrong on Greece – Yet the Inclination Is to Throw More Credits at Virtually Bankrupt Greece By Paolo von Schirach May 19, 2011 WASHINGTON– Aside from his current and rather extraordinary “legal problems”,...
US and Libya, a Matter of Leadership By Paolo von Schirach March 19, 2011 WASHINGTON – Where is America’s leadership in this Libya operation...
US: Finally Action on Libya? Hopefully Not Too Late WASHINGTON – I wrote yesterday that we have reached the end of the road in Libya, given...
Britain and France Want to Act on Libya, Will the US Lead? WASHINGTON– Paddy Ashdown , former British Liberal-Democratic leader and former High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina between...
Europe Will Not Act on Libya, US Slow: Has The West Any Resolve? WASHINGTON – Regarding what Europe is doing about the crisis in Libya, if it were not for...
Europe’s Enduring Democracy Deficit WASHINGTON – The recent Irish referendum rejecting the new EU Treaty that supposedly will bring the EU member states...
April 4 is NATO’s Birthday The Europeans do very little for the common defense. Is there still a role for the Atlantic Alliance created in 1949? By Paolo von Schirach April 3, 2008 WASHINGTON – Tomorrow is April 4, another birthday for the North Atlantic Treaty...
“At Ease with Globalization”? by Paolo von Schirach May 25, 2007 WASHINGTON – French President Nicolas Sarkozy in his first official visit to...