Obama's NATO Challenge

In this first installment in The QUIET AMERICAN, Jon Western's monthly column on foreign policy, military intervention and human rights, the author notes the differences between Obama's multilateralism in policy and practice - and the consequences for NATO, Afghanistan, and future prospects for the North Atlantic alliance.
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"Stem cell research is a lot more important than arguing about terrorism, or COIN or military history."

- from The Corruption of Modern Science Practice

"Taking a boat trip downriver, we watched pyres burning along the ghats, and marvelled at people purifying themselves by submerging themselves in its waters."

- from Covered in Colour at the Holi Festival