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4 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Ansgar Graw on the new American Angst
The US is in the grips of an insecurity that has it acting quite differently than it did in the last century, observes Ansgar Graw in the conservative daily Die Welt: "Americans are afraid. Not just of terrorists, but also of Islam and mosques, regardless of whether they're near Ground Zero or deep in the Tennessee sticks. Of the Sharia, which just two percent of Muslim Americans ostensibly want to replace the constitution. Of India, of free trade and above all of China. ... Americans are afraid that the United Nations will intervene in their affairs. That the Europeans, with the Germans in the lead, will export too much. Americans are afraid of illegal immigrants and Wall Street. Of Big Government and a state that offers no protection. ... The US needs new goals. It needs to drop the cloak of a consumer giant and regain its status as an exporting nation. To create jobs in renewable energies, for example. To foster the integration of Hispanics and Muslims. The task is difficult. But it must be tackled - also in the interests of Europe - to overcome 'the American Angst'."
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More from the press review on the subject » Religion, » Integration, » Economic Policy, » Asia, » Europe, » U.S., » Global, » India
Cut the Taliban out of the heroin trade
Given Holland's withdrawal from Afghanistan, Western countries have to admit that their previous strategies have failed, suggests the conservative daily Die Welt, which calls for a new approach: "Neither the original 'robust' tack of the US, nor the 'networked approach' of the [German] Army has borne fruit. The main problem: too much focus on strengthening Kabul. A new strategy must focus on the creation, supplying and financing of real power centres in the provinces. Taliban followers should be wooed away in all regions. Instead of burning down poppy fields, the ISAF should buy the harvest at market price and destroy it. The Taliban would be cut off from the heroin trade. As they say: If you can't defeat the enemy, buy the enemy."
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More from the press review on the subject » Security Policy / Crises / War, » Netherlands, » Global, » Afghanistan
The dangers of a nuclear-free world
The conservative daily Die Welt takes a sceptical view of US president Barack Obama's vision of a world without nuclear weapons: "Although it is conceivable (at least in theory) that the world's entire nuclear warheads could be destroyed, you can't destroy the ability to produce atomic weapons. And Obama's offer to extend the peaceful use of nuclear technology only underscores this fact. Because it's only a short step from splitting the atom for civil purposes to doing the same with a military agenda. ... The world would also become more dangerous, because renouncing nuclear weapons, whose political logic since Hiroshima and Nagasaki has consisted in not using them, would stimulate conventional armament. Deterrence will only be replaced by a readiness to wage war with tanks, bombers and infantry."
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More from the press review on the subject » International Relations, » Security Policy / Crises / War, » U.S., » Global
Ratification without debate?
In Germany the Bundestag (the lower house of the parliament) has approved the ratification of the EU reform treaty, however Peter Gauweiler of the CSU (Christian Social Union) has lodged a complaint against the treaty before the constitutional court in Karlsruhe. Ansgar Graw welcomes the treaty as a step down the road to a common European identity: "In this case the saying 'less is sometimes more' is not just an empty phrase but a reference to realpolitik and the will of the people of Europe. However, the treaty still has a long way to go before it's signed and sealed. A plebiscite will be held in Ireland and the court in Karlsruhe will have to reach a decision about Gauweiler's complaint. It's good that this case has been brought before court because given the fundamental significance the treaty will have for future policies, which was confirmed by all parties except the Left Party in the Bundestag yesterday, it's important that the question of transferring further powers to Brussels be settled before court. Europe needs clarity to win the trust of its citizens."
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More from the press review on the subject » EU Constitution, » Germany
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