Friendly criticism sometimes works. Unfriendly criticism usually doesn’t. That is the problem with which the United States is grappling as it tries to stem the decline of Atlanticism in large parts of central and eastern Europe.
In Washington, DC, last week, Victoria Nuland, the senior State Department official dealing with the continent, rebuked European politicians who forget their friends. Speaking at a conference organised by the Center for European Policy Analysis (a think-tank where I work part-time), she said: “When leaders are tempted to make statements that tear at the fabric of our resolve, I would ask them to remember their …read more
Source: European Voice
