The NATO summit in Lisbon is finished. After the dismal results of the G20 in Seoul, the leaders attending Lisbon have gone home relieved that things went better this time. Among the measures and reforms planned, the transatlantic leaders were supposed to agree upon a Strategic Concept that will guide the alliance for the next ten years. Read the rest of this entry »

In the wake of the economic and financial crisis, it was time for the G20 summit. After the dismal results of the mid-term elections and a little in desperation over the gloomy economic situation, the administration of US President Barack Obama was expecting some positive changes. Read the rest of this entry »

While Obama was on his Asian trip and is now in the G20 summit, not finding it easy to defend the US economic actions and proposals, we have just learned that once he is back home he is going to give us a few surprises. Read the rest of this entry »

Nobody is sure yet of how much was accomplished at the G20 meeting mostly because the most talked about event, one that was probably orchestrated behind the scenes but not expected to be presented, was the dramatic disclosure Friday made by Obama, flanked by Brown and Sarkozy, the leaders of Britain and France, of the existence of a covert Iranian nuclear enrichment site. Read the rest of this entry »

The White House released today an statement announcing that the G20 leaders -the group of 19 countries and the European Union- had agreed that the body should permanently replace the G-8 as the world’s main economic forum. Read the rest of this entry »

The United Nations conference about combating climate changes has just finished. Now 70 days before the Copenhagen global summit about the same topic there is little to cheer. The world leaders arrived and talked, promises and admonitions were made but nothing concrete. Read the rest of this entry »

Next week the G20 summit will start at Pittsburgh. One of the assistants will be President Sarkozy from France. As Keyboard Politics published on September 2nd, the French president had a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel from Germany at which time he said “We want to see things changed in Pittsburgh.” Read the rest of this entry »