USA - Nadine Touzet on Diigo

07 Feb 09

promising a new American tone in the world
missile defence shield
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- We will engage. We will listen. We will consult. America needs the world, just as I believe the world needs America
- cool relations between the two nations
- European countries should "share the heavy lifting,"
- the Italian government has decided to increase its contribution to Nato forces in Afghanistan by 800 to 2,800 troops this year
- President Medvedev from the very start said very clearly and unequivocally that if there are no interceptors in Poland and the Czech Republic... there will be no [Russian Iskander missiles] in Kaliningrad,

16 Jan 09

FT.com / Comment / Opinion - The Group of Two that could change the world

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China USA

FT.com / Columnists / Philip Stephens - The Obama challenge: is Europe just a spectator?

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transatlantic europe usa world

he should stop throwing America’s weight around
the world’s myriad problems
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- from the security of the sidelines
- on which side of the Atlantic
- the hoopla of next week’s inauguration
- expectations are so high that they are bound to be dashed
- the deeper ambivalence about Washington’s role
- someone looking to make friends for America rather than search out enemies
- upbeat tone
- some of Mr Obama’s stardust
- A cohesive transatlantic community must be rebuilt on three pillars
- humility
- realism
- Russian bellicosity
- imagination
- The instinct of politicians and policymakers is to put issues into silos: the Middle East is for this week, Russia for next, Iran for the week after that; climate change and nonproliferation can wait a month or two.
- across a broader geopolitical sweep

06 Dec 08

A Pitch to Obama on Food and Farming - Diner's Journal Blog - NYTimes.com

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agriculture AgSec USA

13 Nov 08

Obama Transition Announces Rules for Lobbyists in Transition | Change.gov

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revolving door lobbying USA

special interests
Brookings Institution
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- to serve the public interest
- American Enterprise Institute
- good people with deep experience
- a springboard to financial success

An End to the “Revolving Door” | Change.gov

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revolving door lobbying USA

Revolving Door
ethics rules
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- leaves them "out in the cold

Foreign Policy: The Global Grand Bargain

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USA world global grand bargain

League of Democracies
to provide a flexible forum for fashioning compromises and monitoring progress
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- Russia’s proposed European security treaty
- a revised European missile defense system
- International Energy Agency
- U.S.-EU agreement to numerical reductions in carbon emissions
- emissions ceilings
- A global moratorium on construction of all fissile material production facilities
- the only alternative to continued gridlock

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USA world grand bargain

rally support around a larger, shared strategic vision of the future
transcend entrenched positions
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- piecemeal approach
- it puts us back in the same ruts where we’ve been stuck
- Global Grand Bargain
- a flexible set of reciprocal concessions
- a good-faith offer
- creating a global fund for clean and renewable energy development
- reforming global institutions

11 Nov 08

FT.com / World / US & Canada - Brown hopes relationship will remain special

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politics USA Britain

The mood music between them has been excellent
The US are pragmatic and hard-nosed about their relationships
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- a marriage made in heaven

28 Sep 08

Foreign Policy: Seven Questions: How to Clean up Toxic Waste

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bailout USA

Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists
We understand there’s a solid bedrock of government regulation that is needed to make a free market work
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- “This is a one-way street. They feast in good times, and they’re bailed out in bad times.”

27 Sep 08

CQ Politics | Senate Takes Up Stopgap Funding

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stopgap funding USA

stopgap spending bill
offer the maximum number of amendments allowed at this stage of the process, a procedure known as “filling the amendment tree.
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- ” Other amendment would not be in order until those had been disposed of.
- spending measure
- spending bills
- an executive moratorium
- the Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service, which would lease and manage offshore energy production, says the process of completing environmental reviews, holding lease sales, conducting geologic studies and building new infrastructure means it would be five to 10 years before any new offshore drilling could actually begin

26 Sep 08

The Foreign Policy Debate: Separate Spin From Substance - Campaign Stops - 2008 Elections - Opinion - New York Times Blog

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21 Sep 08

Blowback

ad; many compel electric utilities to get at least 20 percent of their supply from wind and othe

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wind power energy USA

wind farm
Twenty-eight states have set ambitious mandates for renewable energy, with wind power shouldering most of the load; many compel electric utilities to get at least 20 percent of their supply from wind and other renewable sources between 2015 and 2025
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- a generous federal subsidy (20 percent of wind energy’s costs
- Wind power seems to promise zero emissions and an endless supply of cheap power
- wind advocates
- the experience of Texas, which leads the nation in wind power—2.9 percent of its electricity comes from wind—highlights two big problems: transmission and variability
- Accommodating wind power on the scale foreseen nationally may require 12,000 to 19,000 miles of new high-power lines crisscrossing the country (by way of comparison, the interstate highway system runs 46,837 miles), plunging large parts of America into NIMBY hell
- Wind variability
- Wind farms tend to produce the most energy when it’s not needed—at night and in the spring and fall, when demand is low
- So wind, if it is to meet demand reliably, must be backed up, typically by (emissions-spewing) natural-gas plants that can ramp up and down quickly
- when backup power is included, wind energy costs 10 to 30 percent more than fossil-fuel energy, even without factoring in the cost of new power lines

Political Memo - With Elbows in Check, Making a Pitch to Women - NYTimes.com

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2008 election women USA

01 Sep 08

Москва и Вашингтон переходят к системному противостоянию

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USA Russia Caucasus

моментом истины
странами СНГ
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- Россия не успела пока конвертировать свою самостоятельность в конкретные внешнеполитические бонусы
- субъектностью
- после распада СССР
- по урегулированию грузино-осетинского конфликта
- ЕС еще раз показал, что не является единым субъектом в сфере внешней политики.
- стран-«новичков
- И все же, несмотря на возросшие трудности, отказываться от серьезного диалога с ЕС не стоит. В нынешних условиях он может стать одним из немногих факторов, могущих способствовать преодолению нового системного противостояния России и США.
- в полном объеме
- Иными словами
- в Вашингтоне верят, что именно от их реализации зависят и сохранение США в качестве единственной сверхдержавы, и выстраивание наиболее благоприятного им миропорядка – в политическом, экономическом и идеологическом измерениях.
- распространения демократии
- вдребезги
- в Сочинской декларации о стратегических рамках
- к системному противостоянию

27 Aug 08

Russia Sees New Realm of Concern - Black Sea - NYTimes.com

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Black Sea Russia Georgia USA Navy

03 Aug 08

Economic View - Three Strikes Against Consumers - NYTimes.com

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economy USA

disconnect
en route to the edge of this abyss
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- bring the economy back into the light
- uncharted territory
- turn the economy around

14 Jul 08

Washington vole au secours du système financier - Economie - Le Monde.fr

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système financier USA

en manque de liquidités
encourt actuel des prêts immobiliers
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- plan de sauvetage
- augmentation du capital
- nouvelle loi immobilière
- niveaux minima de capitalisation
- Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight

11 Jul 08

Cutting Out the Middlemen, Shoppers Buy Slices of Farms - NYTimes.com

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farming buying shares of farms agriculture USA

community-supported agriculture
Fulton Center for Sustainable Living
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- The shareholders of Erehwon Farm have open access to the land and a guaranteed percentage of the season’s harvest of fruit and vegetables for packages that range from about $300 to $900. Arrangements of fresh-cut blossoms twice a month can be included for an extra $120 — or for the deluxe package, $220 will “feed the soul” with weekly bouquets of lilies and sunflowers and other local blooms.
- Under the sponsored system, farmers are paid an agreed-upon fee in advance of the growing season, making their survival less dependent on the vicissitudes of the market and the cooperation of the elements. The arrangement involves real farms and real farmers and is distinct from community gardens and other forms of urban farming, where vacant or public land is typically put to agricultural use by residents.
- C.S.A.
- vegetable farmers

05 Jul 08

A Plunge Disrupts the Recent Calm - New York Times

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USA stocks

Stock charts
sharp losses
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- sell-off
- investment strategy firm
- uptick
- heavily weighted with technology stocks
- jumpy environment
- pack mentality
- investment strategist
- federal oversight
- investment banks
- consulting firm
- mortgage lender

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