Obama Europe Trip

Why Europe Feels Rejected By Obama

New York Times | JOHN VINOCUR | Posted 11.16.2009 | World


Why would an American president not come to a celebration marking the fall of the Berlin Wall, and with it, the triumphant end of the Cold War -- one ...

The Success of One Day in June

Denise Dennis | Posted 07.09.2009 | World


Denise Dennis

President Obama placed his role in the memorial celebration of the 65th Anniversary of D-Day in its proper perspective, noting that he was not the first and would not be the last president to honor the historic events of June 6, 1944.

Thanks, President Obama for Remembering D-Day: From the Granddaughter of a D-Day + 4 soldier

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 07.07.2009 | World


Danielle Cavallucci

Remembering our history gives us strength. It gives us the opportunity to rise above the pettiness of individual desire, and to strive for something greater.

Elie Wiesel in Buchenwald: The Moral Challenge to Learn, and Act

Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.06.2009 | World


Rachel Sklar

Today, Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel joined Barack Obama at Buchenwald, one of Nazi Germany's worst concentration camps, but he worried that "the world hasn't learned" from the tragedy.

Obama At Buchenwald: 'No Patience' For Holocaust Denial (VIDEO)

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 07.06.2009 | World


WEIMAR, Germany (AP) - President Barack Obama toured a World War II concentration camp Friday after prodding the international community to redouble e...

Obama's Muslim Speech To Happen In Egypt Next Month

AP | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to deliver a speech in Egypt on U.S. relations with the Muslim world when he sets out on an overseas t...

Obama Overseas Trip Behind The Scenes Photos (SLIDESHOW)

White House | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics


President Obama's first major trip overseas has been over for almost a week, but some of the best photos from the eight day extravaganza came out toda...

Obama in Europe: Systems Theory and U.S. Foreign Policy

Charles J. Brown | Posted 05.10.2009 | World


Charles J. Brown

Back in the 1960s, MIT's Sloan School of Management developed something called the "beer game," which -- much to the dismay of MIT students -- did not...

Obama Extends a Hand of Friendship to Islam

Kamran Pasha | Posted 05.07.2009 | World


Kamran Pasha

As I listened to Obama's speech, I heard one word repeated countless times. Respect. It is a word that Muslims have craved to hear from American leaders.

Obama in Istanbul: Test for the West

Nathan Gardels | Posted 05.06.2009 | World


Nathan Gardels

The new Obama administration has assigned such pivotal importance to Turkey because it is the great experiment in the world today of both non-Western and post-secular modernity.

Obama Can't Escape Americans At European Town Hall

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics


STRASBOURG, France — Who knew Europe had so many Americans? President Barack Obama found out when he held a town-hall meeting for German and Fr...

Obama Muzzling Press Corps? Asks NY Times

NY Times | Helene Cooper | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics


Is President Obama trying to muzzle his press corps? The standard form during "joint press availabilities" -- bureaucratic lingo for press conferen...

Obamas Arrive In London, First Leg Of Europe Trip (VIDEO, SLIDESHOW)

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics


UPDATE: LONDON - President Barack Obama has arrived in Europe, with a hefty economic and political agenda for his first journey across the Atlantic s...

Czech Government Ousted For First Time In History; Another Economic Casualty

AP | KAREL JANICEK | Posted 04.24.2009 | World


PRAGUE — The Czech government collapsed Tuesday after losing a parliamentary no-confidence vote over its handling of the economic crisis. It wa...

A Troubled World Awaits President Obama

Eric Margolis | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics


Eric Margolis

Obama's honeymoon will be brief. He faces the extraordinary challenge of dealing with a nation that has plunged into bankruptcy and exported financial crises around the globe.

World Watching, And Has An Opinion

Paula B. Mays | Posted 11.23.2008 | Home


Paula B. Mays

I cannot think of one Spanish person I knew, including the local cab drivers, who didn't have an opinion on this election.

McCain's Last Issue

Bob Burnett | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics


Bob Burnett

The presumptive Democratic nominee's world tour etablished that Obama has the gravitas to become President of the United States and neutralized McCain's national security credentials.

Obama's Foreign Trip: Yes, He Should

John Ridley | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics


John Ridley

The Right can't have it both ways on this one; they can't hector Obama about not traveling the world, then carp when he does. They certainly can't refer to a politician's travels as being political. That label is as obvious as it is inaccurate.

Obama's Europe, Middle East Trip Marks First High-Profile Step Onto World Stage

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Sen. Barack Obama 's trip to the Middle East and Europe marks his first high-profile step onto the international stage, a campaign-...

Obama: Stay Home and Focus on the Struggling U.S. Economy: Europe Will Always Be There

Robert Guttman | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics


Robert Guttman

Obama's trip to Europe at this time seems inappropriate. Right now people in the U.S. are afraid every day about the next economic disaster that may hit us.

Obama Mulling Major Speech In Berlin During Europe Trip

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics


A German friend passed along the news Saturday that local sources in Berlin are confirming that the Obama campaign was in contact with city authoritie...