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United States: The NATO Summit in Bucharest and the Decline of American Soft Power
The concluded NATO summit in Bucharest provided important indications regarding the difficulties experienced by the Bush administration in bringing together European allies in a coalition favouring the extension of the Atlantic Alliance toward Eastern Europe. Germany's refusal of the inclusion of Georgia and the Ukraine and skepticism towards the project for the construction of the European missile defence shield, seem to indicate a decline in America's persuasive power over European Union countries and a definitive statement regarding the Kremlin's ability to exercise pressure on the European Community.
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Simone Comi
(22 April 2008)
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