The annual U.N. climate negotiations, currently under way in Poznan, Poland, have stalled. In this Slate article, Michael Levi argues that one major obstacle is that the list of who's rich and who's poor is hopelessly out of date.

A more aggressive domestic energy policy has emerged as a Republican Party priority, setting the stage for heightened debate with Democrats in the presidential race this fall.

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Max Boot writes "Poland has been one of the U.S.’s most reliable allies in recent years, sending troops to both Afghanistan and Iraq, but Polish attitudes, while still firmly pro-American, are changing for the worse."

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This paper from the German Marshall Fund of the United States looks at the troubled tripartite relationship between Poland, France and Germany. The paper says this unstable relationship – the so-called ‘Weimar Triangle’ – has made it difficult to coordinate relations between the three countries, but notes that recent meetings have seen leaders of the three countries put contentious issues aside and concentrate on finding solutions to outstanding problems.

Michael Moran says Warsaw's U.S.-Europe balancing act will get harder.

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