From Liam Fox, the Telegraph:  [T]his week will mark the beginning of a long-term commitment to closer cooperation on defence and security projects with France our most important bilateral defence relationship in Europe.

From James Joyner, the New Atlanticist:  I share [Daniel] Larison's skepticism of the value of many of the post-Cold War military adventures in which the United States has engaged.

It has become disturbingly fashionable to vow that Britain must not “slavishly follow America.” David Cameron has said it. Nick Clegg has said it. And I agree. Nor should Britain “slavishly follow” Luxembourg. Or Burma. Or even the Galapagos Islands, green as they may be.

Tomorrow night, the European Union will have its first-ever president.  Time's Leo Cendrowicz reports that few Europeans much care, perhaps because they have no voice in the selection.

With Jean-Claude Juncker, a powerful European voice has stepped forward in an attempt to prevent Tony Blair's candidacy for the EU Presidency from gaining steam.

We may soon have an answer to Henry Kissinger’s infamous question: “Who do I call when I want to call Europe?”  And, depending on how things go, it could become a very familiar phone number.

The magnitude of the win of Angela Merkel's coalition, coming on the heels of a center-right romp in the recent European Parliament elections and the ouster of several socialist-leaning governments in recent months, has spawned much hand-wringing about the decline of Europe's Left.

Tony Blair is reportedly opening campaigning for the yet-to-be-created position of European President.  Sweden and Spain are quietly trying to thwart him.