American glee at the sight of Chirac with mud on his face is understandable; he was, after all, the leading opponent of the Iraq war and has long championed a Europe capable of serving as a counterweight to U.S. power. But Americans should hold their applause, which they may soon come to regret. That's because the eclectic group of angry French leftists, populists, nationalists, and nostalgics who opposed Chirac and the constitution had very different--in fact, precisely opposite--reasons for doing so than the Americans who cheered them on. In other words, if you didn't like French policies before Sunday, you're going to like them even less now.

At this event, experts will analyze the grave military threats to the U.S.-Korea alliance, the economic dilemmas arising from the global financial crisis, and lingering disagreements over U.S. trade with Korea.

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Mira Ricardel and Radek Sikorski The upcoming NATO summit will likely focus on NATO's ongoing military campaigns in the Balkans and...

But analysts said that the French "no" raised a more worrying concern for the Bush administration, ushering in an uncertain time of weak leadership in nearly every major country in Europe even as the Continent turns decidedly inward.

Tony Blair proved himself an invaluable ally to President George W. Bush in Iraq, and now Bush needs the British prime minister again to help him fix his damaged relations with Europe

A debate over the war on terrorism.