22 August 2018 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Rubric: Portrait
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US President Barack Obama taking his Oath of Office © defenseimagery.mil – Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo
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Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the
44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009 to January 20, 2017. The first
African American to assume the presidency, he was previously the
junior United States Senator from
Illinois from 2005 to 2008. Before that, he served in the
Illinois State Senate from 1997 until 2004. For the moment, he is the last US president who is obliged to the
values of the
West :
democracy ,
freedom ,
respect for the right and dignity of man , irrespective of
origin ,
color ,
religion ,
sex ,
sexual orientation or
political attitude , and in compliance with
national and
international law .
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2 June 2018 | Author/Destination: Knut Wingsch | Rubric: General , Editorial , European Union
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(Latest update: 23 August 2022) Transatlantic relations refer to the historic, cultural, political, economic and social relations between countries on both side of the
Atlantic Ocean . Sometimes specifically those between the
United States ,
Canada and the countries in
Europe , although other meanings are possible. There are a number of issues over which the United States and Europe generally disagree. Some of these are cultural, such as the U.S. use of the
death penalty , some are international issues such as the
Middle East peace process where the United States is often seen as pro-Israel and where Europe is often seen as pro-Arab (
Arab–Israeli conflict ), and many others are trade related. The current U.S. policies are often described as being
unilateral in nature, whereas the
European Union and Canada are often said to take a more
multilateral approach, relying more on the
United Nations and other international institutions to help solve issues. There are many other issues upon which they agree. This article refers to the relations between the EU (
Culture of Europe ,
Economy of the European Union ,
History of Europe , and
Politics of the European Union ) and the USA (
Culture of the United States ,
Economy of the United States ,
History of the United States , and
Politics of the United States ).
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9 November 2016 | Author/Destination: Knut Wingsch | Rubric: General , Editorial
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In the face of the 18-month presidential election campaign, which more and more degenerated into the mud fight, not only the Americans will be happy about the fact that at least this very inglorious episode has now been surpassed. The US voters initially elected the electors of choice in their federal state. On 19 December 2016 the so-called
Electoral College will officially elect the new president. The
inauguration of the president of the United States will take place on 20 January 2017. Until then, Barack Obama fortunately remains still US President.
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