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MY Washington taxi driver had heard the president's speech in Brussels over the radio. He thought it had handled the Europeans well: Bush had set out to assure them of America's goodwill, but had not made any substantial concessions on policy. It seemed to have succeeded--maybe because the Europeans themselves were less united than they sometimes appear. The enlargement of the European Union had brought in member states from eastern and central Europe; these wanted the economic benefits of EU membership, but also the security of the Atlantic alliance. They would therefore be reluctant to root all their foreign-policy decisions within the EU, preferring to keep the NATO ...