Marco Incerti, from the Brussels-based Center for European Policy Studies, says this vote is crucial to the European Union.

VOA: standard.2009.10.02

Swelling debt is no surprise, according to John Irons, who directs research at the Washington-based Economic Policy Institute.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

The original missile defense policy was based on the assumption that Tehran was seeking a long-range capability.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

Miami-based businessman Gerardo Padilla says many people were taken aback by the ousted leader's foreign policy goals.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Mr.Obama says the change in policy was also prompted by advances in technology, including improvements in land and sea-based interceptors and the sensors that support them.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

Hugo Brady,a Brussels-based analyst for policy group the Center for European Reform.

VOA: standard.2009.10.29