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CSIS Experts Reginald Dale, David Pumphrey and Simon Serfaty, were quoted by the Washington Times, "Obama Presidency Could Dismay Anti-Bush Europe."
To many in Europe, President Bush is still a pariah, and Barack Obama is a phenom.
"Once President Bush is out of the White House, there will be huge expectations in Europe that a new, rosy dawn of peace and love is appearing over the Atlantic," said Reginald Dale, a Europe scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
David Pumphrey, a former senior official at the Department of Energy in the Bush administration, said that Europe sees an "opportunity to engage successfully" on climate change under the next administration.
"His willingness to go to Paris, London, Berlin and Rome during the same trip shows how far we have come over the past few years in terms of the trans-Atlantic partnership," said Simon Serfaty, a global security specialist at CSIS.
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