Opinion pieces

  • L’audace de la zone euro et le FMI, by Simon Tilford
    Les Echos, 12 April 2012

    LE CERCLE. (par Simon Tilford) - Les décideurs et les hommes politiques de la zone euro ne doutent de rien : ils ont contribué leur part pour soutenir les membres de l’union monétaire en difficulté en accroissant le montant de son fonds d’urgence, le Mécanisme européen de stabilité (MES).

  • Eurozone Chutzpah and the IMF , by Simon Tilford
    Project Syndicate, 11 April 2012

    LONDON – Eurozone policymakers and politicians are in no doubt: they have done their part to support the currency union’s struggling members by increasing the size of its rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM).

  • Will Putin delete the reset?, by Charles Grant
    The International Herald Tribune, 04 April 2012

    In February 2009, Vice President Joe Biden called for the reset button to be pressed in the U.S.-Russia relationship, and for the next three years Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitri Medvedev fostered a rapprochement between Washington and Moscow.

  • The implications of multipolarity for Central Europe’s security, by Clara Marina O'Donnell
    Center for European Policy Analysis, 02 April 2012

    For years, Central Europeans have fretted that the United States might withdraw from the European security arena in order to focus on more pressing issues in other parts of the world. Over the last 12 months, these concerns have been exacerbated.

  • One flew over the EU's mess, by Hugo Brady
    The Wall Street Journal, 19 March 2012

    Welcome to the European Union Home for the Economically Insane. We care for nations dealing with status anxiety, paranoia and low self-esteem, or those who are simply drifting into a senile old age. Please follow me on the guided tour.

  • A letter to David Cameron, by Stephen Tindale
    Mark Lynas.org, 15 March 2012

    Dear Mr Cameron,

    We write because we believe you have been misled by four prominent environmentalists who contacted you recently about nuclear power.

  • The power balance in Afghanistan, by Edward Burke
    The Times, 09 March 2012

    Letter to the editor (The Times)

    Sir, You say that the situation in Afghanistan is "not chaos" [see leading article 8 March 2012]. This assertion does not ring true.

  • US disengagement from Europe 'will weaken NATO', by Peter Felstead
    Jane's Defence Weekly, 09 March 2012

    The US disengagement from Europe is permanent, according to a new CER report

    The US step-back from Europe, combined with the harsh current economic climate, will force NATO to rein in its ambitions, the report argues