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  • Out of range, out of mind: Is there a role for Europe in the Korean crisis?
    Insight by Ian Bond, 12 April 2013
    Out of range, out of mind: Is there a role for Europe in the Korean crisis?
  • Asia's fading economic miracle
    Policy brief by George Magnus, 11 January 2013
    Asia's fading economic miracle
  • How can the EU influence China?
    Insight by Charles Grant, 07 January 2013
    How can the EU influence China?
  • The EU's toolbox for Russia
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 15 September 2008

    Last week, Russia belatedly signed up to a timetable for pulling back its troops from the ‘buffer’ zone in Georgia. The EU, and its current president, Nicolas Sarkozy, deserve credit for having brokered the initial ceasefire and then pushing hard for Russia to follow the terms.
  • The next US president should forget the League of Democracies
    Bulletin article by David Hannay, 01 August 2008

    Expectations of a transatlantic honeymoon after the US presidential election are absurdly high. Most Europeans are enjoying the giddy delights of Obamamania, while also thinking that John McCain would do a lot better than the despised George W Bush.

  • Russia and the multipolar myth
    Insight by Bobo Lo, 04 July 2008

    I attended a curious conference the other week in Moscow. It was a posh event with a stellar cast and the grand, even pompous, title of ‘Forging common futures in a multipolar world’.
  • Can the EU thaw frozen conflicts
    Insight by Tomas Valasek, 30 June 2008

    The Czech government floated proposals in May that would see the EU take a more active role in solving frozen conflicts in eastern Europe. The Czechs hold the EU’s rotating presidency next year, so their wish may become reality.
  • Europe must build a strategic alliance with China
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Financial Times, 09 June 2008

    The shift of power from west to east, as the US-dominated international order becomes multipolar, is evident. But the nature of the emerging system is far from clear. Will it be competitive, based on the assertion of national power, or co-operative, framed by international rules?
  • Humanising China
    Insight by Bobo Lo , 05 June 2008

    An extraordinary thing happened to China the other week. Not the Sichuan earthquake, even though that was an enormous, catastrophic event. Nor even the phenomenal popular response to this tragedy.

  • Towards better days in EU-US relations
    Bulletin article by Tomas Valasek, 02 June 2008

    As the field of candidates in the US presidential election dwindles, the future of US foreign policy is becoming clearer. The changes, as seen from Europe, will be mostly for the better.
  • Four pillars for an EU-India partnership
    Bulletin article by Charles Grant, 02 June 2008

    Until recently, neither the EU nor India took their relationship very seriously. That is starting to change, thanks to burgeoning economic ties.