US, Europe & NATONATO & AfghanistanPalestine & UN bid
  • All alone? What US retrenchment means for Europe and NATO
    Report by François Heisbourg, Wolfgang Ischinger, George Robertson, Kori Schake, Tomas Valasek, 01 March 2012
    Army soldier
  • Why France is leaving Afghanistan
    Insight by Edward Burke, 02 February 2012
    Why France is leaving Afghanistan
  • The US and the EU should support the Palestinian bid for UN membership
    Insight by Clara Marina O'Donnell, 25 August 2011
    The US and the EU should support the Palestinian bid for UN membership
  • Ukraine turns away from democracy and the EU
    Policy brief by Tomas Valasek, 15 October 2010

    Ukraine is turning inwards and becoming increasingly authoritarian. The new president, Viktor Yanukovich, has taken steps to muzzle independent media, harass critics and sideline the opposition.

  • The midterm elections, Europe and US foreign policy
    Bulletin article by Tomas Valasek, 01 October 2010

    Though Barack Obama remains popular in Europe, he has his detractors there, particularly among foreign policy professionals.

  • Human rights cannot be a luxury in Afghanistan
    Insight by Joanna Buckley, 07 May 2010

    The Afghans with whom I worked in Bamyan province, Afghanistan, often asked me why foreigners were so concerned about the destruction of historical monuments yet seemingly so indifferent to the human suffering that occurred.

  • The EU must deliver on its commitment to Pakistan
    Bulletin article by Clara Marina O'Donnell, 01 April 2010

    In April 2010 the EU will hold its second summit with Pakistan. The EU started holding these summits last year, as part of an effort to address security threats stemming from the country, especially the Islamist militants who use it as a safe haven to undermine the allied war effort in Afghanistan, and train suicide bombers to target Europe and the US.
  • Building a European external action service: A difficult birth?
    TGAE report, Report by Hugo Brady, 05 March 2010

    In foreign policy terms, the EU’s global partners often have to deal with the competing external relations bureaucracies of the European Commission, the EU’s Council Secretariat (itself acting separately for both the HR and the six-month EU Presidency) as well as the different diplomatic services of the member states.

  • Can and should the EU and Russia reset their relationship?
    Policy brief by Katinka Barysch, 22 February 2010

    Russia's oil-fuelled boom has ended and President Medvedev is calling for radical improvements to the economy. Some EU politicians are tempted to offer Russia a 'modernisation partnership' to re-launch the stalled EU-Russia relationship.

  • Ukraine and the EU: A vicious circle?
    Bulletin article by Tomas Valasek, 01 December 2009

    There is no rule for how a government desiring to join the EU should make its case. But countries that managed to accede in recent years had done so by observing a few simple guidelines: cultivate friends among EU governments, be prepared to make painful sacrifices and, above all, show patience and good faith.
  • Missing another EU opportunity
    Opinion piece by Hugo Brady
    The Guardian, 18 November 2009

    When Britain's foreign secretary, David Miliband, made clear that he was not interested in being the European Union's new "high representative" for foreign policy, the UK lost a unique opportunity to craft the EU more in its own image.