Global governanceRussia's presidentTransatlantic rift
  • Russia, China and global governance
    Report by Charles Grant, 29 February 2012
    Russia, China and global governance
  • It doesn’t matter who is president of Russia
    Opinion piece 02 August 2011
    It doesn’t matter who is president of Russia
  • Stopping the transatlantic rift
    Opinion piece 26 January 2011
    Stopping the transatlantic rift
  • Russia, China and global governance
    Report by Charles Grant, 29 February 2012

    Will be the 'multipolar' world have strong international institutions, or will balance-of-power politics prevail? The attitudes of Russia and China will be crucial.
  • It doesn’t matter who is president of Russia
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Financial Times, 02 August 2011

    In Moscow, the speculation about Russia’s next president is becoming tedious. Dmitry Medvedev has made it clear he would like to run again, but most people think Vladimir Putin, prime minister, will be the official candidate and win March’s election.
  • Stopping the transatlantic rift
    Opinion piece by Tomas Valasek
    International Herald Tribune, 26 January 2011

    You might call it the Obama paradox: Atlanticists on both sides of the ocean were certain that this president, inaugurated two years ago, would renew the transatlantic alliance.
  • Is China being beastly to foreign investors?
    Insight by Charles Grant, 30 July 2010
    When I visited China a year ago, I was struck by the strong feeling among many foreign firms there that the business environment was getting tougher. Western businessmen complained, in particular, about discrimination against foreigners.
  • Membership for Russia a step too far for NATO?
    Insight by Tomas Valasek, 08 July 2010
    There are growing signs that Russia’s relations with NATO are on the mend. Senior Russian thinkers, some close to the government, have been cautiously talking up the possibility of Russia joining the alliance, as have several western officials and think-tanks (including the CER.)
  • Can the EU be more effective in Afghanistan?
    Policy brief by Joanna Buckley, 27 April 2010

    The EU and its governments make a substantial financial, civilian and military contribution to Afghanistan - yet European influence in the country is limited. For too long the EU has had too many offices and representatives there, sometimes working at cross purposes.

  • China and the global financial crisis
    Essay by Bobo Lo, 16 April 2010

    China has come through the global financial and economic crisis in a confident manner. Economic growth is strong and China's foreign policy has become more assertive. Bobo Lo's essay challenges many western assumptions about the rise of China.

  • Whatever happened to the G20?
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 14 April 2010

    George W Bush convened the first G20 summit in Washington in November 2008, at the height of the global financial and economic crisis.