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
  • 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.
  • 'West Bank first' approach has failed
    Opinion piece by Clara Marina O'Donnell
    European Voice, 04 February 2010

    The EU must convince the US to abandon a policy whose flawed logic condemns it to failure.
  • China's peaceful rise turns prickly
    Insight by Charles Grant, 22 January 2010

    Have western attitudes to the rise of China been based on wishful thinking? China's increasingly tough approach to diplomacy is leading governments in the US and in Europe to rethink their policies towards China.
  • Last hooray for the EU on Iran?
    Insight by Tomas Valasek, 25 November 2009

    When the EU's first 'foreign minister', Cathy Ashton, starts work on December 1st, she will find Iran on top of her 'to do' pile. Earlier this week, Tehran turned down a proposal from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that would have seen a large part of the country's stock of uranium moved out of the country for further enrichment.
  • Israel's dark view of the world
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    The Guardian, 13 November 2009

    The official explained to Bibi Netanyahu that if there was a peace settlement, extra investment would push Israel's longterm growth rate from 5% a year to 7%. The Israeli prime minister responded that if the country had 5% growth, it did not need peace.