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
  • The dangers of Karzai’s re-election
    Insight by Tomas Valasek, 10 September 2009

    The final result of the Afghan election may not be known until the end of September, but it looks as if President Hamid Karzai will have done well enough to avoid a second round of voting.
  • Germany owes Afghanistan an explanation
    Opinion piece by Tomas Valasek
    The Guardian, 09 September 2009

    Finger pointing is the defence of the concerned and the cornered. So it reflects very poorly on Nato that allies are bickering with one another over an attack that killed an unknown number of Afghan civilians last week.
  • Missile strategy must not be seen as a retreat
    Opinion piece by Tomas Valasek
    Financial Times, 09 September 2009

    There are mounting indications that Barack Obama will soon abandon plans to put missile defence bases in Poland and the Czech Republic. These have become one of the main bones of contention between Russia and the west.
  • Cyprus: The costs of failure
    Briefing note by David Hannay, 01 September 2009

    The latest round of settlement talks on the divided island of Cyprus will reach their decisive phase later this year or in early 2010.

  • Iran's nuclear problem: Ever harder to fix
    Bulletin article by Tomas Valasek, 03 August 2009

    Iran’s theocratic regime remains in power, despite persistent divisions within the ruling elite. Whatever the long-term fate of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the unrest that followed June’s presidential election probably makes it harder for the West to persuade Iran to set aside its nuclear ambitions.
  • Can Europeans share a common security culture?
    Insight by Clara Marina O'Donnell, 27 July 2009

    European countries have long declared their ambition to turn the EU into a global player in security – in order to tackle common threats and strengthen their voice on the global stage.
  • Logic in Europe's military could check spending
    Opinion piece by Tomas Valasek
    Financial Times, 16 July 2009

    When an unstoppable force meets an immovable object bad things usually happen. And so it will be next year when spending cuts imposed by the deepest economic crisis since the Great Depression meet the rising demands of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
  • Europe and Russia's continental rift
    Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
    Time Europe, 13 July 2009

    Russia's economy - until recently one of the fastest growing in Europe - is in dire straits. In the first three months of this year, output fell by 10% compared with a year earlier.