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
  • Global challenges will drive European reform
    Bulletin article by Nick Butler , 02 October 2006

    When the first CER bulletin was published, almost a decade ago, the emphasis was firmly on the word ‘reform’. The EU had fulfilled its original purpose. Western Europe was an area of security, peace and, in the main, prosperity.
  • Can we live with a nuclear Iran?
    Bulletin article by Mark Leonard, 01 June 2006

    As Europeans and Americans put together a final package of incentives to divert Iran from its nuclear course, the world is facing up to the possibility of failure.
  • Drinking the Kool-Aid
    Opinion piece by Mark Leonard
    Prospect, 01 February 2006

    Was the Iraq adventure doomed to fail or did the US administration mess it up? A new crop of books suggests that the nation-builders of Iraq were fighting the right war in theory but not in practice.
  • India tilts to the west as the world's new poles emerge
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    The Guardian, 12 January 2006

    Nothing is permanent in history, including America's domination of the global economic and political systems. Assuming China and India keep growing at their current rates, the unipolar world of recent years - topped by the US - will be replaced by a multipolar world within a few decades.
  • The geopolitics of 2026
    Opinion piece by Mark Leonard
    The Economist, 02 January 2006

    History is traced not is straight lines but in jagged and discontinuous strokes. But what if the future follows a more predictable path?
  • Can EU diplomacy stop Iran's nuclear programme?
    Working paper by Mark Leonard, 04 November 2005

    When Iran restarted its nuclear programme in August 2005, it seemed to obliterate two years of EU efforts to persuade Tehran not to build a nuclear bomb. However, Mark Leonard argues that the EU should persevere with diplomacy.
  • India joins the west
    Opinion piece by Mark Leonard
    Prospect, 01 November 2005

    Last month saw a small geopolitical revolution: India backed the west against Iran.
  • Fighting terrorism: The EU needs a strategy not a shopping list
    Briefing note by Hugo Brady, 11 October 2005

    The fight against international terrorism is a key priority of Britain's EU presidency. Following the July London bombings, the British government is understandably keen to speed up European counter-terrorism efforts.