Syria

Rem Korteweg
18 September 2013

The Syrian crisis has split Europe and the US. They should push for a common Security Council position, but an ambiguous resolution may lead to military action and further division.
Russia & Syria

Rem Korteweg, Judy Dempsey
18 September 2013

Following a Russian initiative, Moscow and Washington have reached an agreement that calls for Syria’s arsenal of chemical weapons to be removed or destroyed by mid-2014.
Global governance

Charles Grant
29 February 2012

Will the 'multipolar' world have strong international institutions, or will balance-of-power politics prevail? The attitudes of Russia and China will be crucial.
Russia's president

Charles Grant
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.
But does it matter whether President Medvedev continues, Mr Putin returns...
Transatlantic rift

Tomas Valasek
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.

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US, EU and Russia: A new order?

Charles Grant

01 October 2001

In the aftermath of September 11th's horrific events, the world has focused on America's diplomatic and military response. Some of the security issues that commentators were worrying about before the terrorist attacks - such as missile defence, the Balkans and the future of NATO - have left the headlines.

Time to act in the Middle East

Steven Everts

01 June 2001

Once again the Middle East is facing a crisis with rising levels of hatred and violence on all sides. The death toll in the "second" intifadah stands at 450 Palestinians and around 100 Israelis and is rising. As a result, the prospects for a comprehensive peace accord are slipping ever further away.

Turning East: Europe Courts Asia

Edward Bannerman

01 February 2001

The United States has long cast its shadow over the formal meetings of Asian and European ministers. "How will this play in Washington?" was the unspoken caveat to the normally unexciting conclusions of most Asian-Europe Meetings (ASEM).

The January ASEM gathering of finance ministers in Kobe, Japan, suggests that this...

Opening Europe's final frontier

Carl Bildt

01 February 2001

The European Union must make space policy a key element of its agenda in the next few years. Otherwise it will have little chance of meeting its ambitious objectives for peace and prosperity in the coming decades.

Until recently, space policy was generally viewed either as an exercise in...

Issue 16 - 2001

Edward Bannerman, Carl Bildt, Alasdair Murray

26 January 2001

Turning East: Europe Courts Asia, Edward Bannerman
Opening Europe's final frontier, Carl Bildt
Making Lisbon work in Stockholm, Alasdair Murray

The unholiest of alliances

Charles Grant

01 December 2000

Yes, there really are some people who believe in a federal super-state. They want the EU to evolve into something like the USA, with a strong central government responsible to the European Parliament.

Europe needs an avant-garde, but...

Jacques Delors

02 October 2000

I have always found talk about a European constitution unhelpful, for it is such an ambiguous term. My preferred formula is that Europe should be a "federation of nation states". What ties states together is a treaty.

Issue 14 - 2000

Charles Grant, Christoph Bertram, François Heisbourg, Jacques Delors

29 September 2000

European defence: The next steps, Charles Grant, Christoph Bertram, François Heisbourg
Europe needs an avant-garde, but..., Jacques Delors
A new institutional vision, Charles Grant

The EU and world trade

Julie Wolf

01 August 2000

The collapse of the Seattle meeting of the World Trade Organisation in December 1999 was a blow to the EU, which had first proposed the idea of a "millennium round" of trade liberalisation.

Issue 13 - 2000

Steven Everts, Alasdair Murray, Julie Wolf

28 July 2000

Europe's new political flexibility, Steven Everts
Reforming the euro club, Alasdair Murray
The EU and world trade, Julie Wolf

Europe's military ambitions

Klaus Naumann

01 June 2000

The European Union's 'Headline Goal', agreed at the Helsinki Summit in December 1999, calls for the creation of a 60,000-strong rapid-reaction force by 2003. Turning that goal into reality is extremely difficult. To deploy and sustain such a force in a combat zone for a year would require - given...

Issue 12 - 2000

Charles Grant, Alasdair Murray, Klaus Naumann, Ben Hall

26 May 2000

Beware the strong euro, Alasdair Murray
Europe's military ambitions, Klaus Naumann
Mr Prodi's second chance, Charles Grant
Federalism's last gasp, Ben Hall

Europe and missile defence

Charles Grant

03 April 2000

On each side of the Atlantic a new defence initiative is seen from the other side as unnecessary, confusing and worrying: the Europeans' plan for a European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) and the Americans' plan for National Missile Defense (NMD).

Issue 15 - 2000

Charles Grant, Heather Grabbe, Kirsty Hughes

26 November 1999

Set a date for enlargement now, Heather Grabbe
The unholiest of alliances, Charles Grant
The "open method of co-ordination": Innovation or talking shop?, Kirsty Hughes

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