“Whatever works”. Is this Obama’s key Asia policy?

Daniel Korski dans le Monde sur l’opération Mushtarak en Afghanistan et pourquoi elle doit être une campagne militaire et politique et pas simplement une bataille.

There is one worrying element to Greece’s financial tragedy that people seem to have forgotten: Greece first turned to Beijing for help.

Spain’s call for the EU to lift the arms embargo against China suffers from bad timing and blundering diplomacy.

It is time for the West to stop dreaming and adopt more pragmatic goals in Afghanistan.

Pity the poor Sri Lankan voter. As presidential elections loom on Jan. 26, the public is faced with a choice between two candidates who openly accuse each other of war crimes.

European leaders should beware exiting Afghanistan. They have already staked their credibility there, and the balance of power in Asia is very uncertain.

Did anybody notice the recent EU-China summit that took place at the end of November in Nanjing? No? The summit only lasted an hour and forty-five minutes.

President Obama’s surge deserves European backing. But in return, EU governments should demand an international commission, like the Iraq Study Group, to develop a political strategy and report back in a year.

Despite dissimilarities between them, a G2 of China and the US haunts Europe.

Obama’s China-Visit was more than an episode: it symbolises the end of a long era of global US leadership. The power vacuum will have to be filled by stronger global institutions. A piece in German.

Nous sommes face à la consécration d’un mythe fondateur, celui d’une superpuissance.

The EU should commit itself to a ‘civilian surge’, but with Afghan rather than European civilians.

The Afghan experience will leave Europe’s armed forces drained and in search of a new purpose. Insufficient political will and empty state coffers will hamper rejuvenation

The world crisis and its impact on Asian regional integration and economic security: An article for the Asia-Pacific Security Forum 2009.