Whether Bulgaria’s Rumiana Jeleva is the right person for the EU’s humanitarian job or not, Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake shows just how badly Europe needs someone to coordinate humanitarian assistance.

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.

Terrorists plots and embassy shut-downs: Yemen received a lot of media attention over the New Year period. But now action, including by the EU, must replace the headlines.

The EU’s new policy statement on Israel and Palestine is pretty good. Now Europe needs to use it – and the money poured into Palestine – as the basis for real change.

Twenty years on, the chessboard is shaking once again.

No one seems to care about 1989 anymore.

Europe’s biggest challenge in coming decades is how it will get along with the Islamic world.

Prospect Magazine blog post on our latest report - A review of Europe’s civilian capacities.

The EU has a disturbing “lack of capacity” when it comes to state building and crisis missions. The EU and its member states need to stand up to help prevent fragile states turning into failed states.

Since 1989 liberal reformers have helped bring 10 Eastern bloc countries into the EU. Now comes the hard part.

The EU and their allies have to get their act together on human rights. Lives are at risk.

As European power at the UN declines, human rights standards drop and lives are put at risk.

African farmers need seeds and fertilizers - and Governments that work.

The international community needs to get serious about helping Afghanistan and stop rewarding human rights abuses.

An open letter urging EU visa liberalisation for Kosovo. Signed by Giuliano Amato, Otto Schily, Gerald Knaus and Mark Leonard, among others.