Kosovo is a European problem and the EU has the prime responsibility to turn it into a success story.

There is nothing wrong in engaging China rather than antagonizing her: but Europe must coordinate its human rights policy towards Beijing.

Chris Patten argues it is time to question Europe’s historic role of financing the failure of policies laid down in Israel and the US.

Democracy promotion itself needs promoters - and, with judicious diplomacy, this year’s presidents of the EU could do much to change mindsets and reduce Europe’s ambivalence.

Last year’s Congo crisis brought home the EU’s limitations as a global power. Will it accept them or try to overcome them? Richard Gowan discusses.

Anthony Dworkin calls for a moment of reflection in the light of the anniversary of the human rights declaration.

A European Parliament debate on the EU’s role on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) comes at an embarrassing moment.

China’s cancellation of the planned bilateral summit with the EU is a brutal and unprecedented warning of how little Europe means to China.

Pakistan, Congo and Ukraine are three fault lines separating us from the future.

The Congo crisis demonstrated the UN’s limitations, but its longest-lasting effect may be to mark the end of European military interventions in Africa.

Obama’s election offers the opportunity for the EU and the US to come together in pledging to fight terrorism within the framework of fundamental human rights.

If the EU or the UN send in substantial reinforcements, rebel leader Laurent Nkunda might pre-empt them by seizing Goma and take peacekeepers hostage.

As Europe waits to see whether Zimbabwe restores democracy, the bloc should prepare options for an SSR-specific ESDP mission.

There are clear signs that the EU’s influence at the UN is declining in one of the areas on which it is most united: human rights.

The indictment of Sudan’s president marks a critical moment for the International Criminal Court. European supporters of international justice should give it their backing.