Debate over how to help a crisis-striken Bosnia ranges from involvement to encouragement. But a third, unpalatable option for a frustrated EU may lurk just behind the scenes: abandonment

European foreign ministers at the informal Gymnich meeting should take a leaf out of Sun Tzu’s book, and discuss the larger trends shaping Europe’s place in the world rather than institutions and methods

Europe is an easy target for a frustrated Washington. But this misses a fundamental point. The US and Europe are the best allies they’ve each got. Both are declining powers that need to stick together.

Lisbon Treaty, Von Rompuy, Ashton, External Action Service: what does it all mean for Europe?

Daniel Korski et Richard Gowan sur la stratégie de sécurité civilo-militaire de l’UE. L’Europe peut-elle passer de la rhétorique à l’action?

Most Europeans agree that the EU needs to sharpen up its act in multilateral institutions like the G20. The US won’t take us seriously if we don’t. The trouble is working out how.

European defence ministers are meeting at a difficult time, with Robert Gates accusing Europeans of threatening Euro-Atlantic security, and the recent collapse of the Dutch government over Afghanistan. The defence ministers urgently need to re-examine how the continent thinks about its security

While Europe focuses on India and China, a host of medium-sized emerging powers are helping to reshape global diplomacy. Is Europe ready for the rise of the lynchpin states?

Britain’s defence review must take on board how much the world has changed since the late 1900s and focus on preserving Britain’s power and influence, both in and through Europe.

The Munich Security Conference was once again at the centre of foreign policy discussion, but Europe was an intellectual absentee

ECFR agony uncle Richard Gowan offers reassurance to ‘Worried 27’ about their unrequited transatlantic love

The European Parliament votes on the new EU Commission on Tuesday. But for the replacement for the original Bulgarian Commissioner the vote is a minor hurdle compared to the tasks of the next five years

Obama’s snub of the May EU-US summit is tough, but fair. If it wants to be taken seriously on the world stage, the EU must stop complaining and learn from this and other recent disappointments

The eurozone must end its fiscal ambiguity.

Response to the Haiti tragedy; the struggling mission in Afghanistan; the economic crisis. The west is in a ‘20 year crisis’.